If you wonder why the police kicked a door in guns blazing for a $200 yard tool st 11:50 PM, it's because the tool belonged to a judge. Also, they were outside their jurisdiction, and there's no evidence they actually had a warrant.
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So just uh..
murder.
Gang violence seems to be out of control in Kentucky.
Let’s see if there’s a real estate developer looking to buy this guy’s property soon.
And they already had the suspect in custody.
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11:50PM on December 23rd
But they felt like their lives were threatened so, no punishment.
This is pretty insane. They have the guy in custody that sold them the address he stored the stollen goods at. The city police go to the wrong address, outside their jurisdiction, at 11:50PM. They didn't even inform the local county police whose jurisdiction this would be in. The address was repeated multiple times by the dispatcher and should have been on the warrant.
Multiple officers are joined on the search with gun drawn ARs. After knocking on a door and a brief wait, when most people would be sleeping, they kick the door down and are "surprised" the person in the home responds with grabbing thier weapon and shoot him dead.
Then, an FOI act is requested for the warrant non are found. All of this is none over a weed eater that is pretty useless in the winter and run on average $150-$250 for most models.
This is a major mess up and all officers involved should be jailed
Outside their jurisdiction? Isn't that just straight up murder since they had no legal right to enforce any lass there?
I am not a lawyer. The article mentions this should have involved the county police being notified and/or present during the raid, but this did not occur, according to the article.
Right, which makes it illegal. I sure hope that means thay don't get qualified immunity...
Was it a mess up? Seems like a very convenient "accident."
A lot of these people, judges police etc, are all part of the same social clubs. Piss off one bee and rest come after you.
I don't believe anyone, even the average "I can't believe I barely got my high school diploma" police officer, is that stupid.
No, there was some reason they wanted this person dead. It's just that no one has found it yet.
I am not a conspiracy theorist and don't want to speculate. I am sharing what I could gather from the article. As far as the article and the deceased's family, no connection has been established between the police, judge/cictim of th theft, or thief.
Sounds an awful lot like gang violence.
it was. the cops are a street gang. and frankly, they're far more dangerous to have around than most street gangs
So sort of like the L.A. Sheriff's Department?
Exactly
Since police in the US aren’t responsible enough to carry guns, they shouldn’t have them. Take guns away from cops so they have a harder time murdering innocents.
They will still give it rhe good old try ...
Sadly, you’re right.
Neither cops nor citizens should be carrying handguns around, for sure. The US needs major efforts to de-escalate our police response, but we are going the opposite direction.
Based on the video, it was probably one single cop who fired all the shots. His or her name should be plastered all over the headlines as a murderer who hasn't been arrested despite video evidence of the slaying.
Don't downplay thee rest of them that were outside of their jurisdiction doing a midnight raid for a weed eater when the suspect was already in custody.
Every person involved is guilty as hell, and that judge should face charges.
Let's say that person had been killed, and no one heard the shots and called it in...
Would the executive judge had really continued complaining about this weed eater and would the "suspect" have remained in custody? No, it's bullshit, they would have deleted that paperwork, let the "suspect" go, and that person being killed would be unsolved. They likely created all that bullshit in case someone called it in before the dirty cops could leave. That's no fucking accident because there would be no reason to do a midnight no knock raid with a suspect in custody.
Court documents obtained by local media reveal the Weed Eater was stolen from the home of Laurel County Judge-Executive David Westerfield by a man named Hobert Buttery, 49, who confessed to the crime
Judge-Executive is something I’ve not seen or heard. According to Wikipedia, it’s unique to Kentucky. Also, fuck Kentucky. Nothing good comes from there.
Sidebar to say that Hobert Buttery is a wild name.
The incident is also raising questions as to why London police were asking dispatchers for the address if they had an actual search warrant which would list the address on it. WKYT said it has made several public records request for the warrant but the Laurel County courthouse says it has no record of a warrant and police have not produced a copy of the warrant either.
Sounds fishy. But the south is absolutely where I’d expect to see this kind of fuckery. Not that it wouldn’t happen on either coast, but this sounds like some very “we do our own laundry” type thinking.
But Kentucky State Police specifically mentioned London police had a “search warrant” in its statement published on its website.
Cops never lie, so I’m sure this is fine.
Footage from local media shows the address, 511, was clearly visible on the front of Harless’ home. Yet after the shooting, a voice can be heard on the dispatch recording saying, “shots fired. 489 Vanzant Road.”
People should be tried and convicted for this fuckup.
“… I hope the man that stole it is enjoying his Christmas. God will judge us all in the end.”
And then your last sentence reminds me why I hate you. Keep that shit in your home and your church. Fuck off conservatives.
“… I hope the man that stole it is enjoying his Christmas. God will judge us all in the end.”And then your last sentence reminds me why I hate you. Keep that shit in your home and your church. Fuck off conservatives.
I am more pissed that the family seems to be blaming the murder on the dood that stole a weed eater. Its wild.
If the police enter your home, even if they have a warrant, and you shoot them. How can the police ever claim that it wasn't self defense, especially in areas where these things happen?
They generally are not able to because of the castle doctrine. However, that implies someone shot a cop and survived the rest of the encounter, and the cops respect the laws and do not throw you in jail anyways.
Breonna Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker shot a cop and survived. They threw him in jail, but ultimately the charges against him were dismissed and the city of Louisville settled with him for $2 million.
This is very much the exception and not the rule.
Why read address right when gun go BANG BANG and me get money vacation?- Kentucky police men.
No need for the sexist gatekeeping. Women can be shitty cops/people too
I hope they are all convicted of murder.
How many more of these before we start to see some justice? Everyone knows what needs to happen.
We had justice once, they arrested it at a McDonalds.
Yeah, but what about second justice?
mash em boil em stick em in a stew!
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
I'm snitchin' it ❤️
And that is why gun rights are human rights. Also intrusion detection sensor rights and automatic turret rights. Automatic flamethrower turret rights, for the smell of burnt flesh to indicate consummation of civil freedoms.
I mean if they can kill your pets in your home, they sure can kill you
What is Biden doing about all this
What about this situation makes you think Biden can do something about it right now?
I mean, this is hardly a new situation. This is not the first person murdered in their own home by police.
Frankly, we should have seen something done, at the very least, after the BLM protests back in 2020, if not sooner.
Thank your elected representatives who think diversity and inclusion are racist against white people. They want a militarized police force to deal with uppity poors and minorities.
Yes. And Biden has been complicit with that.
He's not the only one, of course, and he's far from the worst. But he should have done something long ago and, honestly, I feel like the fact that he didn't is one of the reasons voter enthusiasm for both him and Harris was so low.