United Liberty

Periodically I come across a horrific story about some lowlife who is trying to save his (or her) ass, so he becomes an informant for the police.  He feeds information, usually about drugs or drug-related activity, and the police act on this info, with no guarantee of it’s veracity.  This informant is not a police officer, nor does he have any training to determine illegal activity.  He is not accountable to any authority, and for his “protection” his identity is rarely revealed.  With the promise of a more lenient or nonexistent punishment, what motive does the informant have to tell the truth?  The police then use this sketchy information to obtain warrants, specifically no-knock warrants, to search and seize what they have been told is illicit material.

I am 100% against no-knock warrants, especially considering the inability of the police to fully investigate before they break down the door of an innocent family. I am sure that the Khang family in Minneapolis would agree with me.  The police knocked out numerous windows in the Khang home, some of them before shots were fired. The police fired 22 rounds into the home prior to identifying themselves, spraying the Khang home with shotgun blasts and hiding behind doors and furniture.  Of course, the cowardly behavior of the officers involved was rewarded with medals and commendation for bravery.

If you can secure a visit with Cory Maye, you would learn he feels the same.  He is in a Mississippi prison for killing a police officer who entered his home serving a no-knock warrant that was actually for another unit in the same duplex. Should you be able to secure John Edward from Crossing Over to discuss this issue with Ismael Mena, perhaps he could give you some insight as well.  On a VERY local level, Kathryn Johnston’s killers were convicted or plead guilty to lesser charges after they invaded her home and shot her to death with 39 bullets fired upon her, six striking her.

This is not just a statement against the War on Drugs, although that is the most common case in which these types of warrants are used.  It is a statement against shoddy police work, unreliable informants, and mistaken addresses as they infringe upon the rights of innocent citizens.  I can guarantee if my door were broken down unannounced in the next few minutes, you would be reading my story.  Included in that story would be the accounting of my accurate marksmenship.