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If that guy didn't have a gun, this never would have happened.
Most interesting it looks like his face took quite a beating too. I'll lay 10 to 1 odds that they beat the crap out of him when they entered the house and found him shot up, just to teach him a lesson!
Looks like troopers showed up and banged on glass slider, man showed up to door with shotgun, troopers panicked and shot at him, then he returned fire.
This case makes a strong argument for a good video surveillance system inside and out of the house. A quick rewind shows instantly who fired first.
Is it too much to ask that somebody double checks the address before they go in guns blazing (or ready to blaze)? Or is this just what we get when we hire dumb cops?
Biden Defense. He saw intruders and fired a shotgun through the door.
The article states the homeowner fired through the door prior to the officers firing. This means pretty much everyone was at fault.
It reminds me of the stories of errors in hospitals, misidentification of patients or mix up of procedures, removal of the wrong kidney, etc. As a result, hospitals now have procedures that require them to check and re-check these things.
Seems like cops should do the same--implement multiply-redundant checks of the address they're going to and the address that they're actually at.
Where is Maura on that?
That's my guess as well. The shotgun blast is low in the window. Unless the officers where shot in the foot, that would be consistent with him being on the ground when he fired, which would be consistent with the officers firing first. If they claim he shot first and the forensics say otherwise, suffice it to say I have a high tolerance for human error but zero tolerance for public servants trying to lie their way out of trouble.