Brickbat: Who's There?

Responding to a disturbance call, police officers in Grand Prairie, Texas, mistakenly arrived at the home of Thomas Simpson. They say when they knocked on the door, Simpson confronted them with a gun, and they shot him in the leg. Simpson, meanwhile, says the police did not announce themselves as officers before the shooting, and he believed he was confronting burglars. Police admitted they were at the wrong house but blamed the error on 911 dispatch's auto-populated address. Officers also referred Simpson's case to the Dallas County District Attorney's Office for charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer.

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[Sometimes a Great Notion]

aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer.

the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed...unless your in your own home and agents of the state come a knocking.

[Chumby]

Did they have badgecams for reviewing whether “police” was announced?

At least they didn’t kill an unarmed woman like sarc’s hero Officer Byrd did.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Home invaders only need to present themselves as police as the government has worked very hard to cow people into not protecting themselves in their own homes.