[Peace-discuss] re Police response in Garden Hills -- A bull horn would have been better than bullets

[Karen Medina]

Peace Discuss,

RE: the police shooting into an innocent family's house

I find it odd that the police were trying to catch Jackson because he was endangering people's lives, and yet they justify endangering 4 children and a woman.

The police also scared kids in the neighborhood, like the family who ran to hide in their bathroom.

-karen medina
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The story, as I understand it:
A man with a pistol, driving to get away from the police after shooting at a woman elsewhere, drives down a street, jumps out of his car and runs into a house, not knowing the people there, nor knowing if the house would be unlocked. 5 people are in the house, 2 little kids, 2 teens, and a woman. The woman's boyfriend, and 2 other kids yell at the police that there are innocent people inside.

Police say (according to NG):
The man was shooting at them in the yard before entering the house. Then there should be bullet holes to back up their story.

The police also say that after the woman and the two little kids ran out of the house, the man started shooting again, so they continued shooting after they were told there were innocent people inside. 



---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:17:46 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart7 at yahoo.com>  
>Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] re Police response in Garden Hills -- A bull horn would have been better than bullets  
>To: Marti <tvchick at insightbb.com>, "'John W.'" <jbw292002 at gmail.com>, peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>   Marti,
>    
>   The behavior of the police -- shooting at
>   out-of-sight target while others were present in-
>   and outside the house -- was terrible. That they
>   went thru Ms Davis' belongings and dumped the
>   contents of her fridge is just bizarre.
>    
>   It's great that you attended the CU Citizens'
>   Meeting. Please keep us posted.
>    
>   Thanks,
>   Jenifer