re: Pre-Dawn Raid Results in Mobile Police Shooting Armed 16 year old

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I said it's possible to support your local police dept (should have said officers) and think what happened in OP stupid.

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when the officers start thinking for themselves I can support them. Blind blanket support is for mouthbreathers

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Shouldn’t they have had better intelligence as to who was in the house?

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You watch too many movies.
Bottom line is the dumbass kid pointed a gun at police after they identified themselves in a drug raid.
Sad....

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No one died over “pot possession”.

Wannabe Thug died because he pointed a pistol at them.

Now, that said, I don’t agree with the overwhelming number of pre-Dawn SWAT raids as if they’re chasing AQ in Fallujah.

The guy they wanted wasn’t there. They did a piss poor job of gathering intelligence, as someone else said they could’ve arrested him any time.

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I mean, the raid doesn't happen if they're not going after a drug dealer.

Still a whole lot of questions here that folks don't really seem to be asking.

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Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine said it is believed that about five-six people were inside the home Monday morning including someone as young as 8-years-old.

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Is there any kind of policy that takes into account the others in the home before conducting a raid like this. From all accounts, this guy isn't a murderer. Was it absolutely necessary to detain this guy while putting others in the house at risk?

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According to the search affidavit, officers obtained a search warrant for the home after receiving complaints from neighbors about drug activity, even submitting video and photographic proof to law enforcement.

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So was this all they used to justify the raid on the residence? That seems pretty flimsy.

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After executing the search warrant, officers found marijuana and two weapons inside the home.

Adjessom is charged with possession of marijuana and certain persons forbidden of having a firearm.

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Was the raid just for marijuana based on the neighbor's videos? Again, seems pretty flimsy justification.

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Police were originally looking for 18-year-old Deangelo Adjessom, who was not at the property during the raid.

A few hours later, Adjessom was seen giving his identification card to a police officer on the scene, turning himself in. He was charged with possession of marijuana.

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What intel indicated that he would be at the home at the time of the raid? Is it that hard to put a car on the property and if you know what he looks like from previous videos to indicate whether he's there or not?

It's an issue when shoddy police work results in the death of someone, whether they're a "thug" or not. Because it means there's a solid likelihood that they frick up at some point and kill someone that's innocent.

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DEFUND THE PO-LICE!!!!!

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It is also fascinating that the only efficient government agency and the one that can not ever suffer a hair cut is the police. Schools? frick 'em, slash their bloated budget. Drinking water? frick 'em, ought to be a private matter.

Police? They must receive more and more money even though the general consensus is that they are doing a lousy job and it is getting lousier every day...if, of course, you are of the opinion their job is to prevent crime and to protect and serve. Most people will state without hesitation that crime is up and eeryone is in danger of being a victim every minute of every day (they'd be wrong) and the problem is the police do not have enough money and there are not enough people in prison.

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The police were not looking for a couple dime bags.



If thats all they found, and it is according to the article, why was this warranted?



I can see it's not critical thinking day. Let's do a venn diagram.

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If what they were looking for was not in the house, why did a 16 year old kid have to die?

If the police want to break into your house and look for meth, are they allowed to do that because they "think" they will find it? Or should they be prohibited by doing so until they have more than a hunch that you're doing something wrong?

It's beside the point that police shouldn't be allowed to break into random peoples houses looking for crimes, but if you don't find a crime after killing someone...

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It is also fascinating that the only efficient government agency and the one that can not ever suffer a hair cut is the police.

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Muh small government.

Predawn drug raids are dumb.

Reserve that stuff for murderers.

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When did they identify themselves?

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He further explained, “We understand, especially that time of the morning, that we need to wake folks up. I’m confident in this scenario that our officers, multiple officers did everything they could to knock and announce and make their presence known before we make an entry into the residence.”

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There's video apparently that won't be released until its reviewed by a Grand Jury, so I'm guessing we'll find out then whether they actually announced. I haven't read anything that says it was a no-knock.

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Good luck identifying cops when it’s pitch black, they are dressed in all black, and blind you with their strobing stream lights

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Sounds like you speak from experience. How are you still alive when they broke your door down and yiu defended yourself? Mustve been a miracle.,