broken arrow man jailed for pointing gun at police

[chevyboy123]

Just wanted to get everyone's opinion on this it seems fishy.

http://www.newson6.com/story/23163878/broken-arrow-man-jailed-for-pointing-gun-at-police

 

[chevyboy123]

Broken Arrow Police arrested a man they say greeted them at the door of his home with a semi-automatic handgun. William Andrew Ragan, 24, was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on a felony complaint of pointing a firearm with intent.
Officers say they went to a home in the 1200 block of East Edgewater just before midnight Friday on a noise complaint. One officer went to the front door and knocked while the second went around to the back, according to an arrest report.

The officer at the back of the house said he looked through the kitchen window and saw a small amount of marijuana by the sink. The report says Ragan went into the kitchen and grabbed the pot.

Another man at the house called 911 to make sure the officers were legitimate members of the police force before answering the door.

When both officers entered the house, they said Ragan was hiding behind the door pointing a handgun at them stating, "Get the (expletive deleted) out of my house."

Ragan dropped the gun when ordered to, the arresting officer said. The 24-year-old Broken Arrow man told police the marijuana belonged to a guest.

Police say the gun was loaded with a round in the chamber. Ragan is in Tulsa County Jail on a $20,000 bond.

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[streak]

illegal entry, I would say the police officers are lucky they didn't get shot. I also think they should be disciplined to the full extent for this.

I ask what happens when someone does this and a firefight ensues and someone or everyone loses their life because of people defending themselves or property during an illegal entry by a police officer

 

[twoguns?]

Kinda Spotty, on his property?

 

[otis147]

illegal entry, I would say the police officers are lucky they didn't get shot. I also think they should be disciplined to the full extent for this.

I ask what happens when someone does this and a firefight ensues and someone or everyone loses their life because of people defending themselves or property during an illegal entry by a police officer

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but there was pot in the house!

 

[AllOut]

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but there was pot in the house!

A small amount.....
How did the officer know for sure what he was seeing was pot? He didn't be just assumed...

 

[chubbs]

illegal entry, I would say the police officers are lucky they didn't get shot. I also think they should be disciplined to the full extent for this.

I ask what happens when someone does this and a firefight ensues and someone or everyone loses their life because of people defending themselves or property during an illegal entry by a police officer

This is not an illegal entry, based on the article is appears the officers were let in. If not the marijuana was in plain sight which would give the officers reason to enter.

 

[HarveyDanger]

I know this guy...

 

[streak]

This is not an illegal entry, based on the article is appears the officers were let in. If not the marijuana was in plain sight which would give the officers reason to enter.

Maybe I am reading this wrong but I see nothing that indicates they were let in.

 

[otis147]

i guess you're supposed to just comply. legal or not, after your house is ransacked, you can go file a complaint or whatever.