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MrScorpio

(73,778 posts)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:29 AM Apr 2013

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 morning’s 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.

“I’m shouting ‘Nobody is armed, nobody has a gun!’ and then all of a sudden I heard ‘She’s got a gun!’ and they just opened fire,” Emory Hughley, Myasia’s father, tells local station WJLA News.


Myasia didn’t 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 Washington’s 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 hadn’t told her to go back in her room they probably would have shot her.”


“I’ve 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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Just another day in the land of the free n/t Fumesucker Apr 2013 #1
Well, these are the people some want to trust with guns The Straight Story Apr 2013 #2
I think you make a valid point. In that many are far too trusting of authority. nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #6
I can name half a dozen regular DU posters who have said that Recursion Apr 2013 #9
Okay. As an actual policy position, I would consider that unrealistic and excessive. nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #10
at least Duckhunter935 Apr 2013 #19
Couldn't have said it better. This is becoming a common occurance that shouldn't even be MellowYellow Apr 2013 #14
I am not sure what bothers me more.... sarisataka Apr 2013 #3
We should Barney Fife them all . Give them 1 bullet ,tell em' to make it count. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #23
Idiocy! burrowowl Apr 2013 #4
Why do police have assault weapons? Recursion Apr 2013 #5
That whole family would be dead if the cops were better shots n/t Fumesucker Apr 2013 #7
So they're basically Imperial Stormtroopers. nt sibelian Apr 2013 #8
Ever see this? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #15
Dress them up like Robo Cop Warpy Apr 2013 #11
I'll make a prediction now Savannahmann Apr 2013 #12
'Reasonable' use of force. earthside Apr 2013 #29
This is awful. It sounds like someone on the SWAT team had a personal agenda. tofuandbeer Apr 2013 #13
does not matter daybranch Apr 2013 #17
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
Everybody jump on the bandwagon. Oh wait, article dated November 2012... elias7 Apr 2013 #18
Thats why its in General Discussion and not Late Breaking News. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #24
Closer to a complete Police State... 99Forever Apr 2013 #20
When you are posting old stories you should make that clear Marrah_G Apr 2013 #21
November, 2012. There's actual news being covered that MineralMan Apr 2013 #22
If you are looking for Latest Breaking New, its not in General Discussion. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #25
Great response Tempest Apr 2013 #26
No. I just think that old stories should have the date MineralMan Apr 2013 #28
What's that word that you use? Oh, yea. "Yawn." AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #33
No, that's someone else. I don't use that word MineralMan Apr 2013 #34
I know . LOL board nannies. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #30
I'm quite familiar with DU's organization, thanks. MineralMan Apr 2013 #27
Ah sweet freedom in this Newest Reality Apr 2013 #31
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