[rellimpank]

-—followup to this—

—http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156663/posts

[samtheman]

No cocaine was found in the home, and it initially appeared the charges filed against Mr. Dozier -- attempted murder and possession of a controlled substance, to wit marijuana -- did not include the alleged cocaine trafficking that supposedly prompted the raid.

So the raid itself instigated a crime more serious than that cited on the arrest warrant.

Think about the import of that for a moment, before you reflexively support the cops on this one.

There WAS no crime until the police broke in in the middle of the night.

Then suddenly the guy is facing 3 million dollars bail.

What would YOU do if you heard someone smashing your door down in the middle of the night?

I think if it turns out that he really did call 911, then all charges should be dropped.

[tx_eggman]

... and opened fire to break the lock off the metal front door.

So, someone is outside his house ... SHOOTING to break open the suspect's front door ... and he's in trouble for returning fire.

Sorry, but shooting open the front door is piss poor procedure on the part of the LV Police Department ... extremely piss poor.

[Bobalu]

Dialing 911 constitutes reasonable doubt..IMHO

[Bernard]

Considering the kind of emotions that flow when one is under gunfire -- especially when three officers have been hit -- it would be more appropriate to honor the courage and restraint it took for officers to hold their fire and take a suspect into custody, substantially uninjured.

Still, if these people allow any emotions at all, they should be removed from active duty. If they want to continue shooting down doors when there are small children inside the house, this will require extraordinary measures and standards. One coke dealer is not that important.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Why do they go to homes in the dead of night? Why not just wait ‘til the subject leaves the house for work (or whatever) and snatch him while he’s commuting or going about his business? A little surveillance and you know when the house is unoccupied. Take your search warrant in when the house has been vacated.

[Colvin]

I’ve never heard of shooting the door locks as standard proceedure.
I would also be protecting my home if someone tried this.

[Vaquero]

Jack booted thug alert.

was Lon Horiuci there to shoot any baby holding women to death?

[muawiyah]

We (everybody who's anybody) saw this on "Myth Busters". They used all sorts of weapons to shoot open all kinds of locks ~ with virtually no success.

Don't cops watch cable TV?

[freepersup]

I recently received an e-mail as part of an electronic newsletter (group) that I belong to, containing what I think is a report on the breaching officer in this raid.

I'm sure most of you old guys remember (first name redacted) (last name redacted.) I don't know if you know that he now lives in Las Vegas, and is a member of our police SWAT team. They had a high risk search warrant, so when that happens, the SWAT team is the one to serve it. When they got to the door, it was a metal security door, (first name redacted) fired five shotgun rounds trying to open the door. The person inside started shooting back through the door, wounding three of the SWAT team members. They're all okay now. (first name redacted) got shot in the leg, just above the knee. He's home recovering now. Old (group word redacted) (group word redacted) still can't resist being where the action is!!!