Gee guys, I do stand corrected- death to the pigs and all that, right? After all, every cop out there is a power mad abuser of his authority, so this guy got exactly what he deserved! Why, how DARE he show up for his shift, put on his Kevlar and go serve a warrant on a suspected drug dealer! After all, it's the individual cops who decide if it's a no knock warrant or not, right?
Like I said- I do stand corrected. Any time a cop gets killed in the line of duty we need to start a thred rejoicing in the fact there is one less cop out there who might violate our rights. Sheeesus, man- some of you guys are a real piece of...work. I can see now it's going to actually take an effort on my part to keep from violating my parolee status in the face of - I don't know what you'd call it- so much convoluted logic, insinsitivity and ignorance.
I was watching the Early Show and they were showing a picture of J-Lo's new twin babies- one boy, one girl- and the commentaor on The Early Show asked if the twins were identical or not. It's not even eight AM yet, and between the dumbest question ever asked on The Early Show and the giddiness and downright rejoicing here over the death of a cop I can tell this is going to be one of those days.
The officer in question did make the choice to go the way of a "no-knock" entrance. When a judge signs a search warrant or arrest warrant the judge does not decide how the police officers go about enforcing that said warrant. It is the officers themselves.
The second part of your rant has holes in it also. The officers in question were reported as being in plain clothes. There are conflicting reports, but it seems as if these officers acted on their warrant prior to uniformed officers providing back up.
Third, prior to even getting the warrant in the first place, they should have investigated their CI's claims. They could have ran that address though their system to see if it comes up with any other hits. Had they done this they would have seen the house was burglarized just days before. They could have contacted the responded officer and got more "intel" on the house and the occupants. Since there was a police report filed there has to be a name attached to that report. The cops in question could have/should have ran that name though their states CIC system and the NCIC system to see if the individual in question has any prior arrests or warrants.
Forth, if deciding to move forward with the warrant, they should have had unformed officers or a tactical team enter first. Kicking someones door in, in the middle of the night with jeans and a t-shirt on with a badge around your neck is not proof enough that you are in fact an officer of the law.
Had they done these things one of them might still be alive today. The bottom line is, these officers made a chain of errors that night that ended up with one of them on a metal table. Pointing out that these officers made some really stupid decisions in a short period of time is not cop hating or rejoicing in someones death. It is pointing out the cold hard truth of the situation. The cops screwed up and now an innocent civilian is going to pay the ultimate price because these officers refuse to admit they were wrong. Just because they are police officers does not mean they should get a pass or have their mistakes over looked.
