Wow! These police had no sense at all.
Yes, let’s trust those brave men who protect all of us from prostitutes.
A good decision.
Randy Weaver was acquitted in the death of a US Marshall for similar reasons.
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One of them paid a heavy price for that mistake...severely wounded means he probably still isn’t back to normal. No warrant for her arrest and tried to grab her and pull her out of the door? Really?
The end.
So I’m safe in assuming LE only do 3 AM no-knock SWAT raids on conservatives?
I wonder why these cops had such a hard-on for this woman that they went to her house and tried to kidnap her. Without a warrant or probable cause that’s basically what they were doing. As well as trespassing in the man’s house.
There’s something the police are hiding. Unless these cops are simply that stupid.
This is part of the reason I belive in having some type of hardened entry or foyer. A locked storm door would allow you to open your front door but not allow a forced entry while the door is being opened. Even better if there was some distance between doors. But simple Ring doorbells or a security camera would allow you to at least see the person knocking before you open up. With double doors the outer door needs to be pulled open which makes it hard to bust open.
Also keep a garage door opener handy. When someone knocks open the garage door first - this totally distracts the whoever is at the door. They tend to back away from the front and turn around to see WTF is with the garage opening thus distracting them and giving you the upper hand.
I remember listening to Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk a few years ago when a caller asked why he would worry about drawing his weapon quickly in his vehicle while being pulled over. Tom said that it doesn’t matter who’s trying to shoot him, he’s going to do his best to defend himself. That if a cop was illegally trying to shoot him, he’s gonna shoot back if he is able to.
I completely agree.
And pray that none of us ever comes across that kind of situation.
Seems like a lot of trouble to go to for a whore. Don’t the police have anything better to do? If not, then we obviously have too many police.
I’ve long been uncomfortable with the term “public servant”, as it conveys an incorrect relationship with negative connotations. I think a better term would be “public agent”, as it more accurately describes things.
A “servant” has to perform tasks outside of their scope, based on the orders of others, which accurately describes most LEOs, overburdened with extraneous duties not directly related to their job.
“Agents” have a much more defined and professional job description. They are not “workers” or “gophers”, but court officers, comparable to military commissioned and non-commissioned officers.
Not all insanes are locked in an asylum.
There have been a few no-knock cases in Texas in which law enforcement officers have been killed by residents. Grand juries refused to indict the residents.
Unless there is a hostage situation in which a hostage is about to be murdered, there is no good reason for a no-knock raid.
In the November 7, 2019 opinion regarding whether the trial court had properly considered DeRossett's pleading of self-defence under the Castle Doctrine, the Florida Court of Appeals for the Fifth District found that the trial court improperly shifted the burden of proof and that it must reconsider the Castle Doctrine. It further found that the trial court must find that DeRossett knew, or should have known, at the time he fired his warning shot that he was shooting at law enforcement officers, or that DeRossett was using his home to further criminal activity, or else grant DeRossett's motion and discharge him from the crimes charged.
DeRossett conceded that a person is not entitled to immunity from prosecution under section 776.032(1) for knowingly shooting at law enforcement officers.
The issue of whether DeRossett knowingly fired at law enforcement officers was initally not properly considered by the trial court. On remand, the trial court found a lack of proof to sustain that exemption from the Castle Doctrine.
In the rehearing, the trial court found DeRossett did not know the cops were law enforcement officers. The issue of knowingly firing at police officers was not before the appellate court in 2020.
The appellate court opinion of April 15, 2020 overturned the trial court finding denying Castle Doctrine immunity due to an exception for furthering criminal activity, which finding alleged only that DeRossett had merely known of his niece's prostitution activity, without more. The appellate court found that to be insufficient evidence, as a matter of law, to support the allegation of "furthering" criminal activity. Therefore, the finding of an exemption from the Castle Doctrine failed.
DeRossett v Florida, FL App 5th Dist 5D19-0802 (7 Nov 2019)
DeRossett v Florida, FL App 5th Dist 5D19-0802 (15 Apr 2020)