TN - Cops raid wrong home, handcuff wife, shoot and kill her 61 year old husband.

[fisharmor]

The irony just struck me that the man's name was John Adams. No relation of course, just found that a bit interesting.

Yeah all they need to do now is charge him with sedition.
He's certainly an example of Adams' preferred America.

 

[Jeremy]

He's right that the police men who shot the guy weren't at fault. By then it was too late. They already messed up.

 

[youngbuck]

WTF! I'm pretty calloused by these type of stories by now, but this is INSANE! "Best surveillence?! Mistake?!" Fuck them. Don't just get a rope, get ropes. The cops, the judge, everyone involved. This is calculated enslavement and warfare on the American people, all under the guise of protecting you from the drug bogeyman.

What a tragedy that John Adams wasn't able to take at least one of them with him.

 

[Henry Rogue]

Still say Victims or Victims' Families should be able to sue the trigger pullers directly. they'll think twice before they start their abuses.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Revisited this thread. Got angry again. So I did something about it.

Dear Mr. Swann,


I would like to suggest a reality check on the topic of the 'War on Drugs'. I was disheartened by a story out of Tennessee where a law enforcement drug task force mistakenly raided the wrong house based on false leads.The story is here:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95475&page=1#.UFxiia51iUN

The officers who killed Mr. Adams were given administrative leave with pay! Doesn't seem quite right.


Similar incidents happen in the United States everyday. Our nation often prides itself on freedom, but we have one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. I wonder if that is due to our 'criminal' approach to what Dr. Ron Paul suggested we ought to consider a health issue (drug use). It seems to me that the lessons of the "noble expirement" of the early 20th century (prohibition) have yet to be learned.


I appreciate everything you do to discuss important freedom issues that are often brushed aside by the mainstream media.

 

[TonySutton]

According to the 2010 Census this is a town of 26k people. How the hell do the cops not know who the old folks are and who the criminals are?

 

[pcosmar]

According to the 2010 Census this is a town of 26k people. How the hell do the cops not know who the old folks are and who the criminals are?

Everyone is a criminal. They just haven't been caught yet.
http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.aspx

wait your turn,, they'll get to you.

 

[donnay]

"Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night."

His name was JOHN ADAMS?!?!? Mistake??? WTF, killing a person isn't a mistake, it is murder plain and simple.


"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." ~ John Adams

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I've asked this question before, and nobody answered.

Is there some kind of plan to all this "Sorry, wrong house" business by the police? It seems like nobody would be stupid enough to go to the wrong address as much as the police do. If they're really all just accidents, what could contribute to this? It seems like it happens so often that there must be something causing the police to do it, or they're doing it deliberately for some unknown reason. But why? What's causing all these wrong-door raids?

 

[AGRP]

I wish I could get paid time off for home invasion, kid napping, and murdering someone.

 

[NCGOPer_for_Paul]

I've asked this question before, and nobody answered.

Is there some kind of plan to all this "Sorry, wrong house" business by the police? It seems like nobody would be stupid enough to go to the wrong address as much as the police do. If they're really all just accidents, what could contribute to this? It seems like it happens so often that there must be something causing the police to do it, or they're doing it deliberately for some unknown reason. But why? What's causing all these wrong-door raids?

See something. Say something.

Seems like the cops take the word of "informants" as gospel.

Whatever happened to gathering evidence to build a case, show the evidence to a magistrate, and get a lawful search order?

 

[foxtrotterz]

I think Pizza Hut would have gone out of business by now if they got the wrong house as often as our police departments do.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I've asked this question before, and nobody answered.

Is there some kind of plan to all this "Sorry, wrong house" business by the police? It seems like nobody would be stupid enough to go to the wrong address as much as the police do. If they're really all just accidents, what could contribute to this? It seems like it happens so often that there must be something causing the police to do it, or they're doing it deliberately for some unknown reason. But why? What's causing all these wrong-door raids?

No plan other than freely exercising (abusing) their authority and using unnecessary military tactics on the population. The widow was correct, these are boys with toys.

As far as frequency, they are doing this all day (all night?) every day, so the "mistakes" will add up.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Police say her husband fired first with a sawed-off shotgun and they responded.

I would guess that the old man fired a warning shot before being executed. You don't miss with a sawed-off shotgun.

 

[jmdrake]

is it just me, or does it seem like this stuff is happening quite a lot lately in Tennessee? We need to start a grassroots initiative or something to start running for the offices of sheriff in that state.

It's not just you. TN is in pretty bad shape. Between the police shootings and the TSA Viper teams we've got our hands full.

 

[jmdrake]

"Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night."

His name was JOHN ADAMS?!?!? Mistake??? WTF, killing a person isn't a mistake, it is murder plain and simple.


"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." ~ John Adams

The "mistake" is allowing no-knock raids. Cops should have to identify themselves. Yeah, that means the evidence may get "flushed". That's just a risk the "WOD" should have to deal with.

 

[Travlyr]

Now that I am older I see that freedom and liberty are like Santa, the easter bunny and the tooth fairy, they are all just stories we tell the children to make them feel better about this place.

A quick study of history proves that our ancestors enjoyed freedom and liberty. We don't get to enjoy freedom because it is a long lost way to live. Unfortunately, too few people in the 21st century understand it. Too much TV.

 

[LibForestPaul]

The "law" depends if one is on the blue side or the mundane side.

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/02/us/bounty-hunters-kill-couple-in-case-of-mistaken-identity.html

Bounty Hunters Kill Couple In Case of Mistaken Identity
the authorities announced the arrest of one bounty hunter on charges of second-degree murder

I am sure there are more.