Posted on 06/09/2006 7:38:19 AM PDT by VRing
A Stockbridge couple whose home was mistakenly raided by Henry County Police last year as they sought a drug suspect is seeking $8 million in damages from the incident.
In a lawsuit filed last month in Superior Court against county officials and police, Roy and Belinda Baker say they were roused out of bed by police who used a battering ram to knock down their door and threw concussive grenades into their home around 1 a.m. Sept. 30.
“The Law Enforcement Defendants accosted the Bakers in the hallway to their bedroom, where they had been sleeping, and yelled at the Bakers, threatened, assaulted and unlawfully touched the Bakers, and placed the Bakers face down, at gunpoint ...” the suit says.
(Excerpt) Read more at henryherald.com ...
I wonder what's it worth to be able to sleep through the night again?
You can stop wheezing now, time's up.
Dog, we both know it doesn't matter where as it has become pretty much ubiquitous.
Or maybe they can fire the moron that spearheaded the entire thing to begin with. WTH does it take to read numbers on a house. One would also think that someone, anyone, took a drive by at some point during the day to see which house it was.
These people deserve something, but as usual, with attorneys involved, what that "something" is is grossly inflated.
Perhaps, but I always am curious. It's been explained to me on the thread at this point.
you really have not comprehended anything I have said, have you?
Sure sounds a lot like the wealth redistribution plans of others I've seen, such as
".. going to take things away from (us) on behalf of the common good." (just substitute "lawyers" or "political supporters" for the "common good".
There's no way the guilty are paying for their mistake in a Civil Suit....it's ALL about jackpot.....the weasly-worded excuse for gouging is the operative "punitive damages", compensatory damages pay for the loss, punitive damage sends a "message", that message being "my lawyer needs a new BMW, and I want to retire at taxpayer expense..."
You are the one who is totallly off base here. You managed to completely miss my point either through the fact I didn't explain it well enough or innate love of your own position. I'll assume I didn't explain it will enough so i'll try one more time before giving up.
Any financial effects of an 8 million dollar judgement will be felt by a very small minority of taxpayers due to the "progressive" structure of the tax system. Hence the majority of taxpayers will have NO incentive to change the idiot government bureaucracy that did this. IF it were one tax dollar, one vote, then what you said would be true, but one person, one vote ensures that the people paying the freight for this don't have a say. You can babble on about my attitude all you want, but this doesn't change the fact that this lack of representation for the people who pay the bulk of the taxes is EXACTLY what a progressive tax system is designed to accomplish.
This is similar to the gerrymandering that goes on here to ensure that Cynthia Mckinney has a safe black district. Most of the taxes in her district are paid by a small minority of white middle class voters; however, the bulk of her district is black lower class whith the same attitude of "I'm owed" seen in New Orleans. Now are you seriously trying to get anyone to believe that those white middle class voters can do anything about McKinney?
December 2001 Prentiss Mississippi - Officer Ron Jones was in the process of serving a drug warrant, based on an informant tip. While trying to enter the rear of a duplex, he broke into the wrong apartment and was shot by the resident, Corey Maye, who had no prior record and was protecting his daughter. No drugs were found. Maye was charged with capital murder, and sentenced to death.
January 1993 Stockton California - At 2 am, police smashed down the door and rushed into the home of Manuel Ramirez, a retired golf course groundskeeper. Ramirez awoke, grabbed a pistol and shot and killed officer Arthur Parga before other officers killed him. Police were raiding the house based on a tip that drugs were on the premises, but they found no drugs.
Now I have to ask....
Was the dog ok?? :)
The one I'm remembering had a happy ending for the victim, and a stern message to law enforcement officer about the very high degree of care and professionalism that they need to exercise in these types of operations OR ELSE, which is why I'd like to see it be more visible.
I hope they win but not to the tune of 8 million. It is the taxpayers that will be paying them.
Don't lean on the walls, the paint's still wet.
Ja ja Sie waren gerade folgende Aufträge
Sie erhielten das falsche Haus.
Oooh, looks like you are suffering from weak argument syndrome. Symptoms usually include, but are not limited to:
1) Screaming in all capital letters
2) Attempting to slander your opponent with name calling and insinuations (Liberal), rather than arguing your position with facts.
I said the tax payers are the ones who are ultimately responsible. It may not be their fault, but it doesn't change the fact that they are responsible. You seem to think that fault and responsibility are synonymous. They rarely are.
My wife brought home a stupid mutt that I wish would run away. She swore she would house train it, but everyday when I come home, there is a pile of "love" waiting for me to clean up. It's not my fault we have this stupid dog, but it's ultimately my responsibility to help clean up after it.
See how that works? Here's another example:
You have fallen victim to the liberal mindset that whoever is responsible must be at fault also. That's OK though. It's not you fault that you are a product of public schooling. But as an adult, you are responsible for acting on the poor education you received in public schools, and for failure to properly educate yourself as an adult.
The concept is pretty easy to understand if you just give it a shot.
"Uhh, no, give it to the people who were caused damage."
They can be compensated through reimbursement for the damage, compensation for pain and suffering, etc. Excessive punitive damages can go elsewhere.
Common sense needs to be applied here. Yes, they were wronged and deserve to be paid. $8 Million is beyond excessive.
Better yet, the Drug Warriors ought to be charged under the new terrorism laws. These kind of acts can be decribed as nothing short of terrorism. We have seen no significant results from the drug war, therefore, all of these violent home invasions are significant only for the terror which they inflict upon the populace in attempt to control their appetites.
The unlawful use of or threatened use of force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives.--FBI definition of terrorism.
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