So were they drug dealers or not?...............
Maybe the dog pooped on a neighbor's lawn, and the neighbor "swatted" them.
This one stinks, waiting for the truth to come out. Of course Houston has the former Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo who is a gun grabber. So no political agenda for the Chief!
Pretty much business as usual for these types of raids. The question people have to ask is “What prevents this from happening to me or a loved one?” Answer, “Nothing really.”
Man, I hope this is not true.
“reason.com” is a far, far, far, far “progressive” propaganda outfit ... i don’t believe a word they say ...
Hmmmm. Guess Roger Stone and Mrs. Stone should be glad it was the fbi and not the hpd that popped them in the pre-dawn/near sunrise raid then? This is not good for the folks in blue if it proves out.
According to the local ABC affiliate last night, a paid informant was involved. This story is also subject to change in the next 5 minutes.
The Police are innocent until proven guilty too.
Who did the cops think the couple were — Trump associates?
Aggressive is what police do/are....what is the back story about the area, the dog, the neighbor who called....
HPD claims their undercover officers bought heroin at the house prior to the raid.
Drug warriors
Stupidity
I am of the opinion that:
1) Only the elected Sheriff should have a SWAT team
2) No warrant should EVER be served by plain clothes officers
3) No knock raids should be limited to situations where there is a KNOW threat to life or limb, not the POSSIBILITY of a threat and require the evidence of the situation be presented to a separate judge for approval.
4) Protocol should require lights and sirens for 10 seconds prior to knock on the door.
5) knock on the door should allow a reasonable time to respond - min 1 min
6) Officers on the breach team should be proceeded with a riot / assault shield, not shotgun or pistol
7) only one officer on the breach team should be giving commands.
Had these rules been followed, most likely would have resulted in a different outcome.
Essentially the same story as Cory Maye, who killed a deputy who was the sheriff’s son. It was a no knock raid in the middle of the night at the wrong address. Maye was trying to protect his daughter. He ended up spending years on death row.
He was eventually sentenced to time served and released. I sent some money to his prison account and got back a nice letter from him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Maye
Did they confirm if cops wore body cameras? This story indicates they did not.
Break into my house and shoot my beloved dog? God help you.
What’s wrong with this picture?
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Well, the first thing wrong is you posting a libertarian smear tactic by Reason.
The reason article states that a .357 was recovered after the mayhem, but I can’t see, doing a quick search, that a .357 was recovered. Other articles state that the police asked for the no-knock warrant because the informant saw a 9mm semi, but none of the articles I read said that one was recovered. Was it a .357 or 9mm? Was the informant lying?
I see two problems, right there.
Anybody who does those two things deserves to be shot. Act like a criminal, get shot down like a criminal.