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TX: No-Knock Police Raid Ends In Blazing Tragedy
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Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
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"Gun owners and self-defense advocates are lauding a rare victory in which a Texas grand jury has refused to indict a homeowner for shooting and killing a police officer who entered his home unannounced in the middle of the night."
"The homeowner, Henry Magee, 28, said he thought the officers who broke through his door were robbers and he acted in self-defense to protect his pregnant girlfriend and two children."
"Police were acting on a tip from a criminal informant that led them to believe Magee had more than a dozen marijuana plants, all at least six feet tall, in his rural home in Burleson County. Officers included a line on the warrant that Magee also had 'possible illegal guns' stolen from the local sheriff’s office. ..." ... |
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Millwright66
(2/11/2015)
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Yet another another example of the increasing alienation of our police forces/procedures from the public they're charged to protect. SWAT interventions - because of their inherent perils - ought to be the "last resort" of PDs everywhere. Yet the numbers of these actions, (approaching 100K/yr) continue to climb yearly even as violent crime numbers decline.
I suspect we're reaping a harvest of discord deliberately sown by political elements seeking to change America into a police state. |
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