-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.
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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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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?
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?
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.
Years ago I had the same exact experience - right down to the “’You’re lucky I didn’t [expletive] shoot you,” from the pigs.
I heard something late at night and saw shadows moving in my back yard. I grabbed a gun and went to investigate. When I got to the corner of my house I saw several forms moving in the shadows and retreated towards my door. They must have seen me at the same time because they immediately followed. I retreated inside and barred the door.
The faceless (and largely featureless) shapes came up on the porch and pounded on the door and wall demanding entrance. I had all the lights out inside (it was 01:00) and turned on the porch light which revealed that they were cops. Or at least wearing uniforms. I shouted through the door for them to get off my property. They insisted that I come out. The one cop shouted that either I come out or they would break down the door. I replied that there were children in the house and that I was armed. I repeated my insistence that they leave and they repeated that I surrender.
Finally I suggested that they call in a sergeant or someone with at least a little common sense. Amazingly they did. When he showed up I explained the situation to him (through the still closed door of course) my situation and my desire to be left alone. Even more amazingly he agreed that this was something blown out of proportion and told his crew to stand down.
He said that there was a report of prowlers and that one of his guys “thought he saw” someone going up my driveway. He did scold me for not being more cooperative and I responded, “Consider it from my perspective”. He nodded (which was all the consideration I was going to get).
I moved out of Seattle shortly after that.
First off, I don’t think all cops are bad. I do however believe the standards to be a cop have been lowered to the point that a lot of idiots do become cops. That being said, it will not surprise me to start reading stories of cops being killed in their own homes. There seems to be no recourse these days when idiots wearing badges do idiotic things.
Just yesterday there was a thread about a no-knock busting into a guy’s house in the middle of the night and it getting a deputy killed. Of course, now the guy defending his home from what he thought were burglars is in jail for the murder. These ninja/nazi cops going around shooting dogs and children and manhandling innocent people must stop.
“’You’re lucky I didn’t [expletive] shoot you,”
When they ‘make a mistake’ they are guilty of murder. Jail. For life.
This Sheriff is an a**hole and needs to be turned out of office at the next election.
“Put yourself in the deputies’ position,” said Sheriff Knezovich.
I hope he is an elected Sheriff. He should be un-elected because he is endorsing dangerous behavior.
It just floors me that he as the supervisor didn’t at least have the smarts to apologize. First rule of customer service. Apologize and most will be satisfied.
But Sheriff Knezovich is a danger to his community. His attitude is infectious. I wonder how many dogs and people he has shot in his career. How many people has he slammed against a hood breaking teeth or noses? I would like to know.
I’m glad to hear the Deputies got to go home safe at the end of the shift.