See that folks? There were several guns in the house, more than enough reason to blow away an old man.

Can I shoot a police officer in the back if I think he's going for his gun? Just thought I'd ask.

There were, however, several guns in the house

I bet there were knives in there, too. Maybe even
a box cutter in the garage. I'm glad the drug commandos
executed this dangerous grandfather of 14.

That fu**ing figures. I keep a gun loaded and will blast the nazi bastards if i get the chance.

The article said:"...Federal prosecutors concluded there was insufficient evidence that Sgt. George Hopkins violated Mario Paz's civil rights when he shot him..."

KILLING someone is NOT a violation of their civil rights? I think the federal prosecutor is f*cking nuts.

Thought of this AFTER I clicked on post. Killing someone is NOT a violation of their civil rights, but if I call a homosexual a "f*gg*t", THEN I've violated their civil rights.

Cowardice is such a pathetic defense. The guy should be fired. That's the problem with police recruiting, no one ever checks prospects for a yellow streak. A man is dead because this knock kneed little wimp. Bravery is waiting to see the gun first, even better waiting for the first shot. How this jerk sleeps at night I will never know?

In WWI they shot braver soldiers for cowardice in the face of the enemy than this cop will ever be.

Can I shoot a police officer in the back if I think he's going for his gun? Just thought I'd ask.

Well being that there is one set of rules for the cops and one set for the pissant, I mean peasants, no you can't shoot the cop. They'll kill you on the spot with those fancy H&K MP5 Submachine Guns.

bump

several guns in the house

Nowadays, that'll qualify ya' as a "suspected terrorist".

Bump!

The War on Drugs has always been an unwinnable war, at least the way that our governments (feds, state, & local) have been fighting it. Let's hope the War on Terrorism is fought with a little more sense. (I have my doubts.)

A different look at DARE

How's the drug war going? (The Onion)

"A police officer does not need to wait to see a gun to defend themselves."

These no-knock threads are particularly infuriating. It's absolutely unbelievable that there were no drugs found, they shoot an old fart in the back and nobody is held accountable.

Out of all of these stories I've read here, I've yet to see any type of punishment meted out to any of these wannabe warrior cowards. They can shoot a mom holding a baby, blow away an 11 year old, shoot old men in the back and they're totally untouchable.

Then we keep giving them more powers and more destructive weapons in their crusade to confiscate friggin' contaband.

God damn it, I am so sick and tired of these tyrants getting away with murder...

BTTT

I am so sick and tired of these tyrants getting away with murder...

In the long run the stupidity of the judges in these cases will result in the death of more officers. No one wants to shoot an officer but no one can feel safe around them with more and more of these decisions coming down. People will start shooting at the slightest movement because they know an officer can SHOOT YOU IN THE BACK EVEN IF YOU ARE UNARMED AND GET AWAY WITH IT!

These commando seal wannabees sicken me.

When is the public going to wake up.

You know we finally have a situation (911) that might create a situation that warrants their use. However as we saw at Columbine, this whole concept is not so cool when they face armed boys much less men.

These "operators" (they love it when they are called that) love nothing more than "kicking a door" on some unsuspecting person. They aren't as up on it in other situations.

They stole this guys life savings as I remember. Did they return it to his widow or did they keep it too?