An illegal police raid no different than a home invasion.
An illegal police raid no different than a home invasion.
He was claiming to be a police officer, but the man she had seen looked to her more like an armed thug. Her boyfriend, Dorris, was calmer, and yelled back that he wanted to see some ID. But the man just demanded they open the door. The actual words, the couple say, were, “We’re the f—— police; open the f—— door.”
And then there’s this, from the policeman:
“She sure shouldn’t be going to the press.”
Read the story and weep.
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An illegal police raid no different than a home invasion.
He was claiming to be a police officer, but the man she had seen looked to her more like an armed thug. Her boyfriend, Dorris, was calmer, and yelled back that he wanted to see some ID. But the man just demanded they open the door. The actual words, the couple say, were, “We’re the f—— police; open the f—— door.”
And then there’s this, from the policeman:
“She sure shouldn’t be going to the press.”
Read the story and weep.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Wiggins said. “I have to go home at night.”
If cops continue to act like that against armed citizens, they won’t be. As I’ve said before, government at all levels is radicalizing it’s own citizenry.
I thought the reporter did a good job, asking the policeman good questions, and even better follow-up to the answers. If more journalists were like this with the police, and more importantly with politicians, we’d be in a much better situation. I was surprised the policeman answered the questions; he probably wasn’t expecting the follow-up.
Cops need to understand that what is a common event for them isn’t common for 99% of the population and that every civilian they encounter isn’t a criminal. They also need to boost their professionalism and that means accepting the risks that come with the job and acting within reason.
Couldn’t agree with you more. The cop reminds me of some of the Marines I served with – most Marines got it, but a few seemed to view every situation as if they were starring in a war movie. Of course, those are the ones everyone notices, which gives us all a bad name in some people’s eyes.
Human beings are overly susceptible to abusing power.
Scenario II – The woman sees a stranger pointing a gun at her through the kitchen window. She runs to her room and pulls out a gun. There’s banging on the door and someone screaming to open up! The boy friend tries to calm the woman and gets nowhere. Then the door opens and bright lights dance around the room. The woman panics and empties the revolver in the direction of the bright lights killing two officers and wounding one. The remaining officers open fire in the direction of the shots killing both occupants. Police Summary Report: Accidental shooting.
That happens, when things / bad moves start adding up and people make moves, it sometimes pays to be lucky when things let loose. I would say that the two people were very lucky even though the police, from what we can read in the story have clearly abused their power. It is very unhealthy for a person to point a weapon at a police officer, and that is as it should be, even if they have abused their power.
Like if a man was to notice another man in his neighborhood and he fit the description by his dress and actions of suspects involved in burglaries in that same neighborhood. And that man stops his car and decides to observe and follow the other man while dialing and talking to 911. And as he talks to the police the other man decides that he does not like being followed and further decides for some reason to physically attack the other man who had not physically interacted with him.
At that moment of these compounding decisions you can never really be sure how it might end. You may assume one outcome and unfortunately get something else. Everyone wants to go home at the end of the night. I recently heard a quote from a marshal arts instructor, he said every physical confrontation has the potential to be fatal. I thought that was wise and accurate, its best to be lucky enough to live long enough to come to understand those wise words.