“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker
ping
Hopefully, the Trump DOJ will come down on them too.
This one stunk from the beginning. “Druggies” in their 50s with no priors? Yeah, right.
Good!
Gerald Goines, the HPD officer at the center of a botched drug raid, retires (and more as well)
Houston Chronicle ^ | Updated 10:58 pm CDT, Friday, March 22, 2019 | St. John Barned-Smith and Keri Blakinger
Posted on 3/26/2019 6:59:44 PM by a fool in paradise
Harris County DA to review 1,400 cases that embattled narcotics officer Gerald Goines worked on
Houston Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | St. John Barned-Smith and Keri Blakinger
Posted on 2/20/2019 3:51:49 PM by abb
Harris County DA to review 1,400 cases that embattled narcotics officer Gerald Goines worked on
Houston Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | St. John Barned-Smith and Keri Blakinger
Posted on 2/20/2019 3:51:49 PM by abb
Channel 2 Investigates: Major questions raised about raid-turned-shootout after warrant reviewed
NBC Houston/ KPRC ^ | 2/15/19 | Mario Diaz
Posted on 2/15/2019 11:08:12 AM by Jaded
This is great news for the State of Texas and for the family and friends of the victims.
This guy has been dirty for a long time.
For those who don’t remember:
On Jan. 28, Houston narcotics officers burst into the house at 7815 Harding Street looking for heroin.
The raid went awry almost immediately, with gunfire erupting moments after an undercover narcotics team broke down the door to the Pecan Park home. Dennis Tuttle and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, were killed and five officers were injured, including case agent Goines, who was shot in the neck.
Police said they were looking for heroin dealers, but the raid only turned up small, user-level amounts of cocaine and marijuana. In the days that followed, an internal investigation sparked questions about the officers’ justification for the search warrant. Though a sworn affidavit - signed by case Goines - recounted a controlled buy made by a confidential informant, police quickly realized they could not verify that claim or find the alleged informant.
“This is a case like none other we’ve seen,” Ogg said.
Well, the only thing that makes it unlike many other cases I have seen is that the department seems to actually be investigating and has charged some of the murderers with murder. That usually never happens.
Finally...
“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker
BS, this may just be the first one you were forced to investigate.
You should have seen the boot-licking comments that poured in riiight after the first media reports of this raid:
“Yeah..? Then don’t DEAL DRUGS..!”
There was a million of them.
Waiting for someone on here to say they shouldn’t be charged with anything.
“botched raid”? You’re kidding right? Premeditated murder 1. Every officer involved needs a thorough review... Trust no one! Anyone can holler “police” while kicking in your door, but thugs aren’t likely to knock nicely and hand you an invite to allow them in your home. But then, the cops also apparently had unlogged heroin in one of the cars too. Yeah. I see a pattern here.
“It was an otherwise textbook operation...”
Chief Acevedo: No truth to these ‘crazy conspiracy theories’
“Could’ve. Would’ve. Should’ve.” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is urging people to “let the process run its course,” as rumors run rampant about what really happened on Harding Street.
Author: Michelle Homer, Melissa Correa
Published: 2:59 PM CST January 31, 2019
Updated: 10:49 PM CST February 7, 2019