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Mississippi police kill man while serving warrant at wrong house
UPI ^ | 7/26/17 | Ray Downs

Posted on 07/26/2017 7:32:32 AM PDT by Timpanagos1

July 26 (UPI) -- Close to midnight on Sunday, Southaven, Miss., police arrived at the wrong house to serve an arrest warrant and shot a man dead in his own home, according to reports.

Ismael Lopez, 41, was shot dead late Sunday night after he checked to see who was at his front door. But the police were supposed to be across the street to serve an arrest warrant for Samuel Pearman, who was wanted on an assault charge, reported WREG.

"Someone didn't take the time to analyze the address," said Murray Wells, the attorney representing Lopez's family. "This is incredibly tragic and embarrassing to this police department that they can't read house numbers."

DeSoto County Prosecutor John Champion said it was "possible" that police went to the wrong house and confirmed that Lopez's name was not on the warrant.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: bluelivesmatter; donutwatch; homeinvasion; leo
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To: Timpanagos1
I've got a cousin that is a teach (26+ years now)and the stories she has told me ab out government regulation of what they can and can not do is unbelievable.
Our public school systems today are nothing more that baby-sitters.

I can only guess at how bad city police are regulated, especially when that city is run by DemocRATS !

Bottom line ... Don't count on it !
101 posted on 07/26/2017 8:49:18 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: MeganC

Yeah, I can see that being a problem.


102 posted on 07/26/2017 8:49:40 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

The article doesn’t describe the police clothing. Police usually wear uniforms and are fairly easy to notice as being police.


103 posted on 07/26/2017 8:50:16 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Yorlik803
ALL civilians

There's part of the problem. "Civilian" is the opposite of "military". Police are civilians. "Search and destroy" is NOT part of their mission. They're also servants. Or they're supposed to be. But they think they're masters. A few of the more egregious of them going to prison, in general population, might help to put them back in their proper place.

104 posted on 07/26/2017 8:51:15 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: servantboy777

Oh, come on! It’s tough to analyze an address even in daylight!


105 posted on 07/26/2017 8:52:34 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: plain talk
The whole thing was preventable if the pigs had delivered their warrant to THE RIGHT ADDRESS. This, they failed to do. And then they killed a man, utterly without justification. Out here in America, we call that "murder".
106 posted on 07/26/2017 8:54:38 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“If so, opening the door with a pit bull and a personal weapon is just suicide by cop.”

Would you say the same thing if it was an off-duty cop that they murdered?

Would you advise off-duty cops to always make sure they’re unarmed when a gang of armed thugs tries to break down their door?

Hmmm?


107 posted on 07/26/2017 8:54:52 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: Yorlik803

...and that Sir, is the root of the problem.


108 posted on 07/26/2017 8:55:10 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: Timpanagos1

cops should have had a picture of suspect, a picture of house showing address and should have known that was his residence and reason to believe he was in the residence at time of serving warrant..also it apparently was a nightime warrant

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/445/573/case.html

http://www.llrmi.com/articles/legal_questions/2-oct07.shtml


109 posted on 07/26/2017 8:58:01 AM PDT by rolling_stone (coming attraction...)
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To: eyeamok

That’s not how justice works.

A cop exercising good reason shouldn’t be held criminally liable for a mistake. Just the same as you shouldn’t if you acted reasonably and defended yourself. Whoever made the mistake of pointing then to that house may be criminally liable. They’re all certainly civilly liable. At least the department is. Criminality requires recklessness or malice of some sort and not simply “something bad happened”.

But having a drumhead trial isn’t how justice works.


110 posted on 07/26/2017 8:58:20 AM PDT by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: NorthMountain
The whole thing was preventable if the pigs had delivered their warrant to THE RIGHT ADDRESS.

Pigs? :-) That's the kind of language the Manson family used. OK I see where you are coming from.

111 posted on 07/26/2017 8:59:50 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: walkingdead

“How are we to exercise our second amendment rights when police are allowed to shoot on sight anyone exercising those rights?”

Simple: Shoot them first.

And if this nonsense keeps up then that’s what’s going to have to happen.

We’ve already seen a case in Texas where a man shot the police in self-defense and was rightfully acquiited because the cops were in the wrong.

http://www.kristv.com/story/34045158/man-accused-of-shooting-ccpd-officers-found-not-guilty

We’ll see more of them after this. Count on it.


112 posted on 07/26/2017 9:00:27 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: Red Badger

No, it would most likely be ruled either accidental or negligent. The cops who acted in good faith and had no role in the error that lead to the incident will just be marked as commiting an accidental homicide. If any of them employed negligence it will be classed as negligent homicide or manslaughter.


113 posted on 07/26/2017 9:02:04 AM PDT by Bogey78O (So far so good.)
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To: taxcontrol

You are not alone. I think similar thoughts all the time. And I’ve always wanted an ICF home for insulation and protection.


114 posted on 07/26/2017 9:03:21 AM PDT by scripter
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To: plain talk

lot of dead people from people impersonating police and raiding houses...


115 posted on 07/26/2017 9:03:28 AM PDT by rolling_stone (coming attraction...)
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To: miss marmelstein

Lol. That response feels like bait. No thanx


116 posted on 07/26/2017 9:04:02 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: plain talk
I see where you are coming from.

Where I'm coming from, the cops are supposed to serve warrants to THE RIGHT ADDRESS. How 'bout you?

Where I'm coming from, the cops are supposed to refrain from killing innocent citizens. How 'bout you?

Are you a cop, "plain talk"? Hmmm? Is that why you want to make excuses for murderers in funny costumes?

Don't lie to me, now ...

117 posted on 07/26/2017 9:05:18 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Bogey78O

I doubt that the cops will get prosecuted for this.....................


118 posted on 07/26/2017 9:08:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Bogey78O
"A cop exercising good reason shouldn’t be held criminally liable for a mistake."


True, and apparently not what happened here...
119 posted on 07/26/2017 9:12:25 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: miss marmelstein

The concept of odd numbers and even numbers may be beyond the compression skills of a small town Mississippi cop.


120 posted on 07/26/2017 9:14:29 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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