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Investigators: Georgia officer likely shot by other officers
Yahoo News ^ | 9/1/15 | Ray Henry

Posted on 09/01/2015 12:06:40 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy

ATLANTA (AP) — Police officers who arrived at the wrong Atlanta home after a report of suspicious activity shot the man who lives there, killed his dog and "likely" shot a fellow officer, leaving him seriously wounded, authorities said Tuesday.

The bloody misunderstanding began Monday night when DeKalb County police received a report of a possible burglary at a one-story residence near an intersection in southeast Atlanta. Lacking an exact address, the officers were sent in the dark to a neighborhood where many of the single-story homes look similar.

Three police officers found a home they thought matched a description provided by a 911 caller, but were unable to make contact with anyone inside, according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. They entered the home through an unlocked rear door and two officers fired their guns at a dog, killing it.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: clusterflock; dekalb; donutwatch; leo
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To: mmichaels1970

Well, they did have possible cause.


61 posted on 09/01/2015 1:30:00 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: DariusBane
I don’t think they are either. But what is happening is the circle of reprisals I was warning is of.

Could be. Someday, being a cop may be as dangerous as being a fisherman or lumberjack.

62 posted on 09/01/2015 1:30:59 PM PDT by zeugma (Zaphod Beeblebrox for president! Or Cruz if Zaphod is unavailable.)
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To: nomad

GPS is useless when you don’t have an address/coordinates to find.
These guys did an armed raid without knowing where to go.


63 posted on 09/01/2015 1:39:42 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: Carthego delenda est

Every cop, while he is on duty outside of the station, should be wearing one.
I suspect it would clear more cops that it would condemn.


64 posted on 09/01/2015 1:41:30 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Fido969
The rise in police ambushes are also, from some perspectives, following procedure.

Procedure

"...and had several men killed and wounded by the rebels firing from behind walls, ditches, trees, and other ambushes..." (Official bulletin, London Gazette, June 1775)
65 posted on 09/01/2015 1:41:36 PM PDT by Robert Teesdale (III% | 4GW)
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To: Crystal Palace East

Hey buddy, I don’t see you over on this thread. What’s wrong? Run out of boot polish?


66 posted on 09/01/2015 1:51:49 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Fido969

On returning home the home owner would not talk to anyone. The meaning of this is, see in court!


67 posted on 09/01/2015 1:55:43 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: zeugma

Ha! How about truck driver?


68 posted on 09/01/2015 2:27:40 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: mmichaels1970

It IS really messed up. At my house, there’d be more than one “shot” cop.

The Sheriff in my county knows me.... and his deputies KNOW that if they come to my address, they’d best announce their presence and be invited to enter.

Anyone coming into my home in the middle of the night unannounced WILL be met with overwhelming firepower.


69 posted on 09/01/2015 2:50:25 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: nomad

You’re missing the point. They didn’t even have an address to stick into a GPS, just a street / neighborhood. And they STILL barged into someone’s house and shot the place up.


70 posted on 09/01/2015 2:59:14 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

That’s an excellent point!


71 posted on 09/01/2015 3:00:46 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

I think we need a new mantra; “Dog’s Lives Matter”. I am serious. Police indiscriminately shoot dogs and get away with it all the time. To many Dog owners their dog are like members of the family. When factored into a police shooting incident they are treated like livestock.


72 posted on 09/01/2015 3:22:29 PM PDT by glabbe
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To: glabbe

Exactly. Hey all you cops, if you think your shins are more important than my dog’s life... Eff you! They aren’t! Stay the hell out of my house!


73 posted on 09/01/2015 3:29:53 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: George from New England

If they started taking it out of the police pension fund it would stop pretty quick.


74 posted on 09/01/2015 3:38:48 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: FreedomPoster

No, you`re missing my point, if you`re not sure, you don`t go, period.


75 posted on 09/01/2015 3:59:59 PM PDT by nomad
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To: ctdonath2

Which is my point, if you aren`t sure, you cool your ‘ninja’ heels and wait till you are certain.


76 posted on 09/01/2015 4:01:27 PM PDT by nomad
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To: mmichaels1970

They will claim exigent circumstances exception to the 4th Amendment for the entry. Still pretty messed up.


77 posted on 09/01/2015 4:21:37 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

This wasn’t SWAT. It was a standard patrol.


78 posted on 09/01/2015 5:44:45 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Lurker
If those idiots had done that in my house they’d be looking over their shoulders every day for the rest of their lives.

Impunity as a job benefit. Someone is responsible for hiring these dangerous cretins.

79 posted on 09/01/2015 5:52:37 PM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: TalonDJ
Hey all you cops, if you think your shins are more important than my dog’s life... Eff you! They aren’t!

In the eye of the cops and their master and jackboot lickers, not only is your dog's life worth nothing, but you life is worth less than a moment of discomfort to them

80 posted on 09/01/2015 5:58:26 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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