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The Case of Cory Maye in Mississippi

By Steve Hall

"Why you should care about Cory Maye and Cameron Todd Willingham," is the title of Matt Zeitlin's column in North by Northwestern.It?s hard to imagine a more depressing story than that of Cory Maye. In September, 2001, when he was just 21 years old, Maye fell asleep on the couch of his duplex in Prentiss, Mississippi. Hours later, armed men assaulted his home and burst into his bedroom where his 18 month old daughter was sleeping. Terrified and confused, Maye fired at the armed men approaching him in the dark. Those armed men were police, and the man Maye shot and killed was Officer Ron Jones.The police were executing a so-called ?no knock warrant? where officers will go into a home without announcing themselves because of fear that a suspect will flush drugs...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 20, 2009 (boomark / email).