I'm sure most of you saw it on the news about 2 1/2 weeks ago. HPD narcotics unit served a search warrant on a home where the residents were suspected of selling heroin.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...alers-killed-shootout-Houston-drug-house.html
After a 911 call that residents were selling heroin there, HPD narcotics conducted controlled buys of heroin at the residence, utilizing a confidential informant. Then they obtained a "no knock" warrant and conducted the raid. The raid resulted in 4 officers shot, one officer injured not by gunfire and both occupants of the home killed. The after action report disclosed that weapons and drugs were recovered in the raid. HPD Chief Art Acevedo had this to say after the raid:
HPD Union President Joe Grimaldi had this to say the day after the raid:
http://krvn.com/abc_national/two-su...t-that-left-5-officers-injured-abcid36152982/
Just one problem though. It was all a lie. There never was a drug buy conducted at the home. Not one. The narc in charge of the operation lied on the affidavit. PC was never developed, it was fabricated. There never were any neighbors saying it was a drug house. The 911 call came from the deceased woman's mother, whose daughter was not communicating with her for an undisclosed reason. As a matter of fact, all the neighbors said the occupants of the home, who had no prior criminal history beyond traffic violations, were nice people. They thought perhaps the police got the wrong address and were actually supposed to raid another home on the block, which was a known drug house.
Rather than discovering distribution quantities of heroin, HPD claims they recovered an unspecified amount of marijuana and a white powder they thought might be cocaine or fentanyl. Also recovered were two shotguns and a rifle (unspecified type). Yet all four wounded officers were allegedly shot by the homeowner with a .357 revolver, after they shot and killed his dog upon entering the home.
Oh, and about that surveillance equipment and "hardening". Turns out that wasn't true either. And those neighbors who thanked the officers? Nope.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...nce-death-destruction/?utm_term=.aef1b8c5e928
https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/31/no-knock-warrant-for-deadly-houston-drug
https://abc13.com/5140341/
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/n...says/285-54ca0bb4-ba03-4e9d-ab6e-7d40bab2b356
So two and a half weeks after the botched raid, it turns out that almost NONE of what the Houston Police Dept. said was true. There have been so many lies that we should rightly question whether the "unspecified amount of marijuana and a white powder they thought might be cocaine or fentanyl" were planted to cover the botched raid. We should also rightly question whether the homeowner actually shot all four of the officers with a revolver, or whether some of the wounds were friendly fire.
Either way, HPD framed law abiding citizens, lied to raid their home, murdered them, and then slandered them in an attempt to elicit sympathy for their murderers. Turns out there are some people who don't respect the sanctity of life. They're called Houston Police Department narcotics officers. They weren't trying to protect the community and families, they were terrorizing and murdering them.
I've long been an opponent of no-knock raids for drugs. I've also been outspoken about "knock and announce" raids where the announcement is immediately followed by a breaching tool smashing down the door. If you search "no knock raid" on this forum, you'll find numerous threads where tragedies occurred as a result which were entirely preventable.
If you happen to speak to a lawmaker for any reason, please ask them to outlaw no knock warrants for drugs and "knock and announce" warrants for misdemeanor quantities of drugs. The collateral damage is too great in exchange for the dubious benefits they provide. After all, with the way the country is headed with gun restrictions and the advent of so-called "Extreme Risk Prevention Orders", this could just as easily be law abiding gun owners in the near future (one killed so far in Maryland).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...alers-killed-shootout-Houston-drug-house.html
After a 911 call that residents were selling heroin there, HPD narcotics conducted controlled buys of heroin at the residence, utilizing a confidential informant. Then they obtained a "no knock" warrant and conducted the raid. The raid resulted in 4 officers shot, one officer injured not by gunfire and both occupants of the home killed. The after action report disclosed that weapons and drugs were recovered in the raid. HPD Chief Art Acevedo had this to say after the raid:
HPD Union President Joe Grimaldi had this to say the day after the raid:
http://krvn.com/abc_national/two-su...t-that-left-5-officers-injured-abcid36152982/
Just one problem though. It was all a lie. There never was a drug buy conducted at the home. Not one. The narc in charge of the operation lied on the affidavit. PC was never developed, it was fabricated. There never were any neighbors saying it was a drug house. The 911 call came from the deceased woman's mother, whose daughter was not communicating with her for an undisclosed reason. As a matter of fact, all the neighbors said the occupants of the home, who had no prior criminal history beyond traffic violations, were nice people. They thought perhaps the police got the wrong address and were actually supposed to raid another home on the block, which was a known drug house.
Rather than discovering distribution quantities of heroin, HPD claims they recovered an unspecified amount of marijuana and a white powder they thought might be cocaine or fentanyl. Also recovered were two shotguns and a rifle (unspecified type). Yet all four wounded officers were allegedly shot by the homeowner with a .357 revolver, after they shot and killed his dog upon entering the home.
Oh, and about that surveillance equipment and "hardening". Turns out that wasn't true either. And those neighbors who thanked the officers? Nope.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...nce-death-destruction/?utm_term=.aef1b8c5e928
https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/31/no-knock-warrant-for-deadly-houston-drug
https://abc13.com/5140341/
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/n...says/285-54ca0bb4-ba03-4e9d-ab6e-7d40bab2b356
So two and a half weeks after the botched raid, it turns out that almost NONE of what the Houston Police Dept. said was true. There have been so many lies that we should rightly question whether the "unspecified amount of marijuana and a white powder they thought might be cocaine or fentanyl" were planted to cover the botched raid. We should also rightly question whether the homeowner actually shot all four of the officers with a revolver, or whether some of the wounds were friendly fire.
Either way, HPD framed law abiding citizens, lied to raid their home, murdered them, and then slandered them in an attempt to elicit sympathy for their murderers. Turns out there are some people who don't respect the sanctity of life. They're called Houston Police Department narcotics officers. They weren't trying to protect the community and families, they were terrorizing and murdering them.
I've long been an opponent of no-knock raids for drugs. I've also been outspoken about "knock and announce" raids where the announcement is immediately followed by a breaching tool smashing down the door. If you search "no knock raid" on this forum, you'll find numerous threads where tragedies occurred as a result which were entirely preventable.
If you happen to speak to a lawmaker for any reason, please ask them to outlaw no knock warrants for drugs and "knock and announce" warrants for misdemeanor quantities of drugs. The collateral damage is too great in exchange for the dubious benefits they provide. After all, with the way the country is headed with gun restrictions and the advent of so-called "Extreme Risk Prevention Orders", this could just as easily be law abiding gun owners in the near future (one killed so far in Maryland).
