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I'm going to pull the triger till it goes click,click,click.... cop or not. Kickdo a mf'er on suspicion, get killed for suspicion. same~same. -
I know its bullshit, not worth the guys life.Originally posted by Baron View Post
We have had this conversation here, many times. What are we supposed to do in a late night situation like that, where we are woken up by a loud noise."The danger is that if you're sitting in your home and it's pitch black outside and your door gets busted in without warning, what the hell are you supposed to do?" DeGuerin said.Leave a comment:
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I think we were all waiting for this to happen, as much disdain there is over no-knocks.
Surprisingly, the cops didn't kill the homeowner, his girlfriend and dog.Leave a comment:
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Really piss poor judgement on the part of the police department. Also, just one more reason why the drug war needs to end and pot be made perfectly legal.Leave a comment:
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such bullshit. A cop got killed over a couple weed plants.Leave a comment:
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I am not a cop so dont fry me over this but I think I may be just a tad bit leery about doing one of these no knock things anywhere in Texas if I was a cop. In fact I think unless I knew for a fact some seriously evil stuff was going on I wouldn't do it. Guy is dead over a few pot plants.....Leave a comment:
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I believe in Texas you can have them in your home if it's been 5 years since conviction.Leave a comment:
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I thought I was going to read this and see that nothing had been found. I can understand the need for a no knock warrant but don't think it's worth the life of a police officer to serve it. Why couldn't they wait till the house was empty and serve it than or pull the suspect over while he is away from the house and than serve the search warrant at the residence?Leave a comment:
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Homeowner kills Deputy in No-Knock
Cops suspect drugs and "illegal" guns. Does no-knock. Homeowner defends against intruder. Kills cop.
A Burleson County sheriff's deputy leading a dawn, no-knock drug raid was shot and killed by the homeowner last Thursday. Sgt. Adam Sowders becomes the 40th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.
Although Sowders was killed early last Thursday morning, we delayed reporting the story because the sheriff's department refused for several days to release search warrant information that would have verified it was indeed a drug-related search warrant.
According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, Sowders had obtained a search warrant for the residence after obtaining information that the homeowner was growing marijuana and possibly had stolen guns. The warrant was a "no-knock" warrant, meaning police could forcibly enter the residence without giving residents a chance to respond.
Sowders, the first officer through the door, was shot and killed by homeowner Henry Goedrich Magee, 28, who has now been charged with capital murder. But Magee's attorney, famed Houston defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin, said Magee and his pregnant girlfriend were sleeping in the home when they heard "explosives" going off and loud pounding at the door. Moments later, the door burst open and a person Magee couldn't identify entered the residence. Magee grabbed a rifle leaning against his bedroom door frame and shot Sowders. According to DeGuerin, Magee shot him because he "believed the man rushing in was an intruder and he needed to defend himself."
Magee has a felony and a misdemeanor drug conviction, but DeGuerin said all investigators found inside the trailer were a few marijuana plants and four guns that were all legal. DeGuerin pointed at the no-knock warrant as a contributing factor in Sowder's death.
"The danger is that if you're sitting in your home and it's pitch black outside and your door gets busted in without warning, what the hell are you supposed to do?" DeGuerin said.
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