Posted on 09/29/2012 5:11:28 PM PDT by JohnKinAK
L E B A N O N, Tenn.
A 61-year-old man was shot to death by police while his wife was handcuffed in another room during a drug raid on the wrong house.
Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night. They intended to raid the home next door.
The two officers, 25-year-old Kyle Shedran and 24-year-old Greg Day, were placed on administrative leave with pay.
“They need to get rid of those men, boys with toys,” said Adams’ 70-year-old widow, Loraine.
John Adams was watching television when his wife heard pounding on the door. Police claim they identified themselves and wore police jackets. Loraine Adams said she had no indication the men were police.
“I thought it was a home invasion. I said ‘Baby, get your gun!,” she said, sitting amid friends and relatives gathered at her home to cook and prepare for Sunday’s funeral.
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That's not only wrong, it's evil.
Give those police the death sentence. Yes, the death penalty!
I completely agree.
I wasn’t talking about “the war on drugs” I was talking about “accidental” raids on houses of people who criticize Dear Leader, bitterly cling to their bibles and guns, post messages on places like this, attend Tea Party rallies, buy “too much” ammo, complain about Michelle’s school lunch plan or ObamaCare or insult the prophet. Stuff like that.
“We did the best surveillance we could do, and a mistake was made,” Lebanon Police Chief Billy Weeks said.
So what he actually said was they did their jobs 100% in this type of operation, it’s just that random folks will be killed occasionally. Ho hum.
Freegards
This is disgusting!!!
I would like to know what they thought was going on at the house next door? Did they think millions of dollars worth of cocaine was being dealt? I highly doubt it. Cops on a power rush....I don’t blame the man for trying to defend his wife and property.
My husband was almost killed by a man fleeing cops in a chase. It was in December 2005. The chase began when a city cop randomly ran a tag on a car and it didn’t match the car. He tried to pull the guy over but he sped off and a chase ensued involving city, county and highway patrol. They reached speeds of 125 mph on city streets and interstate. The guy went around a blind curve doing about 85 and hit my husband head-on. My husband was just driving home from work at about 11 pm. My husband is in a wheelchair and will be until he dies. The guy being chased wasn’t drunk or on drugs - just scared. Wasn’t even his car - belonged to a friend. He had some bumps and bruises but didn’t even spend the night in the hospital. Chases for stupid reasons injure and kill a lot of innocent people. I’m not too fond of cops.
The grandchild of the "War On (some) Drugs".
Somebody posted this the other day. The event took place 12 years ago - not exactly breaking news...
Every one of them should be charged with murder, and the judge and supervisors charged with accessory to murder and conspiracy.
They posted it today based on the dates on the comments at the end.
Guess they wanted to make sure they had the facts right first like good little journalists. ;-)
Then I found another story about a different guy:
"Tennessee: Unarmed man mistakenly shot by police"
ALSO in Lebanon, Tennessee. Around April 29th, 2010.
They've got some problems.
He didn't have a dog, they had to shoot something...
You have my sympathies. Sorry for you situation.
At the risk of having my house raided, I endorse what you say. Way too many cops think that they are entitled to push the peasantry around (or worse). Aggressive punks with badges, that describes a substantial percentage of them.
Oops. You’re right. Early October, 2000! Are they sending reporters back in a time machine?
I was thinking the same thing. Someone had to have staked the house out to plan the raid--entrances, possible escape routes, etc. You'd think they would have taken the time to identify the people living there while they were at it.
BTW, no dead dog?
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Just a bump in the road in the war on drugs!
This article brings to light a problem I’ve seen for many years getting worse.
First, the police in general just ain’t too bright. Second, this is an example of just how sorry their investigating gets.
I just cringe when I hear that they finally completed an arrest at a meth lab after 17 to 24 months surveillance. Wow! The people next door knew after 3 hours and the people down the street knew it within a day. However, Scotland Yard had to “investigate” it for a painfully long period of time before doing anything.
I’ve been personally involved in telling these politically correct zombies about drug and Mexican illegals around my general area for years without ANY action what-so-ever by these so-called “detectives” and officers.
Now, in this article they clearly don’t have the intelligence to even verify the address of the criminal they were after.
These erroneous raids are getting more and more frequent, and will become more so for as long as all involved are not prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Nope. The cop haters and druggies are digging up old stories and posting them as news. This isn't the first time this story has been posted on FR either.
Seems that anyone can claim that so and so is dealing drugs and the police can legally take them out. Ex-partners getting even, neighbor against neighbor - hells bells, this will put hit men out of business!
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