Cops shoot unarmed suspect in face without prior warning. No charges.

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http://www.alternet.org/unarmed-marijuana-dealer-shot-face-cop-who-wont-face-charges

In March, a heavily militarized police SWAT team, knowing that Cruice had never been convicted of a crime, descended on his home on Maybrook Drive in Deltona.

Police did not knock. Instead, they used a battering ram to bust down the door, sending multiple heavily armed troopers into the house.

Friends who were inside the home explained that police fired their weapons without hesitation. They described how it was blatantly obvious that Cruice was unarmed, as he was wearing basketball shorts and no shirt.

Cruice was shot in his face and died on scene.

The friends were also quick to point out that there were no weapons. In fact, a police search of the property revealed that there were no weapons at all.

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“Law enforcement officers have a tremendous responsibility as well as a dangerous job that sometimes requires them to make split-second, life-and-death decisions. That Derek Cruice was unarmed makes the outcome of this incident truly tragic. But it in no way alters the facts and circumstances that caused Investigator Raible and the other deputies in that fateful moment to perceive that their lives were in danger.”





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In a split-second decision an unarmed, half-naked man was shot in "self-defence" when a heavily armed SWAT-team burst into his home.

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