re: Drug raid in rural Georgia ends in a homeowner dead, no drugs found...

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The search warrant to raid Hooks’ home came about after a local meth addict named Rodney Garrett came onto the property two nights earlier and stole one of Hooks’ vehicles. Garrett claimed that before he stole the vehicle, he broke into another vehicle on the property and stole a plastic bag. Garrett claimed he thought the bag contained money, but when he later examined it and discovered it contained 20 grams of meth and a digital scale, he “became scared for his safety” and turned himself in to the sheriff’s office.

(Hooks’ family, however, said that Garrett had been identified as the burglar and a warrant issued for his arrest the day after the burglary. He was arrested the following day; the raid happened that same night.)

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I really wonder why the populace is losing faith in law enforcement. Seems like a conclusion a bunch of college dropouts would come up with.






oh wait.

ETA: Oh i got a bag of money, Oh wait it is actually powder and a scale..... easy mistake.

Fixing this kind of policing needs to be a headline issue in the 2016 election. Like top 3.

that is terrible---so sad for that family.

You would be disgusted if you knew how that system works. I will use Atlanta as an example. Metro UASI is the liaison between Homeland Security and the City of Atlanta. They have employees who go to all Atlanta area LE precincts and archive their "wish" list. They submit to DHS this list for approval. Then, once approved, that acquire and deliver the goods to the police departments. It is basically, as you would expect, a racket wherein a small group of people benefit from typical political cronyism. The salaries of these 6-8 people who manage this company are all in the six figure range. The highest two have earned (or pocketed) 191,000 and 252,000 year to date. Wish I could say more but I have a personal interest in watching what I write. Never know who is reading especially with certain organizations mentioned above.

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This case looks awful. It looks like you have poorly trained officers executing a warrant on iffy information that led to the death of a man.

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Having two officers that are properly trained would be more valuable than having the 8 jackasses in the department that executed this raid.

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SO's don't have the resources or the training to do this.

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I agree that many have a funding issue, but most seem to find the money for lots of toys/military equipment. A department in my area has a .50 caliber machine gun.

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See if white people riot... just wait and see.

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Maybe they should.

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I agree that many have a funding issue, 

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The funding issues stem from these departments own unrealistic expectations. Departments like Laurens Co Ga don't need swat teams. They don't need armored personnel carriers.They don't need AR-15's. They don't need a speeder taskforce. They just need to respond when you call them.

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This case looks awful. It looks like you have poorly trained officers executing a warrant on iffy information that led to the death of a man.

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Probably a good idea not to engage in risky behavior if the training isn't sufficient.

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Probably a good idea not to engage in risky behavior if the training isn't sufficient.

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No doubt. Cases like this make all of us look inept.

fricking no-knock warrants...

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"One was to the side of the head, the other, was in his back, the back of his left shoulder, based on the evidence we see, we believe that David Hooks was face down on the ground when he received those last two shots," says Shook

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This is so screwed up.