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Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts) Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:43 AM Dec 2015

More good cops:Cops Break Into Wrong Home, Shoot Innocent Homeowner, Kill His Dog, Then Each Other

Atlanta, GA — An almost unbelievable tale of police incompetence comes out of Dekalb County Tuesday after police responded to the wrong home on a burglary call.

During the blunder, police officers wrongfully entered a residence as the homeowners, Chris and Leah McKinley and their small child, watched the movie Serendipity on their sofa.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-break-wrong-home-shoot-innocent-homeowner-kill-dog-shoot/#Fxr3yLq37Xl0Yc7U.99

We employ assholes to enforce our laws.

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More good cops:Cops Break Into Wrong Home, Shoot Innocent Homeowner, Kill His Dog, Then Each Other (Original Post) Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 OP

It is not an irrelevant piece of data to mention that the innocent homeowner was black. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #1

You might want to tell the homeowner that. Quackers Dec 2015 #12

No, in this particular case, the homeowner was white and the officers black FrodosPet Dec 2015 #14

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? hobbit709 Dec 2015 #2

According to DeKalb police Chief James Conroy, the three officers involved are all on paid leave. saturnsring Dec 2015 #3

fuck up, shoot a kill a dog, shoot someone innocent, shoot each other, bust in the wrong house Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #4

Really?! Chan790 Dec 2015 #5

It is time for a complete retooling of law enforcement. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #6

A silent "good" cop tazkcmo Dec 2015 #7

Well ... it's more likely that a "good" cop will try to clean this up internally. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #10

Your opinion tazkcmo Dec 2015 #11

see #13 Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #15

Talking to a relative, I know how that goes... hunter Dec 2015 #13

Exactly. tazkcmo Dec 2015 #16

You know this is from September, no? pipoman Dec 2015 #8

What a bunch of stupid fucking idiots! Rex Dec 2015 #9

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)

1. It is not an irrelevant piece of data to mention that the innocent homeowner was black. n/t

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:46 AM

Dec 2015

Quackers

(2,256 posts)

12. You might want to tell the homeowner that.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:35 AM

Dec 2015

And these are the officers involved. The first one pictured was the one that was shot by fellow officers.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

14. No, in this particular case, the homeowner was white and the officers black

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:46 AM

Dec 2015

Unfortunately you probably won't have to wait too long for white cops to shoot an innocent African American.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

2. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:57 AM

Dec 2015

It seems that people have more to fear from the police than from any criminals.

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

3. According to DeKalb police Chief James Conroy, the three officers involved are all on paid leave.

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 08:23 AM

Dec 2015

According to DeKalb police Chief James Conroy,the three officers involved are all on paid leave.

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)

4. fuck up, shoot a kill a dog, shoot someone innocent, shoot each other, bust in the wrong house

Reply to saturnsring (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 08:32 AM

Dec 2015

get a paid vacation.

What a gig. What a country!

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

5. Really?!

Reply to saturnsring (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 08:47 AM

Dec 2015

That seems like an extreme over-reaction.

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

6. It is time for a complete retooling of law enforcement.

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:49 AM

Dec 2015

This will be unnecessarily tough on the diminishing fraction of good cops, but the time has come.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)

7. A silent "good" cop

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 09:59 AM

Dec 2015

is a bad cop and I'm not hearing any "good" cops.

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

10. Well ... it's more likely that a "good" cop will try to clean this up internally.

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:22 AM

Dec 2015

Airing dirty laundry? Dunno how that would go...

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)

11. Your opinion

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:25 AM

Dec 2015

which you are entitled to, of course. I disagree. The internal system you refer to is corrupt.

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

15. see #13

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:49 AM

Dec 2015

hunter

(38,311 posts)

13. Talking to a relative, I know how that goes...

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:46 AM

Dec 2015

... sexual and physical harassment, a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city and police department, a payout settled out-of-court, and then you never work in public law enforcement again, anywhere in the U.S.A..

Police can quickly forgive and forget the sins of incompetent or corrupt cops, but they never forget or forgive cops who expose police corruption and dirty business to the outside world.