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Posted on 07/26/2013 9:30:35 PM PDT by redreno
Police in Fort Worth, Texas, are blaming “poor lighting” after two officers went to the wrong home in search of a possible burglar and ended up shooting a 72-year-old man dead in his garage. The officers, who are both in their first year with Fort Worth PD, were responding to a burglary alarm on May 28 when the tragic mistake occurred.
“Due to poor lighting conditions, and officers attempting to arrive on the scene undetected,” the cops approached the home of Jerry Waller by mistake, according to an affidavit. The house they were actually supposed to go to was across the street.
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Yep it has. It has changed from protecting the public to controlling the law abiding segment of the public, the segment that works and pays the taxes that support them. The criminal element they do not care about controlling. only the ones that pays their salary[ies].
Yes...it sure looks that way.
And just what the heck do you mean by that? Do I need to look up how many times cops raid the wrong house in California and compare?
Well, if you are not going to allow me to put an "a" in there, then I am not going to allow you to put an "a" in there either. No matter how you slice and dice it, it is a sloppy title.
As I said, the far bigger issue is that the grandfather was killed in the first place. They went to the wrong place.
He came out armed because he thought intruders were immediately outside his home. I am afraid that when he raised his arm with a gun to point it at the armed intruders, who were actually police, his fate was sealed.
Hard to blame him in the dark seeing armed individuals. Cannot blame the police at that point, because they were looking for a suspect and a man outside the home raised a weapon at them.
The issue was the wrong address from the get go...and, as I said, that seems to be happening far too often.
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I was thinking the same thing.
Profiling? Was the old man wearing a hoodie?
Because when officer safety is at issue, you can never be too sure.
>Maybe add in cameras that begin recording once the lights go on.
Maybe turn on the lawn sprinklers too.
Works well for door to door salesmen who can’t read.
Nah, they had murder on the mind. Besides, if the prosecution can’t prove that, they can always go to manslaughter at the last minute. ...What I know about the law could be written on a matchbook, with space left over for doodling.
Well, I have stayed at a Holiday Inn before.
Heck, in Calif. the cops just gang up and beat mentally ill guys to death in public and get away with murder.
Why bother raiding, and they can shoot up the wrong pickup truck in a manhunt and get away with it.
” A horrible situation for all involved.”
A little more horrible for some, than for officers who won’t be punished.
At least the officers made it home. /S
I only send meaningless stuff to the cloud. Trust it about as much as the government. Very personal stuff stays under my control. You'd be surprised what others can find out about you by searching. I like my anonymity.
Yes, indeed. Cops are doing things backwards nowadays. In old days, it was serve and protect. Now it's shoot and butt-check. I've been disgusted with how uncivil and rude cops have become while not protecting us. For instance, cops came out to an incident at my neighbor's home. I told them the welfare woman was abusing her kids and I had a video of it. They didn't care and let it continue. A couple years went by until the woman finally got counseling, but the kids are a mess.
he was dead before they shot him? These idiot reporters
Yep-—government employees-—turning a blind eye to the abusers and preying on the weak and helpless.
No matter what their title, the same theme prevails.
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Obviously it’s worse for those who lost the loved one, but for someone with a conscience, such a terrible mistake would be devastating, whatever earthly punishments may or may not befall one.
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