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Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid * 10
    #19323573 - 12/24/13 10:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

by Phillip Smith, December 24, 2013, 04:40pm, (Issue #815)

A Burleson County sheriff's deputy leading a dawn, no-knock drug raid was shot and killed by the homeowner last Thursday. Sgt. Adam Sowders becomes the 40th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.

Deputy Adam Sowders was killed executing a no-knock drug raid over some marijuana plants. (http://www.co.burleson.tx.us)
Although Sowders was killed early last Thursday morning, we delayed reporting the story because the sheriff's department refused for several days to release search warrant information that would have verified it was indeed a drug-related search warrant.

According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, Sowders had obtained a search warrant for the residence after obtaining information that the homeowner was growing marijuana and possibly had stolen guns. The warrant was a "no-knock" warrant, meaning police could forcibly enter the residence without giving residents a chance to respond.

Sowders, the first officer through the door, was shot and killed by homeowner Henry Goedrich Magee, 28, who has now been charged with capital murder. But Magee's attorney, famed Houston defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin, said Magee and his pregnant girlfriend were sleeping in the home when they heard "explosives" going off and loud pounding at the door. Moments later, the door burst open and a person Magee couldn't identify entered the residence. Magee grabbed a rifle leaning against his bedroom door frame and shot Sowders. According to DeGuerin, Magee shot him because he "believed the man rushing in was an intruder and he needed to defend himself."

Magee has a felony and a misdemeanor drug conviction, but DeGuerin said all investigators found inside the trailer were a few marijuana plants and four guns that were all legal. DeGuerin pointed at the no-knock warrant as a contributing factor in Sowder's death.

"The danger is that if you're sitting in your home and it's pitch black outside and your door gets busted in without warning, what the hell are you supposed to do?" DeGuerin said.

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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Simplepowa] * 5
    #19323577 - 12/24/13 10:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Meh.

Don't be an idiot and rush into someone else's home and not expect to get shot. My sympathy goes out to the homeowner for this bullshit though.

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charged with capital murder.





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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Eminence] * 2
    #19323594 - 12/24/13 10:42 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

When a cop's gun "accidentally" goes off in a ohio minor drug raid killing a mother it is no big deal.  This guy is doomed.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: baraka] * 11
    #19323698 - 12/24/13 11:10 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Cop got what he deserved.

He broke into someone's home trying to deprive them of their freedom for growing marijuana plants.

Hope he is reflecting on how much of a shitbag he was in hell.


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    #19323796 - 12/24/13 11:42 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Greendreams]
    #19324471 - 12/25/13 05:28 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I feel sorry for everyone involved. You guys have noone to blame than you and your representatives for not standing up against these stupid laws.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Lord_McLovin]
    #19324592 - 12/25/13 06:45 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I think this is a pretty clear cut case of castle law.  Then again, I'm no lawyer.  I really hope this guy gets acquitted, although I don't think Texans take too kindly to the wacky tabaccy in those parts. 

It's hard to say whether this cop deserved what he got; personally, I'd like to see no deaths caused on either side of the drug war.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Simplepowa]
    #19324683 - 12/25/13 07:39 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Simplepowa said:
by Phillip Smith, December 24, 2013, 04:40pm, (Issue #815)

A Burleson County sheriff's deputy leading a dawn, no-knock drug raid was shot and killed by the homeowner last Thursday. Sgt. Adam Sowders becomes the 40th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.





I feel no remorse in the news when a pig gets killed in this stupid war.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Eminence]
    #19324686 - 12/25/13 07:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Meh.

Don't be an idiot and rush into someone else's home and not expect to get shot. My sympathy goes out to the homeowner for this bullshit though.

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charged with capital murder.








A capitol murder charge is worth it in my book.  One less asshole in the world.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: MacMerdin] * 2
    #19324774 - 12/25/13 08:20 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

than why haven't you killed a cop yet?


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: shivas.wisdom] * 4
    #19324971 - 12/25/13 09:37 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Probably because those foolish enough to say such things are too busy living in the basement of their mommy and daddy.

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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #19325032 - 12/25/13 10:06 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: Ritual]
    #19325041 - 12/25/13 10:10 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Ritual said:
Cop got what he deserved.

He broke into someone's home trying to deprive them of their freedom for growing marijuana plants.

Hope he is reflecting on how much of a shitbag he was in hell.




yep, if there was an afterlife and i was the cop, i would be seriously thinking hard about why i died over a plant.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: lifeiswhatyoumake]
    #19325048 - 12/25/13 10:14 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Damn, This really blows.


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    #19325087 - 12/25/13 10:28 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Cop got what he deserved.

He broke into someone's home trying to deprive them of their freedom for growing marijuana plants.

Hope he is reflecting on how much of a shitbag he was in hell.




yep, if there was an afterlife and i was the cop, i would be seriously thinking hard about why i died over a plant.






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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: shivas.wisdom]
    #19325121 - 12/25/13 10:39 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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than why haven't you killed a cop yet?




Because one hasn't tried to break and enter my house yet.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: luvdemshrooms] * 1
    #19325168 - 12/25/13 10:57 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Probably because those foolish enough to say such things




Foolish to speak my mind on the Shroomery?  What, the NSA/cops gonna serve me a no-knock for not threatening anyone?  Please.


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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: MacMerdin] * 5
    #19325201 - 12/25/13 11:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

If a cop sees a guy on the street with something in his hand, or reaching into his pocket, and shoots him, thinking it's a gun (thinking that he, the officer, needs to defend himself) it is called a tragic accident. And they take that kind of stance.


"We feel real torn up over this tragic accident, but it's dangerous out there, and the officer had reason to believe he was in danger, and responded in the manner he is trained to respond...."


...that sort of thing.



But when it's a civilian, in almost the exact same kind of situation? He gets charged with fucking murder!


How is that, in any way, right? That is a ridiculous double standard. This guy had reason to believe he was in danger, and he responded the way he thought he had to, to protect himself and his pregnant girlfriend-- his family. Any cop in that situation (having someone burst in their home unannounced) would have done the exact same thing.


I also think it's funny that they, at first, did not want to admit that it was a no-knock drug raid. And I did notice that they do not mention they seized anything else. It mentions he is being charged with murder... but where are the additional charges for the drugs and guns that the warrant was based on? You think they're going to let a cop killer go to court without charging him with every last infraction they can come up with? Not likely.


So I guess, this is either sloppy reporting, or they were engaged in sloppy police work.


In fact, I'd say there's no guessing involved, on that last one. No-knock drug raids are sloppy police work. They put both the cops and the suspects in unnecessary danger. I understand what's behind it. They don't want to give people time to destroy evidence. But there are other ways to deal with this. I've heard of cops shutting off the water / plumbing in a house so drugs can't be flushed.  Or perhaps they could try a happy medium-- get everyone all set outside the door... ready to go in. Then run the siren and call out on a bullhorn "Police-- We have a warrant. We are coming in."  Maybe repeat that once, then ram the fucking door in.


Is that really too much to ask? I think they should have to somehow announce themselves as police, loudly and offer at least a few seconds for this information to sink in. I'd be willing to bet that such a practice would at least cut down on cases like this.


Or, don't learn from your mistakes. Just keep up this ridiculous practice, and cops will keep dying.



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Re: Texas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid [Re: MacMerdin] * 1
    #19325221 - 12/25/13 11:17 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Probably because those foolish enough to say such things




Foolish to speak my mind on the Shroomery?  What, the NSA/cops gonna serve me a no-knock for not threatening anyone?  Please.




No, you are free to speak your mind.  It's just that most people don't take pleasure from the death of another human being.  :shrug:  Presumably that person has a family, who is now grieving on Christmas.  I find it quite sad.


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    #19325228 - 12/25/13 11:20 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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If a cop sees a guy on the street with something in his hand, or reaching into his pocket, and shoots him, thinking it's a gun (thinking that he, the officer, needs to defend himself) it is called a tragic accident. And they take that kind of stance....
But when it's a civilian, in almost the exact same kind of situation? He gets charged with fucking murder!


How is that, in any way, right? That is a ridiculous double standard....would have done the exact same thing.

No-knock drug raids are sloppy police work.....
Is that really too much to ask? I think they should have to somehow announce themselves as police, loudly....




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