Two different stories - MD cops shoot sleeping(?) man

[allen-1]

I don't know what to make of this. I can't come to an informed conclusion because the statements by the police and by the dead man's family are so totally contradictory; somebody's lying.

Lawyer: Man killed by officer was asleep when police fired

An attorney says a Maryland man who was shot and killed by a police officer was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house

abcnews.go.com

 

[HARRYM]

I may have missed it in the article but I didn't see why he was a prohibited person.

 

[BigTimber]

I don't know what to make of this. I can't come to an informed conclusion because the statements by the police and by the dead man's family are so totally contradictory; somebody's lying.

Lawyer: Man killed by officer was asleep when police fired

An attorney says a Maryland man who was shot and killed by a police officer was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house

abcnews.go.com

Yup. Story tells us basically nothing.

 

[sigfanboy13]

It's Maryland, my money is on the cops lying. Not the first time they killed someone on a red flag order.

 

[mikeyp]

Dupe, it was originally listed as an erpo story and is in here Red Flag seizure megathread

 

[Dadstoys]

The article I read in the other thread said he was a computer programmer and a search of court records turned up a speeding ticket , that's it.
Sounds like a bad assed dude.

 

[Bonesinium]

I may have missed it in the article but I didn't see why he was a prohibited person.

He probably wasn’t. It’s a standard lie they use to try and justify the unjustifiable.

 

[allen-1]

Dupe, it was originally listed as an erpo story and is in here Red Flag seizure megathread

Yup. Missed it in that thread.
Thanks.

 

[mibro]

This case is so egregious it's worth its own thread.

This was a summary execution for thought crime. Other than his statements on social media this dude was squeaky clean.

It also tells me the police brought thermal gear to provide them with a target through a wall.

The whole thing screams NKVD or Gestapo.

 

[JoseyWales]

Makes me want to buy IR resistant clothing.

They still sell that?

 

[Bonesinium]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. There are ZERO legitimate reasons for no-knock searches or any late night/predawn searches. ZERO.

Best I can tell, when police are intent on using force, this is what they do. And courts routinely justify them even when the warrants are served ILLEGALLY.

Years back I posted a thread in which police served a bullshit warrant; obtained fraudulently, that required them to serve it in day time hours, and required them to knock and announce; by breaking down the door in the middle of the night without announcing themselves. They then shot the resident in the head. The court ruled that while they did violate his fourth amendment right they were still justified in killing him.

Courts let cops violate 4th Amendment, murder people in their own home

I feel this deserves its own thread. In a case brought by a murder by SWAT, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that summary execution is within the appropriate range of punishments for possessing a small amount of marijuana and that "no reasonable jury could have found that the Officers'...

www.northeastshooters.com

That's how perverse the system is.

There was also the example where police, again serving a fraudulently obtained warrant, murdered a 80-year old man in his own bed. Or one where they murdered a 107-year-old man and then gave themselves awards.

LA County pays $1.6M to settle deputy killing of 80-year-old man - MyNewsLA.com

The Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay out $1.6 million to the widow of an 80-year-old man fatally shot by sheriff's deputies.

mynewsla.com

Pine Bluff Cops Killed 107-Year-Old Man And Got Medals For Doing It, Now Won't Give Them Back

"I don't understand...were you in the war? No, I killed a 107-year-old man"

reason.com

Then of course there is the murder of Jose Guerena, in which we have a long running thread about.

AZ - Jose Guerena Shot 60 Times By SWAT Team

The wife of a Tucson man killed in a Pima County SWAT raid May 5 pleaded for five minutes with 911 dispatchers to send an ambulance for her mortally wounded husband, audio records show. Often through tears and sometimes in broken English, Vanessa Guerena, tells 911 operators that her husband...

www.northeastshooters.com

Or Julian Betton who was shot in his own home after police broke down his door with a battering ram, and then EVERY SINGLE COP INVOLVED LIED ABOUT IT.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoDIr3yAwMA

Or where SWAT breaks into a house in the middle of the night and shoot and kill a 7-year-old girl.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vubv-Q8qKgg


The list is literally endless, as more examples continue to happen.

But don't worry, police are the good guys.

 

[Darksideblues42]

I may have missed it in the article but I didn't see why he was a prohibited person.

It isn't in the article, and the only things I can think of is if he had been committed at some point, or if he held a medical marijuana card. Those two things could possibly trigger prohibited person status without having a criminal record.