Fuller Malarkey
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http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_549b0586-cefc-53a2-bd34-80a8f07816b4.html
"A man accused in last week's shooting death of a Burleson County sheriff's deputy mistook the officer coming through his front door as an intruder, according to his lawyer.
Henry Goedrich Magee, 28, was charged with capital murder after authorities said he shot Sgt. Adam Sowders as he led an eight-man team into Magee's trailer near Somerville just before 6 a.m. Thursday."
"Sowders applied for the search warrant after consulting with the district attorney's office, according to the original affidavit, which included a request from Sowders to enter the home "without first knocking and announcing the presence and purpose of officers."
The request was made based on information that Magee had weapons inside that, according to an investigator's source, he was not afraid to use, according to the affidavit, which stated he had an aggressive dog, as well."
""The danger is that if you're sitting in your home and it's pitch black outside and your door gets busted in without warning, what the hell are you supposed to do?" DeGuerin said."
DeGuerin is Magee's attorney.
This causes me to recall the Waco massacre. David Koresh could have been arrested any time he left the rural place he lived. Same situation here. Other news reports indicate two plants of the heathen devil weed marijuana variety and five seedlings were on the property. In Texas, possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Possession of between 2 and 4 ounces of marijuana is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to 1 year and a fine not to exceed $4,000. They'de have to awfully healthy plants for two of 'em to weigh in at over 4 oz Maybe they weigh the roots and dirt they grow in.....
DeGuerin is an experienced, high profile attorney. He represented David Koresh, Tom Delay.
DeGuerin used a self-defense argument, and won, representing New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who confessed to killing and dismembering the body of his 71-year-old neighbor Morris Black, bagged up the body parts and tossed them in Galveston Bay. So ya, he's got the attorney I'd want.
So what do YOU do when this
Dressed in black, @ 0 dark thirty forces his way into YOUR home amidst a detonated and intentionally disorientating flash bang grenade? Remember, you are stunned, scared, it's dark and you have a real to life boogie man that just kicked your door in. How responsible are we supposed to be after we are hit with a flash bang?
I realize the "fact aren't all in yet". Chances are they never will be. Police will investigate a police shooting. We'll get what we get and be told what they withhold will be for our own good. I get that. So. No judgements, just put yourself in Magee's shoes.
Keep in mind, this happened near a town of 1300 people. The cop grew up there. He knew the family and the guy the he sought the warrant for. A "tacticool raid" was about as necessary as a SWAT team checking occupancy compliance on a day care [Fairfax Co VA]. As far as the cop, does this meet the requirements to apply the old cliche "Do stupid things, win stupid prizes"?
Not to turn this into a "pot is good" or "Pot is bad" thing, who'da thunk a couple of plants would suspend every right you thought you had, and resistance to a violent home invasion could cost you your live?
"A man accused in last week's shooting death of a Burleson County sheriff's deputy mistook the officer coming through his front door as an intruder, according to his lawyer.
Henry Goedrich Magee, 28, was charged with capital murder after authorities said he shot Sgt. Adam Sowders as he led an eight-man team into Magee's trailer near Somerville just before 6 a.m. Thursday."
"Sowders applied for the search warrant after consulting with the district attorney's office, according to the original affidavit, which included a request from Sowders to enter the home "without first knocking and announcing the presence and purpose of officers."
The request was made based on information that Magee had weapons inside that, according to an investigator's source, he was not afraid to use, according to the affidavit, which stated he had an aggressive dog, as well."
""The danger is that if you're sitting in your home and it's pitch black outside and your door gets busted in without warning, what the hell are you supposed to do?" DeGuerin said."
DeGuerin is Magee's attorney.
This causes me to recall the Waco massacre. David Koresh could have been arrested any time he left the rural place he lived. Same situation here. Other news reports indicate two plants of the heathen devil weed marijuana variety and five seedlings were on the property. In Texas, possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Possession of between 2 and 4 ounces of marijuana is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to 1 year and a fine not to exceed $4,000. They'de have to awfully healthy plants for two of 'em to weigh in at over 4 oz Maybe they weigh the roots and dirt they grow in.....
DeGuerin is an experienced, high profile attorney. He represented David Koresh, Tom Delay.
DeGuerin used a self-defense argument, and won, representing New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who confessed to killing and dismembering the body of his 71-year-old neighbor Morris Black, bagged up the body parts and tossed them in Galveston Bay. So ya, he's got the attorney I'd want.
So what do YOU do when this
Dressed in black, @ 0 dark thirty forces his way into YOUR home amidst a detonated and intentionally disorientating flash bang grenade? Remember, you are stunned, scared, it's dark and you have a real to life boogie man that just kicked your door in. How responsible are we supposed to be after we are hit with a flash bang?
I realize the "fact aren't all in yet". Chances are they never will be. Police will investigate a police shooting. We'll get what we get and be told what they withhold will be for our own good. I get that. So. No judgements, just put yourself in Magee's shoes.
Keep in mind, this happened near a town of 1300 people. The cop grew up there. He knew the family and the guy the he sought the warrant for. A "tacticool raid" was about as necessary as a SWAT team checking occupancy compliance on a day care [Fairfax Co VA]. As far as the cop, does this meet the requirements to apply the old cliche "Do stupid things, win stupid prizes"?
Not to turn this into a "pot is good" or "Pot is bad" thing, who'da thunk a couple of plants would suspend every right you thought you had, and resistance to a violent home invasion could cost you your live?