Posted on 02/10/2019 6:02:53 AM PST by marktwain
One line of information on the Houston, Tx. warrant indicates plain clothes officers entered the home. An officer is suspended based upon false statements within the warrant application.
It appears the officers were undercover officers, but were wearing raid jackets at the time of the raid.
Yes, an officer has been suspended.
We do not exactly what for. That he was suspended is a positive indication there is a real investigation ongoing in Houston, Texas
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the investigation is being conducted by an outside agency, the Division of Criminal Investigations.
It is a state level organization with a good reputation.
Very interesting report:
It was a no knock raid.
Fricke immediately surrendered when he found it was the police.
Fricke did not fire until a hole had been broken through the door.
The warrant was based on a $20 and a $40 sale of marijuana, and the sale of a few guns at gun shows.
The marijuana bust was the ruse (reason) to get in the door. They were after a source of illegal weapons.
” The CI said Fricke “and his friend had others purchase approximately 13 to 15 firearms for them in the past 4-5 months.”
This is more than a few. This guy was reselling guns to those prohibited from owning them, like a convicted felon in possession of a handgun as well as cocaine and ecstasy. Not exactly a Good Guy.
Living with Grandma in her duplex, with no job except running guns & drugs from the place, Jordan Fricke is not my idea of a stand-up guy. F_ck him for destroying lives while exercising his 2nd amendment rights. Anybody who sides with this guy has a twisted view of life and the rule of law.
The small town next to mine in northern VT filed a formal complaint with the State over the heavy-handed tactics being employed by the State Police. They include many examples of abuse of authority, harassment and intimidation. You’re right, the country is becoming a police state.
It is a CI.
He does not differentiate between Fricke and the other guy.
It could be as you say, but they did not find any illegal weapons.
The only illegal weapons in Wisconsin would have been automatic firearms or sawed off rifles or shotguns.
None of the people at the house had felony records.
It seems to me the marijuana purchases were the main complaint. Both were mentioned on the no-knock warrant.
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