Posted on 12/29/2013 8:08:04 AM PST by FBD
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- A recent college graduate is waiting to hear the words “I’m sorry” from two Spokane County Sheriff's deputies. Conner Guerrero said the deputies were sneaking around his house, forced him on his knees on his lawn, and handcuffed him in front of his neighbors.
But deputies had the wrong house and the wrong guy. "Just trying to enjoy my evening. All the sudden, I see a flashlight shining through my doors…” said Guerrero. “I'm thinking this could be a dangerous situation for me.” Guerrero said he assumed the two men outside his house were burglars.“I come over to my door and I slap it to say hey someone is in this house and they're not going to let you come in here.”
He said he then got the scare of his life. "Right as soon as I opened this door, and it's dark outside - it's very dark and all I can see is a pistol.”
As Conner ran for cover, he heard a man yell ‘Sheriff's Office’ and asking him to come out. Guerrero said he immediately complied. "I'm wondering why the hell is a gun being pointed at me right now!”
Conner said the deputies accused him of being an intruder on his own home.“They directed me to take a knee, well both knees,” he said. "The gun [was] still drawn.The deputies then reportedly took his ID, proving Guerrero lived there.
But he claimed when the mistake was realized, he was the one apologizing while the deputy said something that gave him chills.
“’You're lucky I didn't [expletive] shoot you,"
He soon learned the deputies were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle but went to the wrong house.
(Excerpt) Read more at krem.com ...
-It appears the sheriff believes his deputies deserve a wide latitude of understanding as they swear at, and threaten innocent homeowners with being shot. And then they blame the homeowner for the situation. Perhaps public servants should try putting themselves in the innocent homeowner’s position, instead. -Just a thought.
Every knee shall bow ... to the Almighty Government.
Donut watch ping
The most important part of the story has been left out.
Did the cops go home safe and sound that evening?
Nothing else matters.
Nothing.
“”Put yourself in the deputies’ position,” said Sheriff Knezovich. “
No, I want the officers to start putting themselves in the shoes of their victims. Reminds me of a FED going door to door at an appartment complex waving a gun. Scared the hell out of an older lady, who did not know it was cops.
Then the pig, who had just pointed a gun at here through her kitchen window said “I did not appreciate having a gun pointed at me.”
All cops see is themselves and their interests.
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A Beer Summit as a way to atone?
Nothing?
You wouldn’t say that if a dog escaped alive.
Good thing the kid didn’t have a dog. It might have done something really scary like barking which would have forced them to shoot it.
Uh....the cops are lucky the homeowner didn’t (expletive) shoot them!
Did the 911 call say look for tire tracks, or was an address provided?
Obama's now and future army!!
He’s “lucky” he didn’t have a dog. Because, as it is, (according to the sheriff’s deputies); he’s “lucky” they didn’t shoot him.
Anyone creeping around my house is going to get blinded by a 800+ lumen flashlight, and there will be a firearm behind it. They had better comply with *my* orders on *my* property. I don’t care if they claim they are with the Sheriff’s dept. Until they prove it (via law abiding behavior and showing credentials), they are a potentially hostile intruder.
yeah, blame the poor guy who is in his own home minding his business...
Ever seen a better capsule description of the Obama Administration's governing philosophy?
““’You’re lucky I didn’t [expletive] shoot you,”
For opening his door and recoiling in surprise when there was a pistol there to greet him?
Yes, it appears they were able to get home safely. But they’re very upset with the homeowner, for not being more thankful for how lucky he is that they didn’t shoot him.
The guy should realize that he has suddenly developed terrible headaches, insomnia, loss of appetite, cold sweats and every other conceivable symptom of PTSD, which have cost him his job, his girlfriend, perhaps his house—’cause the payment is overdue—and by and large his way of life.
I’d go in asking for five mill and watch the city’s attorneys scramble to negotiate. A civil jury is going to want to make those dumb bastards pay.
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