TYT: White Homeowner Not Charged For Shooting Black Police Chief During Raid

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"The homeowner who nearly killed an Oklahoma police chief during a raid won’t face charges since cops busted the wrong house.

Chief Louis Ross borrowed a bullet-proof vest from a Washita County Sheriff’s Office deputy only minutes before kicking down the front door of a suspected bomb threat hoaxer.

The last thing Ross remembers 6 a.m. Thursday is identifying himself as a law officer.

Bullets then ripped out of Dallas Horton’s firearm, striking Ross’ chest three times during a raid that could have killed him. A fourth bullet struck Ross’ arm. ” *

Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?! & Turner Classic Movies; http://www.twitter.com/BenMank77) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) break it down on The Young Turks.

#0 sez: "Want to bet things would have gone differently if a black guy had shot a white cop?"

[AtheistCrusader]

1. Held on 3 million dollars bond, charged with three counts of attempted capital murder.

http://kxan.com/2014/05/11/killeen-police-officer-shot-friday-dies-from-injuries/

[Shamash]

2. Conversely

Given the recent headlines, if the police (black or white) had raided the wrong house and shot (or worse, killed) someone there, what are the odds they would see any jail time for it?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

3. I don't think we need to speculate about that

I seem to remember it happened not that long ago.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. Post 1.

[Shamash]

5. Well...

Since I'm not sure which of you is implying it doesn't happen and which one is agreeing that it does:

Sleeping 7-year-old girl shot in head during no-knock police raid on wrong home
(involuntary manslaughter charges dismissed)

Police Shoot, Kill 80-Year-Old Man In His Own Bed, Don't Find the Drugs They Were Looking For
(shot 6 times with a submachine gun, no charges filed against officer)

Man Dies in Police Raid on Wrong House
(officers placed on administrative leave with pay)

Meet 59-year-old David Hooks, the latest drug raid fatality
(shot in the back while face-down on the floor, no charges filed yet)

These were just the first page hits from a google search on the terms "police raid wrong house man dies".

[AtheistCrusader]

6. Oh, no, I flipped the ethnicnity of the original issue.

In the OP, a white guy shoots a black police chief 4 times, and walks.
In my first post, there was a black guy who shot a white SWAT officer in the face as he was breaking in his bedroom window, unannounced (and winged three more) killing him.

They had so little on the guy (someone called in a fake tip to his house about 'bags of cocaine') they only charged him with 3 counts of attempted capital murder, held on (now) 4.2 million dollars bail..


White guy shoots a black officer breaking into his house, no charges.
Black guy shoots a white officer breaking into his house, 3 capital felony charges and over 4 million dollars in bail.