Reply #31: Care to back that up? [View All]

[benEzra]

Not everyone who is 92 is a blundering dunderhead (I dare say most aren't), ignorant stereotypes to the contrary. She was apparently quite competent with a firearm, she lived in a rough neighborhood, and IIRC a 72-year-old neighbor had recently been raped.

My great-grandmother is in her '90s and is SUPREMELY competent in everything she does. I don't know if she owns a firearm, but if she did, I know she'd be responsible with it.

The irresponsible action here was that 3 tough-looking guys apparently dressed as drug buyers (undercover) kicked in a woman's door apparently based on an uncorroborated tip from an anonymous informant. THAT egregious failure of due diligence will lead to a huge lawsuit by the victim's survivors, and hopefully will lead to reforms of the APD's standard operating procedures.

Most departments DO NOT ALLOW officers not in uniform to perform traffic stops, do raids, etc. for precisely this reason--the high, forseeable likelihood of mistaken identity.