Guy sounds like a real winner. Even if he's not legally held accountable for killing the officer, he still caused grief and sadness to many people.
Errrrr.......no.
DeGuerin said sheriff's deputies did not knock on the door or announce who they were when they entered the home.
Uhhhhh... yeah?
The officer probably has family. He is now dead. His family is very likely sad. ...wtf..
I know it's Texas where you can shoot anybody for pretty much any reason, but the dude is obviously a low life. Growing weed in his house? Oh yeah sounds like a totally outstanding citizen.
The police probably knocked, announced who they were... Obviously no answer, so they broke the door in. They had a warrant. But because they didn't go in screaming and blaring whistles, the home resident probably didn't hear them, then shot with out even a hesitation.
This is where your story falls apart.
Julie Renken, the district attorney for Burleson County, said in a statement Thursday she thought the sheriff's office acted correctly during events that 'occurred in a matter of seconds amongst chaos.'
'I believe the evidence also shows that an announcement was made,' Renken said. 'However, there is not enough evidence that Mr. Magee knew that day that Peace Officers were entering his home.'
Uhhhhh... yeah?
The officer probably has family. He is now dead. His family is very likely sad. ...wtf..
I know it's Texas where you can shoot anybody for pretty much any reason, but the dude is obviously a low life. Growing weed in his house? Oh yeah sounds like a totally outstanding citizen.
The police probably knocked, announced who they were... Obviously no answer, so they broke the door in. They had a warrant. But because they didn't go in screaming and blaring whistles, the home resident probably didn't hear them, then shot with out even a hesitation.
If police are really in a situation where they have to raid a home there needs to be more cut and dry proceedures for doing so, such as making sure the person knows, via a phone call or registered mail or something. Anybody can break into a house and yell "police".
Though police do on purpose for the element of surprise because if you are caught holding a gun they can justify shooting you. In this case, thankfully the victim was faster than the cop at shooting.
Guy sounds like a real winner. Even if he's not legally held accountable for killing the officer, he still caused grief and sadness to many people.
Those who instigated the home invasion are responsible for killing the officer.
The home owner did what he had to, as anyone else would do.
I fully support giving home owners a fair warning, and a chance to surrender peacefully.
Sowders and other officers entered the home about 90 miles northwest of Houston without knocking just before 6 a.m. Authorities were looking for guns and marijuana.
Just an example... basically, it should need to be an official communication. Any crazy guy with a gun and bust your door down and yell "police!" and start shooting up the whole place.
Or how about, just leaving people alone in their own house.
Also "burglarized" is not a real fucking word.
....officers entered the home about 90 miles northwest of Houston without knocking just before 6 a.m
BTW, the cops executed a no-knock warrant, so the home owner may certainly have not known it was the cops.
From the linked article:
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If you are going to forcefully enter the home of someone , you're an idiot.
\There, i fixed it for you.
If these damned cops stopped approaching every situation like they're in a movie, the situations wouldn't so often devolve into gunfire. No knock warrants should be done by an assault team and over serious matters like a kidnapping, not a few fucking pot plants. Plenty of these idiotic cops have gone and killed people over even more minor shit than this. Stop thinking you're in a damn movie and act like a reasonable person and you don't get shot by a home owner or, more likely, kill some home owner over some trivial bullshit.
http://www.cato.org/raidmap