Posted on 02/02/2019 7:22:51 AM PST by marktwain
The recent killing of a couple in Houston, Texas, and the wounding of four police officers, has been claimed to be an ambush of police by drug dealers.
Later accounts by officers at the scene show that police broke into the house, and fired first, killing the couple's dog.
The husband then fired back, wounding the officer who killed their dog.
Officers then shot the unarmed 58-year-old wife. They claim she was attempting to get the shotgun from the wounded officer. From cnn.com:
When Monday afternoon's raid was over, two suspects were dead and five officers were injured, four of them suffering gunshot wounds. The first officer fired a shotgun blast, killing the dog. Suspect Dennis Tuttle, 59, initially retreated but returned with a .357 Magnum, shooting the officer in the shoulder, the chief said. The officer collapsed onto a couch in the living room.
As the other narcotics officers charged through the door — which Acevedo described as a “fatal funnel” — the second suspect, Rhogena Nicholas, 58, tried to wrestle the shotgun away from the officer on the couch. Police quickly shot her.
More gunfire was exchanged as the 54-year-old officer who breached the door — the officer who knocks down the door goes in last — charged into the fray, realizing his fellow officers were in trouble.
“He immediately knew his partners were down and he made entry. When he made entry, he got shot,” Acevedo said. “You know your brother's down, your sister's down, you go in, and that's what they did.”
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As the police have now admitted they broke down the door and started firing without any warning, the term "ambush" can only be applied to the police, not the suspects.
Drug cops are the same class of low-life trash as the low-life trash they are allegedly protecting us from.
Just sayin'.
But one never knows... Who's going to investigate it, HPD their own selves or some other state law enforcement agency?
(I think if I were in Vegas I'd place a bet on "The cops got the wrong house with a guy who knew how to shoot back".)
BTW what breed was the deceased dog? Just curious...
We used to call this Premeditated First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances and the thugs in magic blue costumes would be waiting for the Hangman or Needle.
Drug cops are the same class of low-life trash as the low-life trash they are allegedly protecting us from.
That’s not fair, I have met plenty of Low Life Trash in my Life, and most were pretty Honorable and Trustworthy compared to most of the cops I have met.
Acevedo is one of these less than useless gadfly chiefs who bounce from one liberal shithole to another...whoever pays him the most. Morale must be in the toilet in the HPD.
Roger Stone dodged a bullet. So to speak.
Reminds me of Marvin Guy. Similar type shooting in Killeen, tx, he is just now going to trial. Gag order on the trial.
The hole operation sounds very sketchy....
Yeah, what breed?
Pit Bull or Poodle would say a lot.
How do you "warn" a charging drug dog..? FREEZE TURKEY.!! I don't think that would work...
I don't think that pitbull cared one way or the other who or what was coming in that door, he was going to kill it.!
Double execution, in “the field”..?
Sure sounds like it.
And, the whole raid has to be videotaped, or the evidence obtained is no good. Cops are paid to get it right. If they don't get it right, then they aren't doing their jobs, and their actions are suspect.
So, I have a fence and high tech cameras. That must mean I'm cooking dope inside, right?
Is there a source for the breed of dog killed in the raid?
How do you know it was a pitbull?
The response of the President of the Houston Police Officer’s Union, Joe Gamaldi, is not reassuring. From abc13.com:
“Enough is enough. If you’re the ones out there spreading the rhetoric that police officers are the enemy, well just know we’ve all got your number now,” Gamaldi said.
“We’re going to be keeping track on all of y’all, and we’re going to make sure to hold you accountable every time you stir the pot on our police officers.”
Hmmm. These guys need to be investigated! Heavily!! This line of crap no doubt has pervaded the police locker room and/or work environment!
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