Woman claims MPD wrongfully searched her house
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - "They could have at least apologized," says LaKisha Dixon.She just wants to hear Montgomery police officers say they're sorry. Last month, officers entered her home without even knocking on the door. Dixon and two children were inside.
Police had the wrong address - it's unfortunate that she and her family went through this, but it's a mistake. I'm not going to blame the PD here without knowing more of the facts; assuming there isn't more to the story, though, I certainly cannot fault Ms. Dixon for being upset.
However, there's no excuse for shoddy reporting:
"It was three tall men with masks on and big oozie guns pointing at me like, "Get on the ground! Get on the ground!"
I mean, who can blame her for being upset if the cops' guns were dripping all over her carpet? I suspect she means Uzi, a specific manufacturer of firearms; once again our stellar media's reporting on something to do with firearms shines through. At no point did anyone scratch their head and ask what "oozie" meant - and considering that a Google search for "oozie guns" has a link to the Wikipedia entry for Uzi, it doesn't look like anyone even bothered to look into it.
But then again, these are the same people who think a barrel shroud is a "shoulder thing that goes up", so...
That is all.
4 comments:
Jay, they didn't have the wrong address, they broke into the wrong house:
"A Montgomery Police Department search warrant instructed officers to search 812 South Union Street.
Instead, they entered Dixon's home--810 North Union Street.
The two addresses are a mile and a half apart."
They went to the wrong house number, on the wrong street, when the correct address was written on the warrant. That was a serious FUBAR that could have gotten people killed.
It's not even like most cases like this, where the police got bad information and just didn't bother verifying it. She deserves both an apology and reimbursement for damages.
But yeah, the "oozie" thing is hilarious.
Now imagine if it's YOUR house (or mine). Crash! goes the door in the middle of the night. You grab the nightstand gun, kneel in the hallway, and see three shapes carrying what appear to be guns in the hallway...
"Stop!" you shout. They keep coming. You let one round go center mass into the lead shape. The leadstorm that follows pushes you into the afterlife.
Now you are dead, and a cop is injured because someone was stupid, and couldn't be bothered to check things carefully.
But we let these types of people be cops, and handle firearms, and make choices which affect the lives and safety of others.
Why?
Oh, don't get me wrong - the cops are liable here, and should not only apologize but the department should pay treble damages. I didn't mean to gloss over that - I was more intent on poking fun at the alleged "journalism" committed...
The problem is "we" depend on cops to protect us and more often we are in a position of worry about them being a source of danger. There are far too many stories of the cops busting in and killing the dog only for the public to find it was for something very minor or more often just, Oops wrong house.
Seems like an abuse of power to me.
The sloppy journalism, is it sloppy or bias? Too often the media has an agenda.
Eck!
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