spokane wa botched call, innocent homeowner lucky he wasn't shot.

[littlewolf]

http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/spokane-wrong-house-lucky-didnt-shoot/


SPOKANE COUNTY, WA — An innocent man says he was visited by sheriff’s deputies who pointed guns in his face and told him he was lucky they didn’t kill him.
Connor Guerrero, a recent college graduate, says he was disturbed in his home recently when strange men began sneaking around his yard and pointing flashlights in his windows, giving him cause for alarm.
Guerrero assumed he was being scoped out by burglars and that this could be a “dangerous situation” for him. He attempted to deter the prowlers by banging on the door to declare his presence.

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With guns pointed at him, he was ordered to his knees in submission. Guerrero was forced to produce his ID and prove that he lived in his own home.
“You’re lucky I didn’t [expletive] shoot you,” the deputy snarled at the homeowner.
As it turned out, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office went to the wrong home responding to a “suspicious vehicle” call. The Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said his deputies had made a mistake, but then placed blame on the homeowner for being cautious.

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It seems the sheriff believes his deputies deserve a wide latitude of understanding as they fumble routine calls and accost innocent homeowners. The threat of violence against a man who showed no actual aggression shows a questionable lack of judgement on the part of the deputies.
Perhaps the public servants should try putting themselves in the homeowner’s position, and be glad their ineptitude didn’t put them at the mercy of someone rightfully protecting their home.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

1. This story, along with 10,000 others, begs the question...

Why is it that a court of law will take the word of a police officer over the word of a citizen? Even removing the criminal element from the equation, a judge will take the word of a traffic cop over that of the motorist who was pulled over. This doesn't square with the national conversation being had about the merits of making all cops wear cameras.

In this particular case, I think I'd retain a good attorney to contest the notion that I was "lucky" that some brainless killer didn't shoot me.

[Brigid]

2. And here it is, ladies and gentlemen . . .

Today's "inept fascist cops terrorize innocent citizen" story. I think I'll start calling them "Tackleberry" stories.

[d_r]

3. around here the cops would get shot

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/oct/29/teen-shot-during-prank
Estill Springs, Tenn., man is free on a $125,000 bond after firing a shotgun at teens who were rolling their principal's yard with toilet paper.
One of the teens, a 15-year-old boy, was hit by shotgun pellets.


http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/dec/17/teen-slain-over-scrap-called-politehomeowner-says/

Two days before a man shot him dead, 17-year-old Dalton McConathy searched for scrap metal at a house in Chickamauga, Ga. The homeowner often welcomed the teenager, unlike McConathy's killer.
A pair of men from Ringgold, Ga., meanwhile, have recently shared stories of previous interactions with Fred Steven Youngblood, the man who killed McConathy on Nov. 11 during an alleged burglary. Youngblood, 69, apparently threatened both men with a gun, leading them to question whether Youngblood actually had to kill a boy to protect himself.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/07/suffering-from-alzheimers-ga-man-fatally-shot/3904791/

CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (AP) — The last walk that Ronald Westbrook took began as early as 1 a.m. when he slipped unnoticed from his North Georgia home with his two dogs.


It ended three hours later when Westbrook, a 72-year-old who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, knocked in the dark on a stranger's door last month. Police said a man inside that home, 34-year-old Joe Hendrix, got a .40-caliber handgun, went outside to investigate and shot Westbrook in a horrible mistake.


http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Possible-road-rage-leads-to-fatal-shooting-in/qL_2CsTYUky1YT5mYNBD5w.cspx
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee(WDEF) - Police say road rage may have sparked a shooting that left one person dead.

It happened Monday morning at the intersection of Moore Road and North Terrace.

Investigators said Norman Gallman, 39, was in a Honda Civic when he was allegedly shot and killed by Richard Manning, 62.

[lpbk2713]

4. Typical avoidance of accountability

Keystone Kops should not have been there in the first place but they want to put the
blame on the worried home owner for anything that might have gone terribly wrong.