You would think after a three month investigation that the cops would get the right house.
If they broke down my door and it was an honest mistake and they were looking for a dangerous criminal I could forgive that.
But a drug-war-gone-wild mistake would make my blood boil :-(
Same thing happened a couple of years ago in our town. Police got the wrong house, busted in, and beat up an elderly man in front of his terrified wife. Of course, they are still in gainful employ.
I’m not tarring ALL police with the same brush....don’t get me wrong. They deserve respect and admiration for what they do daily, putting their lives on the line for very little pay. Just some in ‘our parts’ seem to lack ‘communication skills’ and need further training.
My first reaction would have been to reach for my gun if someone busted into my home. Anybody here who wouldn’t have?
Can you honestly say you have never made a mistake on the job?
These drug raids happen every day all across the world. Occasionally, very occasionally, they are going to get the wrong house.
A single incident is not indicative of an epidemic of error.
Homeowner’s lucky they didn’t start out by killing all the family pets: that’s the SWAT-nazis’ usual M.O.
Everyone one of these thugs should be fired. Animals like this have no business receiving a taxpayer funded paycheck to “police” the neighborhood. And no, I don’t care that it was a mistake. Mistakes like this are way too common and it’s high time that severe examples are made of the perpetrators.
i like when the guy said that his 3-month old child saw the whole thing! THAT was funny.
This happened in a town I used to live in and the homeowner was shot and killed. Like any other homeowner, he grabbed his pistol and, prepared to defend his family, himself, and his home, was gunned down.
The no-knock warrants, except fro KNOWN armed and dangerous felons, must cease.
They won’t until the Second American Revolution.
Let’s see. They collected $24,000 and will have to pay a few hundred of that to fix the broken door. Pretty profitable mission, I would say. That will buy a lot of donuts.
Unless I missed it, the posted story fails to indicate a state or a city. County names really don’t help. Assume this is somewhere in Georgia.
You sound like someone who has had encounters with the police before. First, the rank and file officers in the raid arent responsible for getting the right address, they rely on the leadership for that. Certainly the leadership and those who conducted a three month operation resulting in hitting the wrong house have many questions to answer. In the end, you can bet lawyers have already contacted the homeowners and some sort of suit will be filed unless Giwnnett County comes forth with large amounts of money to sooth the feelings of the homeowner and his wife........um, girlfriend.
The next question is why with all this going on two doors down did not the real criminal get out the back door with his cash and hit the road? World’s dumbest criminal?
Don't they teach "reading addresses 101" in police academy any more?
Maybe they should start slower: "This is a 1. It is commonly recognized as the lowest single integer symbol. This is a 2. This equates to a pair of 1 units. Please remember that numbers are sequential. Just because a houses address may have the numbers 1, 2, and 3 in it, the order they appear is very important. If you are ordered to raid a house on 321 Park St, but instead raid the house at 123 Park St, then you've hit the wrong house. Does everyone understand this? No? Sgt. Jenkins... you have a question?"
Clever command, and artful influence of the language is always a joy to behold.
Have you found the argument you are trolling for?
What is it that you lick?
I wonder how much they really found.
If only one of these folks had been Governor of Illinois. Then they would have received a nice phone call telling them that the police were outside and would they please, in about 15 or 20 minutes, come on out. But then again, a few bags of weed or maybe some meth is much worse than selling a Senate seat, taking bribes for a children’s hospital, trying to get an editorial writer canned, and who knows what else. We must remember the wisdom of John Edwards. There really are two Americas.
End the failed war on some drugs and these stupid raids stop.
Took 10 posts but you got one.