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Couple seeks damages after police raid wrong house
Henry Daily Herald ^
| 6-8-06
| By Michael Davis
Posted on 06/09/2006 7:38:19 AM PDT by VRing
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To: Kokojmudd
Right. This is happening too often. If it happened in my house in the middle of the night there would likely be a lot of dead people. The couple should sue the person responsible for making the decision and make them pay or be fired. My wife has made similiar comments several times, mostly while we are watching the JBTs do their thing on "Dallas SWAT". If they ever made a mistake and came to our house like that, it would be the last mistake several of them ever made, and our families would be the one's bringing the lawsuit, because they would probably gun down everyone in the house once the shooting started.
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:58:00 AM PDT
by
JavaTheHutt
( Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush - DUBYA!!!!!)
To: VRing
Henry County Police Chief Russell Abernathy was reported to have said at the time that the incident was inexcusable and that steps would be taken to ensure a similar incident doesnt occur in the future. Like reading lessons?
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:58:06 AM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Nanny Stater's are Ameba's.)
To: traditional1
That's the point: why do taxpayers ALWAYS have to foot the bill for incompetence and stupidity of public "servants"? Because when things go so horribly wrong that a day of reckoning must occur, then gravity tends to reverse, and sh*t rolls UPHILL. The LEOs work for the city, the city works for the taxpayer. The taxpayer is the one who ultimately is responsible. If you have corruption and/or incompetence in your government, then either change it or be willing to suffer the consequences of your inaction. This applies on all levels from local government all the way up the food chain.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:07:35 AM PDT
by
JavaTheHutt
( Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush - DUBYA!!!!!)
To: JavaTheHutt
because they would probably gun down everyone in the house once the shooting started.
So true. I'm thinking here...
Less than 1 sec. before my burglar alarm sounds off.
about 3 sec. for me to wake up.
another 5 sec for me to be armed.
I give them 10 sec. tops to find me, and they may do that, but if they don't - it won't be pretty.
Obviously I have no desire to have a shootout with LE, however, barging in unannounced, when I have no reason to suspect the police, I have to assume they are bad guys and intend to do me harm.
We had a burglar try and get into our garage. I was up and armed before the alarm horn got ramped up.
Cordially,
GE
To: Michael.SF.
Any number of things could have caused such an error: Transposition of numbers in the address, 1128 instead of 1182, is but one example. And I would call each such error careless. Everyone involved in the process needs to have their $hit straight. Piddling little mistakes like that are just so preventable IF there is discipline. Especially given a raid that was planned. Someone should have checked the numbers.
To: Luke Skyfreeper
Hey Luke, you been off that oxygen a little too long. I wrote it was "understandable", not excusable! I suggest you read things a little closer before castigating someone. I also wrote the folks involved should be fired, transferred, etc, as a result of this screw up. You would be doing us all a favor by responding as to what we write, not by what you think we wrote! :0 )
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:09:57 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:19:53 AM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("I don't think Pat Kennedy is crazy, he's just a drunk" -- G. Gordon Liddy (5-10-06))
To: JavaTheHutt
The LEOs work for the city, the city works for the taxpayer. The taxpayer is the one who ultimately is responsible. Almost right Rather say, "The LEOs work for the city, the taxpayer works for the city. The taxpayer is the one who ultimately pays for everything, but has no power to change any of it."
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:30:19 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
To: GrandEagle
We had a burglar try and get into our garage. I was up and armed before the alarm horn got ramped up. I remember as a little kid when something similiar happened. Our alarm system happened to be a Great Dane that was sleeping on top of my dad's pool table in the garage. The dude was determined, he actually disabled the alarm system by breaking a poolstick over its head. By coincidence, an uncle was staying with us at the time, just got back from 'Nam. By the time the burglar got the door from the garage to the kitchen open, he was staring down the barrel of my dad's 12 guage and my uncle's .45 auto... That was my first exposure to cleaning up large amounts of blood.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:30:29 AM PDT
by
JavaTheHutt
( Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush - DUBYA!!!!!)
To: from occupied ga
The taxpayer is the one who ultimately pays for everything, but has no power to change any of it." yes they do, it's the power of the vote.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:32:50 AM PDT
by
JavaTheHutt
( Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush Bush - DUBYA!!!!!)
To: Wolfie
The Taxpayers want a Drug War, they'll have to cover the costs of the occasional screw-up. So it goes.Damn right. Sort of like asset forfeiture for the masses.
To: VRing
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:39:24 AM PDT
by
takenoprisoner
(Sorry Mr. Jefferson, we forfeited the God given rights you all put to pen. We have no excuse.)
To: JavaTheHutt
yes they do, it's the power of the vote.Not to mention the power of their feet. If they don't like the climate, they can always move.
To: BerniesFriend
Worth repeating , all involved should be fired .
Henry County Police Chief Russell Abernathy was reported to have said at the time that the incident was inexcusable and that steps would be taken to ensure a similar incident doesn'tt occur in the future.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:41:09 AM PDT
by
righthand man
(WE'RE SOUTHERN AND PROUD OF IT)
To: coconutt2000
You must have fallen and cracked your coconutt!!
To: coconutt2000
The figure of $50k AS AN AMOUNT TO COME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE POCKET OF THE OFFICER IN CHAGRE is reasonable. The total damages to be paid for a terroristic death threat under false color of law should, obviously, be much higher.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:43:43 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(Hoover Dam is every bit as "natural" as a beaver dam.)
To: FreePaul
Maybe if they can hit the county hard enough it will make some difference. It occurs to me that a good way to make the politicians in power feel the pain would be to allow the victims to take their $8 million out of the budgets of county programs of their choice....
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:45:45 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(Hoover Dam is every bit as "natural" as a beaver dam.)
To: Red Badger
Jackpot!.......As it should be. But, the damages should come out of the salary of the government employee(s) that made the mistake. Or they should be fired of diciplined.
This kind of mistake is totally unacceptable.
To: Michael.SF.
1128 instead of 1182, is but one example.
Which does not qualify as a valid excuse. Put them in jail.
To: Sax
Give to widows & orphans, or another worthy cause.
Uhh, no, give it to the people who were caused damage.
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