[cynwoody]

Did Maye know that the people breaking into the room were cops?

Did those air marshals who shot Rigoberto Alpizar the other day know he had a bomb? Of course not. How could they? But given the situation, they had to shoot him, rather than risk themselves and the bystanders getting suffused with supersonic carpet tacks. Of course, now we know ... no bomb, just a harmless nutcase.

So, I would say, even if Maye heard them claim to be cops, if they burst into his room with violence, he was still justified in opening up. Good shoot. Dead cop. No drugs. Wrong address. Mistakes happen. Better return to civilized police procedures!

[Mojave]

Good shoot. Dead cop.

Good verdict. Death row.

[GregoryFul]

What, on Alpizar's (disputed) say so that he had a bomb. The air marshals were trigger happy goons, I say, itching for some excitement in their otherwise boring lives. Alpizar probably said "I've got to get off of this plane", which he was doing. Yea, it would be a really crafty terrorist to announce to the air marshal with a bead on you, "I've got a bomb", real clever.