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How We Do Things Down In Texas
Josey1
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Whack'em & Stack'em: How We Do Things Down In Texas
Report By J.J. Johnson
Published 07. 24. 02 at 21:57 Sierra Time
Ah yes, the dreaded meth lab. A new rave that almost anyone can do, and a good reason to be executed by Texas' finest. Alas, in a time when Team Jihad roams the countryside at will, we must need military to police the streets since our 'peace officers' have a more important role in life. This is Texas. So slap on that holster, grab a cowboy hat, and let's party.
THE WHACK
Dateline San Angelo -- A man was fatally shot early Tuesday after he fired at members of a drug task force who were executing a search warrant for methamphetamines, according to the Associated Press. Yep, you can see in that first line that this SOB just had it coming, didn't he? The 'members' in question were from the Rio Concho Multi-agency Drug Enforcement Task Force. According to the executioners, they had information that David Moses Chappa, 21, had drugs and a firearm.
There's your green light.
Now, this being 2002, we as a nation have evolved from simply knocking on the door and saying "we have a warrant", or simply waiting for young Mr. Chappa to leave and make a simple traffic stop. No, we live in a much more tolerant world. Thus we use:
Explosives.
That's right - a bomb. Neighbors told the San Angelo Standard-Times they heard a big KA-BOOM!! But the Good Police Chief Joe Gibson declined to detail the tactics police used to gain the surprise entry.
For reference, The rules of engagement in the Post 9-11 world: when you hear a big boom, followed by your door flying off the hinges, smoke, and debris flying, you must first check to see who or what is coming your way, check to make sure they have a warrant or probable cause, and if so, follow the instructions that will soon follow. Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to make a decision.
Regrettably, David Moses Chappa was never briefed on this protocol, and being a Texan, he grabbed a gun and started shooting. That's what they tell us, anyway. Chappa wasn't a good shot, and was thus turned into Swiss cheese.
THE STACK
Number of dead cops: None
Number of injured cops: None
Number of rounds fired: Who knows
Amount of drugs found: unknown
Now, you just KNOW if so much as a half of a pain pill was found, it would have led this story. Therefore you can safely assume Chappa's home was as clean as his subsequent execution (or do they call it 'martyrdom' these days?).
The corpse was taken to Lubbock by police for an autopsy. The Sierra Times has learned that, in fact, high speed bullets were the cause of death. As for the entry points and the numbers thereof, that's for the Texas Rangers to sort out. Nothing for you to worry about.
Yes, there were witnesses. One was reportedly in the house and two were outside. They were detained for questioning but no arrests have been made, and so long as these 'witnesses' go along with the official story, no arrests will be made.
Now, don't you feel safer?
c 2002 SierraTimes.com
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/07/25/arjj072502.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Report By J.J. Johnson
Published 07. 24. 02 at 21:57 Sierra Time
Ah yes, the dreaded meth lab. A new rave that almost anyone can do, and a good reason to be executed by Texas' finest. Alas, in a time when Team Jihad roams the countryside at will, we must need military to police the streets since our 'peace officers' have a more important role in life. This is Texas. So slap on that holster, grab a cowboy hat, and let's party.
THE WHACK
Dateline San Angelo -- A man was fatally shot early Tuesday after he fired at members of a drug task force who were executing a search warrant for methamphetamines, according to the Associated Press. Yep, you can see in that first line that this SOB just had it coming, didn't he? The 'members' in question were from the Rio Concho Multi-agency Drug Enforcement Task Force. According to the executioners, they had information that David Moses Chappa, 21, had drugs and a firearm.
There's your green light.
Now, this being 2002, we as a nation have evolved from simply knocking on the door and saying "we have a warrant", or simply waiting for young Mr. Chappa to leave and make a simple traffic stop. No, we live in a much more tolerant world. Thus we use:
Explosives.
That's right - a bomb. Neighbors told the San Angelo Standard-Times they heard a big KA-BOOM!! But the Good Police Chief Joe Gibson declined to detail the tactics police used to gain the surprise entry.
For reference, The rules of engagement in the Post 9-11 world: when you hear a big boom, followed by your door flying off the hinges, smoke, and debris flying, you must first check to see who or what is coming your way, check to make sure they have a warrant or probable cause, and if so, follow the instructions that will soon follow. Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to make a decision.
Regrettably, David Moses Chappa was never briefed on this protocol, and being a Texan, he grabbed a gun and started shooting. That's what they tell us, anyway. Chappa wasn't a good shot, and was thus turned into Swiss cheese.
THE STACK
Number of dead cops: None
Number of injured cops: None
Number of rounds fired: Who knows
Amount of drugs found: unknown
Now, you just KNOW if so much as a half of a pain pill was found, it would have led this story. Therefore you can safely assume Chappa's home was as clean as his subsequent execution (or do they call it 'martyrdom' these days?).
The corpse was taken to Lubbock by police for an autopsy. The Sierra Times has learned that, in fact, high speed bullets were the cause of death. As for the entry points and the numbers thereof, that's for the Texas Rangers to sort out. Nothing for you to worry about.
Yes, there were witnesses. One was reportedly in the house and two were outside. They were detained for questioning but no arrests have been made, and so long as these 'witnesses' go along with the official story, no arrests will be made.
Now, don't you feel safer?
c 2002 SierraTimes.com
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/07/25/arjj072502.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Associated Press
SWANTON | An Ohio Highway Patrol trooper was fired Wednesday for allegedly firing a gun in front of a Swanton Twp. home while off-duty and filing a false report about a stolen gun.
Trooper Rosemary Sullivan, a 10-year veteran assigned to the Swanton post, was fired for untruthfulness and conduct unbecoming an officer, said a patrol spokesman, Lt. Gary Lewis.
The patrol conducted a predisciplinary hearing Tuesday. Sullivan's firing was recommended during the hearing.
A Lucas County grand jury indicted Sullivan on July 13 on one count of aggravated menacing and two counts each of evidence tampering and falsification.
A witness told investigators that Sullivan and her husband argued with the woman's teen-age sons on June 1 about riding all-terrain vehicles and bicycles.
At first, the woman told investigators that an hour after the argument occurred, she saw Sullivan fire a gun from a passing vehicle.
Later, she said she didn't see Sullivan.
One son told investigators he saw the flash of a weapon fired from a Jeep similar to Sullivan's.
A shell casing was found near the roadway, investigators said.
The evidence-tampering charge arises from an accusation that Sullivan filed a false police report about a stolen gun, Lucas County sheriff's Detective Rob Sarahman said.
Two weeks after the investigation into the shooting began, Sullivan reported that a .40-caliber Beretta was stolen from a bedroom between Dec. 26 and June 16.
The patrol used that type of gun until 1996.
http://www.activedayton.com/ddn/local/0725ohtrooperfired.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Lt. Yost Continues Recovery
Posted: 5:59 p.m. EDT July 24, 2002
Updated: 6:57 p.m. EDT July 24, 2002
DETROIT-- A local man convicted of shooting a Detroit police lieutenant was sentenced to at least 41 years in prison Wednesday.
Spirited Testimony Given At Sentencing
Lt. Yost Relives Shooting
Circuit Court Judge Patricia Fresard called Kevin Sykes, (pictured, left) a danger to society. He will not be eligible for parole until he is 64 years old.
Sykes was convicted of shooting Lt. Vicki Yost (pictured, below) outside an east side Detroit bar Dec. 29. He was arrested Jan. 11 at a bar in Clarksburg, W.Va., and extradited to Michigan.
Yost, 31, said that she responded to a call of a man with a gun outside of Page's Bar in the 13900 block of Dequindre Road. She encountered Sykes with an assault rifle and ordered him to put down the weapon, but he fired at her instead, she told Local 4. She was wounded in the leg.
Yost said that Sykes made a bad decision, but gave her sympathies to his family. She said that she's not sure she would get over the shooting emotionally, but continues to improve physically.
The lieutenant also said that he enjoys doing her job, and that she wasn't afraid for herself but for others who the defendant might injure or kill.
Sykes' attorney blamed past run-ins with the law for his aggressiveness toward police, citing an incident in which his client was shot 17 times by officers, Local 4 reported.
Sykes allegedly tried in the past to shoot a Jackson police officer during a drug raid but the shotgun he had jammed as he tried to fire the weapon. Sykes also is accused of pulling a gun on an officer during a drug raid in Detroit in 1998.
Fresard mentioned some of Sykes' past brushes with police at sentencing, but said they were no excuse for his dangerous behavior.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/det/news/stories/news-157577120020724-170738.html
JUXTAPOSITION: Police officers who "raided" the wrong house and shot an innocent child to death last year received no prison time.
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By Delaney Hall
Tribune Reporter
The 3-year-old son of an Albuquerque police officer shot in the cheek when his 5-year-old brother found their mother's service revolver is recovering while his mother undergoes investigation.
The 3-year-old suffered superficial wounds and was released today from University of New Mexico Hospital, hospital spokesman Sam Giammo said.
The Albuquerque Police Department is conducting two investigations into the Tuesday night shooting, one by Internal Affairs and the other by Crimes Against Children detectives.
The two boys were sitting in the back seat of the family car parked at their apartment complex on Menaul Boulevard near Eubank Boulevard Northeast when the older brother found the weapon, Albuquerque police Sgt. Beth Baland said.
The mother, identified as Crystal Cordova, was off-duty and was loading or unloading the car when she heard the gunshot.
It was unclear where the boy found the gun, but Baland said it was found in the front seat after the shooting.
Tuesday's shooting wasn't the first in Albuquerque involving children this year, and District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said today that as weapons laws become more liberalized and more people purchase weapons for home protection, the number of accidental shootings involving minors will increase.
In early March, an 18-month-old girl died when a 4-year-old boy found his father's loaded .357 magnum in the frame of a bed where the children were sitting and watching a movie.
Albuquerque police filed neglect charges against the girl's parents, and the District Attorney's Office is still considering whether to prosecute those charges.
"We're still looking at that case," Brandenburg said. "One of the things we need to do is to make sure all these kinds of cases are handled in a consistent manner. That's why it takes longer than one might think it should - because we need to apply the law equitably."
In the case of the shooting involving the officer's children, Brandenburg said, it will take time before her office receives the police investigation and more time after that to determine whether any charges would be filed.
Because the shooting wasn't fatal, a decision could come faster because evidence such as autopsy reports and forensics will not be required, she said.
http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/news02/072402_news_kidshot.shtml
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
The "bomb" referred to was most likely a flash-bang, a non-lethal device that makes an extremely loud noise and disorienting flash of light immediately prior to entry. It's especially used when it is known that there are weapons in the residence. But I suppose the members of "Team Jihad" are meant to knock politely, wait for someone to answer the door, then politely stand silhoutted and await the gunfire.
And, if you have a search warrant for the premises, what good is stopping the person on a traffic stop? It's a search warrant, not an arrest warrant. At some point the officers still must enter the residence.
I'm glad to know the media is still unbiased, and that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman, and that gun control reduces crime, and that O.J. will someday find the REAL killer.