The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Deputies shoot and kill man after knocking on the wrong door

armoredman · July 16, 2012, 10:39 AM

Barrylee, the law covers them when they are doing their job properly. When they do illegal things under color of law, things can go very badly for the officers involved.This is not a "mistake". Mistakes don't deliberately kill people, and those shots were fired deliberately. They made the fatal error - the gentleman who was killed did not. I would answer a knock at 01:30 armed as well, and as a law abiding person I have no reasonable expectation of having police attempting to serve any warrant, arrest of otherwise, on me at all, much less at such an hour.
The officers and supervisors involved should face criminal negligence charges, at the very least. I suspect they will not.

July 16, 2012, 10:39 AM	#7
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,297	Barrylee, the law covers them when they are doing their job properly. When they do illegal things under color of law, things can go very badly for the officers involved.This is not a "mistake". Mistakes don't deliberately kill people, and those shots were fired deliberately. They made the fatal error - the gentleman who was killed did not. I would answer a knock at 01:30 armed as well, and as a law abiding person I have no reasonable expectation of having police attempting to serve any warrant, arrest of otherwise, on me at all, much less at such an hour. The officers and supervisors involved should face criminal negligence charges, at the very least. I suspect they will not.