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Showing Original Post only (View all)SWAT team fires semi-automatic guns at unarmed 18 year old [View all]
Members of a SWAT team opened fire on an unarmed teenage girl this week when police officers outside of Washington, DC attempted to serve an early morning search warrant.
Myasia Hughley, 18, is recovering from flesh wounds following Thursday mornings events in District Heights, Maryland. She was asleep in her bedroom at her family house when 15 FBI SWAT agents stormed the house with guns drawn.
Myasia didnt have a gun, though, nor did any other member of the Hughley household. The authorities allegedly saw something, and in their minds had enough reason to unleash a barrage of bullets at the girl. Mr. Hughley tells Washingtons NBC News4 that he saw one agent even fire off around seven shots himself using a semi-automatic weapon.
Ive got eight holes in my wall. One bullet went past my head, almost hit me, ricocheted off my brick wall and some of the shrap metal hit my little daughter in the back of her neck, all for nothing.
http://rt.com/usa/swat-teenage-girl-hughley-906/
Myasia Hughley, 18, is recovering from flesh wounds following Thursday mornings events in District Heights, Maryland. She was asleep in her bedroom at her family house when 15 FBI SWAT agents stormed the house with guns drawn.
Im shouting Nobody is armed, nobody has a gun! and then all of a sudden I heard Shes got a gun! and they just opened fire, Emory Hughley, Myasias father, tells local station WJLA News.
Myasia didnt have a gun, though, nor did any other member of the Hughley household. The authorities allegedly saw something, and in their minds had enough reason to unleash a barrage of bullets at the girl. Mr. Hughley tells Washingtons NBC News4 that he saw one agent even fire off around seven shots himself using a semi-automatic weapon.
They almost hit my daughter, man, he adds to WJLA. If I hadnt told her to go back in her room they probably would have shot her.
Ive got eight holes in my wall. One bullet went past my head, almost hit me, ricocheted off my brick wall and some of the shrap metal hit my little daughter in the back of her neck, all for nothing.
http://rt.com/usa/swat-teenage-girl-hughley-906/
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I think you make a valid point. In that many are far too trusting of authority.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2013
#6
Okay. As an actual policy position, I would consider that unrealistic and excessive.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2013
#10
Couldn't have said it better. This is becoming a common occurance that shouldn't even be
MellowYellow
Apr 2013
#14
We should Barney Fife them all . Give them 1 bullet ,tell em' to make it count.
bahrbearian
Apr 2013
#23
This is awful. It sounds like someone on the SWAT team had a personal agenda.
tofuandbeer
Apr 2013
#13
Important to understand these police are scared and scared people may shoot crazily
daybranch
Apr 2013
#16
I don't buy it. Not at all. I don't think that any of them are scared. They've been trained to
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#32