Given that their flashers and siren was on, the couple knew damn well the police were outside their home. And, they decided to have their pit bull ready to attack and armed themselves. It was if they wanted to have a shootout with police.
Forgive me, but I do not believe you answered my question. Do you believe, had the officers simply knocked on the door, that the outcome would have been the same?
Also, I see you tout the flashing lights as a reason that the occupants of the house should have known the police were there. But if you read the article, you can see that the sequence of events is not quite as you describe.
“Acevedo said the plainclothes narcotics cops serving the warrant “announced themselves as Houston police officers while simultaneously breaching the front door.” Meanwhile, uniformed officers waiting in or near a “marked police unit” outside the house “hit the siren and hit the lights so they knew that police officers were there.”
You can see the statement uses the word “meanwhile” which generally is defined as at the same time or during. I will also note, that those serving the warrant were “plainclothes”, and announced themselves “simultaneously” as breaching the door.
I understand what side you are defending, but at what point, in your mind, has it gone too far for freedom and natural rights to co-exist with the actions we see?
The bottom line is that the actions of these officers have been investigated and lie after lie was discovered in their statements. Resulting in one being charged with murder and others being charged with various felonies. And last but not least, was one of them your husband or boyfriend?
Former HPD officer charged with murder in botched raid at Harding Street house
Houston Chronicle ^ | August 23, 2019 | St. John Barned-Smith and Keri Blakinger
Posted on 8/23/2019, 11:08:13 PM by Forgotten Amendments
...Ogg said that as investigators probed the case, they determined that Goines first lied about using a confidential informant to buy heroin; then claimed to have bought the drugs himself; then lied about who identified the drugs; and finally admitted that he couldn’t determine whether Tuttle was the same person from whom he allegedly purchased the drugs....
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