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Police Shoot Dead Grandfather, 72, While Searching the Wrong Home for Burglar
http://www.theblaze.com ^ | 07/27/2013 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 07/26/2013 9:30:35 PM PDT by redreno

Police in Fort Worth, Texas, are blaming “poor lighting” after two officers went to the wrong home in search of a possible burglar and ended up shooting a 72-year-old man dead in his garage. The officers, who are both in their first year with Fort Worth PD, were responding to a burglary alarm on May 28 when the tragic mistake occurred.

“Due to poor lighting conditions, and officers attempting to arrive on the scene undetected,” the cops approached the home of Jerry Waller by mistake, according to an affidavit. The house they were actually supposed to go to was across the street.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; donutwatch; fortworth; guncontrol; guns; jbta; justiceforjerry; moronwithbadge; policeshooting; poorlighting; rookiemistake; sourcetitlenoturl; standyourground; texas; warriorcops; wronghouse; wronghouseagain
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To: left that other site

Yep it has. It has changed from protecting the public to controlling the law abiding segment of the public, the segment that works and pays the taxes that support them. The criminal element they do not care about controlling. only the ones that pays their salary[ies].


121 posted on 07/27/2013 6:33:43 AM PDT by sport
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To: sport

Yes...it sure looks that way.


122 posted on 07/27/2013 6:37:23 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: dragnet2
Welcome to Texas.

And just what the heck do you mean by that? Do I need to look up how many times cops raid the wrong house in California and compare?

123 posted on 07/27/2013 6:46:13 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: JLS
"No actually it does not say they shot a Dead Grandfather. It says they shot dead a grandfather"

Well, if you are not going to allow me to put an "a" in there, then I am not going to allow you to put an "a" in there either. No matter how you slice and dice it, it is a sloppy title.

As I said, the far bigger issue is that the grandfather was killed in the first place. They went to the wrong place.

He came out armed because he thought intruders were immediately outside his home. I am afraid that when he raised his arm with a gun to point it at the armed intruders, who were actually police, his fate was sealed.

Hard to blame him in the dark seeing armed individuals. Cannot blame the police at that point, because they were looking for a suspect and a man outside the home raised a weapon at them.

The issue was the wrong address from the get go...and, as I said, that seems to be happening far too often.

124 posted on 07/27/2013 6:48:06 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: DTogo
100%
125 posted on 07/27/2013 7:23:17 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: ops33

I was thinking the same thing.


126 posted on 07/27/2013 8:18:03 AM PDT by Errant
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To: redreno

Profiling? Was the old man wearing a hoodie?


127 posted on 07/27/2013 8:35:32 AM PDT by sbMKE
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To: redreno
So they sneak up on an old man in his own garage and shoot and killed him. He had done nothing wrong and the cops had nor reasonable cause or legal right to even be on his property. There should be a homicide charge in this somewhere. We have had way to many mistakes of this kind made in the last few months. An example needs to be made with this one. The state should spend at least as much money as Florida spent putting George Z on trial to fry these irresponsible, unprofessional, and dangerous cops.
I'm sure they will find some law or new obammy DHS policy that makes this all ok but it is not OK and we should literally be up in arms. Do you still wonder why our citizens are gearing up, stocking up on firearms, ammo, and food??? WE ARE IN FEAR OF OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AND THEIR "MISTAKES". What a handy way to kill someone and then walk away..... Welcome to obammays DHS Amerika.
128 posted on 07/27/2013 8:43:28 AM PDT by oldenuff2no
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To: C210N
"What I'd like to know is, if the Grandfather was dead, why did Police shoot him?"

Because when officer safety is at issue, you can never be too sure.

129 posted on 07/27/2013 8:45:13 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Little Pig

>Maybe add in cameras that begin recording once the lights go on.

Maybe turn on the lawn sprinklers too.

Works well for door to door salesmen who can’t read.


130 posted on 07/27/2013 8:48:35 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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To: EEGator

Nah, they had murder on the mind. Besides, if the prosecution can’t prove that, they can always go to manslaughter at the last minute. ...What I know about the law could be written on a matchbook, with space left over for doodling.


131 posted on 07/27/2013 8:57:54 AM PDT by pallis
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To: pallis

Well, I have stayed at a Holiday Inn before.


132 posted on 07/27/2013 10:13:14 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: al_c
Do I need to look up how many times cops raid the wrong house in California and compare?

Heck, in Calif. the cops just gang up and beat mentally ill guys to death in public and get away with murder.

Why bother raiding, and they can shoot up the wrong pickup truck in a manhunt and get away with it.

133 posted on 07/27/2013 12:57:11 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: skr

” A horrible situation for all involved.”

A little more horrible for some, than for officers who won’t be punished.

At least the officers made it home. /S


134 posted on 07/27/2013 1:02:55 PM PDT by LevinFan
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To: Sherman Logan
Auto continuous backup to the cloud.

I only send meaningless stuff to the cloud. Trust it about as much as the government. Very personal stuff stays under my control. You'd be surprised what others can find out about you by searching. I like my anonymity.

135 posted on 07/27/2013 1:18:08 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: doorgunner69
Isn't living in Obunga/Holder's new police state so nice that you need to contemplate these things as part of daily life?

Yes, indeed. Cops are doing things backwards nowadays. In old days, it was serve and protect. Now it's shoot and butt-check. I've been disgusted with how uncivil and rude cops have become while not protecting us. For instance, cops came out to an incident at my neighbor's home. I told them the welfare woman was abusing her kids and I had a video of it. They didn't care and let it continue. A couple years went by until the woman finally got counseling, but the kids are a mess.

136 posted on 07/27/2013 1:32:56 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: redreno

he was dead before they shot him? These idiot reporters


137 posted on 07/27/2013 1:56:29 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Jet Jaguar

138 posted on 07/27/2013 8:28:05 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: roadcat

Yep-—government employees-—turning a blind eye to the abusers and preying on the weak and helpless.

No matter what their title, the same theme prevails.

:(


139 posted on 07/27/2013 8:58:04 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: LevinFan

Obviously it’s worse for those who lost the loved one, but for someone with a conscience, such a terrible mistake would be devastating, whatever earthly punishments may or may not befall one.


140 posted on 07/27/2013 10:15:07 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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