Scott County deputy fires shots during raid on wrong house

star tribune ^ | 5 Jan | KATIE HUMPHREY

[marktwain]

Very interesting. Does anyone have a link to a direct story about Vang winning a $600,000 dollar lawsuit. I think it is highly significant because he used a shotgun to great effect to protect his house from the police, who invaded it because of making a mistake about an address.

One of the primary purposes of a warrant is to insure that the property owner would know that the search is official, and not just some pretext. Obviously, that purpose is ignored when the police break into a place without allowing the residents to respond and inspect the warrant before allowing the officers entry.

[coloradan]

It’s interesting that the police response to a domestic call is a “raid.” Why not just call in an airstrike?

[coloradan]

Two men living in the house announced they had a gun, and the deputy fired, Studnicka said.

An interesting criterion for use of deadly force.

Citizen: "I believe the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own guns."

Police response: Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!

[razorback-bert]

Lubbock SWAT ping.

[Doogle]

here ya go...note the name is different

http://www.startribune.com/local/36059839.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

[Rebelbase]

Look$ like $omeone is gonna get rich in an upcoming law$uit.

[Travis McGee]

“My impression is they thought that somebody was breaking into their house,” Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka said. “They didn’t realize it was a deputy.”

It might help if raiding cops wore ACTUAL POLICE UNIFORMS and not the increasingly popular semi-undercover cop thug chic.

[The KG9 Kid]

"Whoops... Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING

Click the link to be added to the "Whoops. Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING list.

[org.whodat]

It might help if raiding cops wore ACTUAL POLICE UNIFORMS and not the increasingly popular semi-undercover cop thug chic.

What, then their little thing would not get hard and they would not get off, if you know what I mean!!!

[panaxanax]

I am nearing the point that I fear the Police as much as I fear the criminals.

[org.whodat]

You have reason to!!! Some of the crap they pull just would not happen to people with normal minds.

[thefactor]

let’s compare your earlier thread about a hero cop killed in the line of duty to this thread. Think it’ll get more than 16 posts?

[Oztrich Boy]

My impression is they thought that somebody was breaking into their house," Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka said

Now why would they think that? Oh right, someöne was.

[dcwusmc]

Yer so right. Bump.

[seemoAR]

Is the life of a Policeman worth more than a timber cutter or a construction worker? The policeman’s job isn’t even in the top 10 most dangerous jobs. ;0)

[Titan Magroyne]

Thanks for the ping.

Here’s an earlier thread on this bust-in-the-door-and-shoot.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159413/posts

[Kimmers]

My hope is that people read it, offered prayers and did not necessarily leave a comment.....

I did offer my condolences yesterday to a cop I saw and he was pretty broken up. It sounds like he was loved and respected by people on the force and in the community....

[thefactor]

cannot compare those jobs. police officers jobs are dangerous, but in a somewhat different way. police officers are the only people regularly killed by gunfire, during peacetime, on a regular basis as part of their duties.

all other job related deaths, such as with fishermen or timber cutters, are accidental in nature.

[seemoAR]

Some people just want to be special. Maybe you can’t ( won’t) compare the jobs. I can and do. A policeman is a man just as I am. Dead is dead.

[thefactor]

if you dont see a difference between being murdered and accidentally falling out of a tree or off a boat, then you’re the one with the issue. ;0)