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dksuddeth · 11-21-2006, 05:18 AM

Can't say that i'm surprised...though I sure am disgusted and angered.

The facts of the case are awful: A Baltimore SWAT team conducted a 4:30am raid on the Noel family home after finding marijuana seeds and "trace" amounts of cocaine in the family's outdoor trash can. After battering down the door, they deployed a flashbang grenade, then rushed up the steps to the bedroom of Cheryl and Charles Noel.

Cheryl Noel's stepdaughter had been murdered several years earlier, and her son had recently been jumped by thugs on his way home. So the family had a legal, registered handgun in the home, and Noel had reason to be frightened. When a SWAT officer kicked open the bedroom door, Noel sat up in bed with the gun, apparently pointed downward, not at the officer. The officer, who was wearing a helmet, mask, shield, and bulletproof vest, and who came in behind a bulletproof ballistic shield, fired twice. Noel slumped over, and the gun slipped out of her hand. The officer then walked over to her and ordered her to move further away from the gun. She couldn't, of course. When she didn't, he shot her a third time, essentially from point-blank range.

So, the family files a civil rights lawsuit under USC 1983 and how does Baltimore PD respond? http://www.theagitator.com/archives/BCPD.pdf

Officer Carlos Artson is awarded the silver star for 'saving himself and his fellow officers from being shot. Artson was confronted by a woman pointing a loaded handgun at him, during the service of a high risk, "no knock", search warrant for an ongoing narcotics investigation.

hooray for Baltimore PD.

11-21-2006, 05:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
dksuddeth Junkie Location: bedford, tx	Baltimore PD decorated for killing civilians Can't say that i'm surprised...though I sure am disgusted and angered. The facts of the case are awful: A Baltimore SWAT team conducted a 4:30am raid on the Noel family home after finding marijuana seeds and "trace" amounts of cocaine in the family's outdoor trash can. After battering down the door, they deployed a flashbang grenade, then rushed up the steps to the bedroom of Cheryl and Charles Noel. Cheryl Noel's stepdaughter had been murdered several years earlier, and her son had recently been jumped by thugs on his way home. So the family had a legal, registered handgun in the home, and Noel had reason to be frightened. When a SWAT officer kicked open the bedroom door, Noel sat up in bed with the gun, apparently pointed downward, not at the officer. The officer, who was wearing a helmet, mask, shield, and bulletproof vest, and who came in behind a bulletproof ballistic shield, fired twice. Noel slumped over, and the gun slipped out of her hand. The officer then walked over to her and ordered her to move further away from the gun. She couldn't, of course. When she didn't, he shot her a third time, essentially from point-blank range. So, the family files a civil rights lawsuit under USC 1983 and how does Baltimore PD respond? http://www.theagitator.com/archives/BCPD.pdf Officer Carlos Artson is awarded the silver star for 'saving himself and his fellow officers from being shot. Artson was confronted by a woman pointing a loaded handgun at him, during the service of a high risk, "no knock", search warrant for an ongoing narcotics investigation. hooray for Baltimore PD. __________________ "no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."