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N3verCl3ver 1 point ago +1 / -0

Nah, I actually think it was cool, sans all the social justice bullshit at the conference. See, the man that was at her house was not tied to the investigation. Mr. Parker thought he was defending himself in the private residence he was in with authorization from the owner. There isn't anything indicating he was involved in the drug ring. The dropping of his charges is a win for gun rights.

While she was a target of the investigation, her involvement does not include the death sentence prior to conviction, so while the police at that point we're lawfully defending themselves from shots lawfully fired, her death is wrongful civilly. Human performance errors exist and while the police were lawfully there to search the property to obtain evidence, they were in plain clothes and we don't know and can't ascertain whether Mr. Parker knew if they were police or if he was actually in a mindset not self defense. What we do know is that charges were dropped so his defense at least holds under the reasonable doubt standard.

That being said, if the officers are charged I'll have a serious problem with it because they were obviously acting under current training and utilizing currently approved procedure to do so. To say she deserved to die is a stretch, but to say the police don't have the right/obligation to suppress the immediate threat is disingenuous. Either way that man, Mr. Parker, will have to go through the rest of his life knowing that he got that woman killed by firing at police and if he really cared for her, it will haunt him.

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Grunge 1 point ago +1 / -0

Bruh he knew it was cops he shot at.

We know the cops knocked and announced themselves. Dbag boy shot through the door. That is not defensible or a win for gun rights.

Cops returned fire after being hit by gunfire from inside the residence.

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N3verCl3ver 1 point ago +1 / -0

Where do you see anything that says he knew it was police? He states he didn't hear them identify as an officers and that lines up with a no knock warrant which is why they didn't charge him.

Someone is beating down my door to get in my home and I'm shooting too. I'll even use this case as precedent.