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No knock gone awry?

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In my local weekly, the Arkansas Times: Shot in the Dark, an excellant article about a January 7th no-knock drug raid that produced nothing (great PC, yes?), was executed three weeks after it was issued (stale?), and the resident nearly had his leg blown off by .223 fire (excessive force?). The resident was asleep at the time of the raid and kept a gun that didn't even work by the bed because it was a rough neighborhood. The police charged him with aggravated assault for having a gun and attempting to defend himself. He claims he dropped the gun before shots were even fired, and the shots kept coming at his head even though he was trying to roll out of bed with his leg hanging on by skin. He also claims he was charged with aggravated assault as a CYA for the police...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).