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Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing | 35 comments (35 topical)
Re: Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing (none / 0) (#12)
by HK on Thu Oct 05, 2006 at 06:17:53 AM EST
suo, it is reasonable to assume that officers who had gone to the trouble of obtaining a 'no knock' warrent would not then knock. It is not reasonable to assume that a law-abiding person whose door is kicked down in the night while he was asleep by unknown persons would assume that they were police officers. I can see why you are saying that both are versions of events, but I think that logic suggests that Mr Maye is being truthful and the officers are not. In the interests of personal safety, if I were a police officer raiding a suspected drugs dealer's house, I would take the precaution of not knocking first. Equally, in the interests of personal safety (and that of my children, as with Mr. Maye) if was woken by my door being kicked in, I wouldn't wait to establish if those people were police officers at the wrong house before attempting to defend myself. It is appalling that this man and his lawyers are being treated in this way simply so no one else has to hold up our hands and say, 'actually, it was due to our mistake that this happened.' As a mother, one of the most important things I teach my children is the value of personal responsibility. And yet in the adult world, buck-passing is fast becoming the norm. It's a total disgrace.

Cory Maye Awarded New Sentencing Hearing | 35 comments (35 topical)

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