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Widow terrified by cops' mistake
Chicago Tribune ^
| September 7, 2003
| Ray Quintanilla
Posted on 09/08/2003 9:54:50 AM PDT by MrLeRoy
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posted on
09/08/2003 9:54:51 AM PDT
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MrLeRoy
To: *Wod_list; jmc813
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posted on
09/08/2003 9:55:19 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
"I wouldn't want anyone to go through this. It was frightening," Jackson, 73, said Saturday, a day after more than a dozen officers burst into her home in the middle of the night. Whatever happened to the "Land of the Brave and the Free?"
To: MrLeRoy
Jackson said she ran outside in her nightgown because she thought someone had broken in. The police did. Sue Sue!!!!
To: MrLeRoy
It's for the children.
To: MrLeRoy
This happens just a little too often to allow for "honest mistakes." How about "arrogance" or "hubris"?
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:03:59 AM PDT
by
Marauder
(If you drink, don't drive; don't even putt.)
To: Marauder
... or "police state"?
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:04:23 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: Britton J Wingfield
It takes a village, you know.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:04:47 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:05:31 AM PDT
by
WestPacSailor
(Sorry folks, this tagline's closed. The moose out front should of told you.)
To: MrLeRoy
She fared better than the man years ago whose home was raided for drugs in another address mix-up: That poor man died of a heart attack when police raided his home by mistake.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:05:56 AM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(and tired of this screenname, too.)
To: MrLeRoy
There are just too many of these situations out there. Innocent folks have been killed in some of them. Every police department needs to institute a very careful double-check system when serving warrants like this.
That they do not already is very, very troubling. 21st Street and 21st Place? Every cop there knows that there are two 21st address possibilities. Does nobody ask to make certain that they are breaking down the door to the correct place? Apparently not.
At its extreme, we have Atlanta, which has so many Peachtree addresses, on streets, avenues, circles, places, etc., that I'm amazed that any warrant with a Peachtree address is ever served correctly.
We've just got to get this straightened out!
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:06:25 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: MrLeRoy
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:06:58 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Adversity introduces a man to himself.)
To: Baseballguy
she's lucky they didn't blow her away,
Grandma drug dealers, sheesssh
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:08:23 AM PDT
by
vin-one
(I wish i had something clever to put in this tag)
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:08:42 AM PDT
by
jmc813
(Check out the FR Big Brother 4 thread! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/943368/posts)
To: Marauder
Actually I think the publik skoolz are the main problem. Police officers are almost exclusively public school graduates. The public schools' curriculum is big on diversity, self-esteem, the joy of socialism, etc., but getting the right answer isn't on the menu. Fuzzy math teaches how to work together to come up with creative approaches to a problem, but getting the one specific right answer doesn't count. Any wonder the graduates of these programs can't get an address right, or even grasp before it's too late, why it's a big deal to make sure each and every digit is correct?
To: Joe Brower
LOL!
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:10:28 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
I guarantee you that if Chicago actually respected its residents' RKBA, this sort of thing would stop REAL quickly.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:10:34 AM PDT
by
jmc813
(Check out the FR Big Brother 4 thread! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/943368/posts)
To: jmc813
"I guarantee you that if Chicago actually respected its residents' RKBA, this sort of thing would stop REAL quickly."
Sorry, but that's nonsense. If you hear "Police! Search Warrant!" as your door is being broken down by mistake, the very worst thing you can do is to assert your RKBA. You will be dead, instanter. You cannot fight off an Police insertion team. Period.
Instead, Chicago residents need to be exerting their right to complain, and loudly, about this kind of mistake. This old lady needs to hurt the Chicago Cops where it really hurts, in the pocketbook.
If you hear your door being broken down and you hear the word Police! or Warrant!, your very best move is to stand very still, with your arms out and palms open. You can react later, and you'll still be alive.
Grab your Mossberg, and you'll be dead.
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posted on
09/08/2003 10:14:54 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: MineralMan
You can react later, While the gang with the fake Police outfit is raping you, your wife, your daughter, and your dog.
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