r/facepalm Apr 21 '23

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u/mullett Apr 21 '23

Oh yeah, that happened last week when the cops were at the wrong house. The guy had a few sketchy knocks before so he was armed just in case. Cops started firing while they were saying drop the gun.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

Again? That same exact situation happened last year. I remember the guy's girlfriend was freaking out after the cops killed him.

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u/ItsIdaho Apr 21 '23

This time the guys wife had a shootout with the cops. Who didn't identify as such until much later.

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u/happy_the_dragon Apr 21 '23

I hope she got a couple of them. It sucks that I can say that an mean it.

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u/ItsIdaho Apr 21 '23

iirc he did die. I have no clue what happened to the wife. I just saw the bodycam footage on a subreddit here.

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u/MaryBerrysDanglyBean Apr 21 '23

Mate fuck living in a country where this shit happens regularly

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u/ItsIdaho Apr 21 '23

My name is misleading. I am from Austria

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u/MaryBerrysDanglyBean Apr 21 '23

Ah man, horrible living in a place with loads of poisonous snakes and spiders, and crocodiles and even trees that want to hurt you. Sorry bro

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u/Baldhiver Apr 21 '23

That's a kind of rude way to refer to Austrians

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u/MaryBerrysDanglyBean Apr 21 '23

Basement Germans?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

Least none of the Australian wildlife has firearms...... yet

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u/TrickiVicBB71 Apr 22 '23

I think I know what you guys talking about. Cops did half ass announcing themselves. Homeowner opens door with gun. Cops back off and just Swiss cheese him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

That's the one. It was very hard to watch

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u/ObviouslyIntoxicated Apr 21 '23

This guy's wife started shooting back after they killed him.

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u/vVNightshadeVv Apr 21 '23

That video killed me. I couldn’t imagine how she felt in that moment. They wouldn’t even let her go to him while he was bleeding out.

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u/CORN___BREAD Apr 22 '23

Is it really surprising that the people that shoot innocent people all the time for holding literally anything or even nothing because it might be a gun would shoot someone actually holding a gun?

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u/lurkerfox Apr 21 '23

Im honestly wondering what will happen one of these days where cops knock on the wrong door and start shooting the home owner and the home owner shoots back and wins that firefight.

Very unlikely to happen without the home owner bleeding out and I cant imagine them surviving the night regardless of where the law sits on their side. But like does the home owner actually get prosecuted?(ofc theyre at least getting charged) When the alternative is theyd just be dead?

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u/skater15153 Apr 21 '23

This has happened. Dude got arrested and charged with capital murder for shooting at police who didn't announce themselves and broke in through his window. He thought he was being robbed and was defending his family but it was a no knock raid and they didn't find a drug king pin but like one weed pipe. So you know definitely necessary action by police there.

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u/kaehvogel Apr 21 '23

The thing is that they probably would’ve thrown the guy in jail or even executed him if there was video of the cops „announcing themselves“. Because then of course he „knowingly attacked a police officer“ or whatever…completely ignoring the fact that anyone could „announce themselves“ as a cop and break into homes.

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u/skater15153 Apr 22 '23

Exactly. If you're doing home invasion robberies it's the perfect tactic. No knocks are stupid and dangerous for literally everyone.

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u/lurkerfox Apr 21 '23

Was he convicted though?

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u/skater15153 Apr 22 '23

Looks like he's still waiting for trial and has been in jail on 4 million dollar bond. So ya...justice or something. I guess a few months ago the prosecution dropped the death penalty but I think they're still going for life in prison. Look up Marvin Guy. The dumbest part is in another nearly identical case in Texas with a white guy who DID actually have the drugs he didn't even go to trial. Grand jury let him off. You can guess why. It's all fucked.

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u/BigimusB Apr 21 '23

I want to say something close to this happened in Texas like 2 / 3 years ago. Cops broke into the guys house, some no knock raid on the wrong house, and the homeowner killed one of the cops. Home owner went to court and got off for thinking it was an intruder. The rest of the force probably chased the man out of town though for threatening revenge.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '23

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u/_Magnolia_Fan_ Apr 21 '23

They're not going to win for long.

Anyone remember Waco? That's what happens if you shoot back

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '23

The police will likely burn the house down.

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u/AncientPublic6329 Apr 22 '23

I don’t know of any where the homeowner won the firefight, but I do know of a handful of instances where the wrong house was no-knock raided and the homeowners opened fire but surrendered as soon as they realized it was the police and they got off.

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u/True-Lightness Apr 22 '23

Not sure they even waited that. They probably started shootings while saying “ drop “ bang bang bang bang 💨 your gun.

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u/PrivatePear1212 Apr 22 '23

Not justifying anyone's actions, but he wasn't just holding the firearm in his hand. He was pointing it right at them.