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WildBill wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:12 am A news story from KHOU 11 that investigates past problems with search warrants.
In 50 search warrants that said guns were observed in the house, none were ever entered into evidence.

Nothing to see here, SOP. Similar to the number of traffic stops in which an enforcer "smells marijuana" but none is discovered in the resulting search. It's just a means to an end.

What if... Every enforcer was required to obtain his or her own liability insurance? As part of an enforcers 'wages, tips and other compensation' the employing agency could pay the premiums for basic liability coverage. But an enforcer who has multiple claims would naturally have higher premiums and the difference would be the responsibility of the high risk enforcers individually. Like any other liability insurance arrangement, if the losses are two high no underwriter would take the risk and that enforcer would then be free to pursue other opportunities or spend more time with their family.

This combined with a State Constitutional amendment prohibiting agencies investigating their own should go a long way toward solving some of the issues brought to light in this fiasco.

Honestly, I have no issue with Internal Affairs departments investigating time clock abuses or dress code violations. But enforcer involved shootings need outside review with subpoena powers and TCOLE revocation powers.

warpdrive wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:40 pmMaybe the government should eliminate IRS audits. More often than not tax returns are very above board.

I check my return thoroughly before submission so no need to audit.

Jusme wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:30 pmI believe ... Investigation of your own officers, is more often than not, very above board, ... JMHO

I believe you are assuming facts not in evidence.

C-dub wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:18 pm

philip964 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:03 pm None of the wounds in the officers match weapons found in the home.

The police shot themselves?

There is video showing blood splatter on the outside of the house and on the outside of the front door. As I understand it the drug dealers and their dog were all safely inside their house so presumably any shots they might have fired would have made blood splatter on the inside of the house or the inside of the door. So it looks like maybe yes, the police shot themselves.

I suppose the dog might have dragged its dying self outside and give itself one last shake and that could account for the blood splatter outside.

O.F.Fascist wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:43 pmI posted a link to a video by a News Now Houston (NNH), he is a youtuber who does copwatch/1st amendment audit videos. In the video he shows a map of the house and allegedly how the shootout went down.

In the video the biggest new allegations were that the husband, Tuttle, was alive and left to bleed out for 2 hours before anyone went back in. NNH claims that a neighbor heard Tuttle crying out for over two hours. The neighbor additionally claims that prior to SWAT entering the home (after the 2 hours presumably), Tuttle who was downed in the initial shootout was given an anchor shot through a window.

Afterwards NNH shows some video of the house from the outside, showing the bullet holes and windows broken out.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:16 am I too am upset about what happened, but the Forum is not going to be an outlet for videos authored by persons unknown. They may be 100% accurate, or 100% false and that's the problem, we don't know.

Chas.

?? Context? Did I miss a link?

mojo84 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:55 am ... However, I refuse to believe all cops are bad or complicit. ...

Like you, I refuse to believe ALL enforcers are bad or complicit. My personal experience has taught me that enforcer community members are no different than society at large.

Many enforcers are dedicated public servants doing their best to perform their job professionally, treat enforcees with respect and above all, obey the laws they enforce. On the other end of the spectrum are the jaded, opportunistic predator enforcers. Everyone else lies somewhere between those extremes.

In life, in general, people usually do pretty much what is expected of them. It is human nature. If you are an enforcer somewhere in the middle of the spectrum and the enforcement department for which you work plays fast and lose with the rules, chances are you will adopt fast and lose tactics too. Again, human nature. Sadly, each individual in that situation is free to decide which rules to ignore or exploit.

I know it is a pie-in-the-sky fantasy but; if only we could stop enforcing laws already and just go back to policing. Who konws? It might work.

philip964 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:06 pm...

Is 1 gram very much?

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I've learned from watching the evening news that 1 gram has a street value of about $3.2 million.

It's good they shot the dog else he would have wound up orphaned in a shelter.