cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/176874
Kentucky dispatchers repeatedly told police officers the address of a house they were supposed to raid over an alleged stolen Weed Eater, only for the cops to raid the wrong home and kill the man inside.
But the man who police say admitted to stealing the Weed Eater from a home of a local judge had already been in custody prior to the deadly raid that took place minutes before midnight last month, according to WLEX. That man told police he had stored the stolen Weed Eater at a home at 489 Vanzant Road which is a rural area outside of London city limits.
But London police chose to raid a home at 511 Vanzant Road where they shot and killed Douglas Harless, a 63-year-old white man who had nothing to do with the alleged stolen Weed Eater.
Fuck these cops. 2020 memories getting dim already I guess.
Over and fucking Over:
Police: Create deadly situation for someone else to react to, because despite being empowered to use deadly force, they don’t see the need to worry about any kind of rigor or care in their actions since they work in a system that will back them no matter what.
Someone else: Reacts
Police: Use the situation they created as justification to kill the person.
The system: Shrugs.
Police Union: Giggity.
Remember folks: Police exist to protect property and wealth, not people.
I want those body cams.
That guy looks terrible! Hopefully they did the proper thing and shot him while he was a sleep? Right? How else can you survive a warm smile and beautiful eyes like that?
Buy I understand. Maybe he screamed back something like “get the fuck out of my house dogs!” Something like that deserves capital punishment. Good thing we all voted for this.
It took me a while to figure out weed eater was not a stoner that just had some edibles.
stolen weed eater…
meanwhile how many thousands of rape kits sit on the shelf for years before (if ever) being processed?
The “wrong man” bit is just an additional layer of evil really - it’s not as if they could’ve killed the “right man” over a stolen weed eater.
Although true, I noticed this little tidbit in the article.
But the man who police say admitted to stealing the Weed Eater from a home of a local judge
🤔
Considering how often they keep getting away with it, this is how you order a hit on someone you know no one is going to miss. Wait for the barest semblance of an excuse, and then treat them as a dangerous criminal. This probably isn’t what happened, but this is also why you make sure to punish the people who make this messes and make sure they are never in any position of leadership ever again.
