[Tupelo]

Is working third shift (11PM - 7AM) in a mine the latest cover for drug dealers? (How many of y'all ever been down in a mine? Shudder!) If not, whoever ordered the warrant should be charged with murder and the deputies that fired the 71 rounds should be charged with manslaughter at the minimum.
71 rounds in a small house? I can't get over that one. It sounds like the modern LEOs are using the spray & pray technique instead of the know where every shot goes that was S.O.P. 25-30 years ago.
I can remember when, after a shooting, every officer that fired a round could tell you within inches where the slug was. Times sure have changed.

[rawhide]

With all the rounds fired, I am surprised the woman or her at-home son were not hit. In fact ,I read where the deputies went to some neighboring houses to see if anyone else had been hit. For a woman and a son to hear all those bullets being fired, and then to find their husband and father killed, has to give them nightmares for the rest of their lives.

And to think ,the SWAT team refused medical treatment, even after it was apparent that the guy was lying there dying.

And to think, they initially tried to cover it up, by claiming the victim fired the first shot. and the sheriff was in it on the deception from the start. There are a lot of people that need to go to jail over this incident.

[jonascord]

The Mission Mine is an open pit mine, which is pretty much standard for the SouthWest. Having seen some of the holes they've dug, for copper and gold, it's perhaps more impressive, if not so claustrophobic. These days, they locate the mill right next door, so the only thing shipped out is the ingots of metal.

It's hot, dusty and LOUD. Depending on the ore, they like to use cyanide to separate out the ore. Yeah, it's where dope dealers hide.