TC Talks wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:51 pm
Police were called to Carlson's home Nov. 9 for a welfare check. Relatives told dispatchers he was suicidal and armed, and they feared he would provoke a shootout.
During the 12-hour standoff that ensued, the sheriff's department did not obtain a warrant before flooding Carlson's home with tear gas and tossing in a throw phone with surveillance equipment. He was later shot through a window as he argued with officers in his yard.
The court of appeals said an interdepartmental emergency response team made time to order granola bars, hot chocolate and coffee for the officers on scene, but authorities didn't seek a warrant, a decision that "appears to have been driven by the Sheriff's misunderstanding of the Fourth Amendment."
"They had time to call a convenience store for refreshments; they had time to call a judicial officer," the court said.
Carlson was a heavy-equipment operator who lost his job a few months before he was killed. He suffered an accidental prescription drug overdose and was involved in a motor vehicle crash that left him mentally and physically impaired, the attorney for his estate said.
A deputy conducted welfare checks on Carlson the week before he died and was aware of his sister's concerns that depression, the job loss and pending domestic violence charges might lead him to harm himself. The deputy noted that Carlson seemed intoxicated but was not aggressive during those visits.
Per your usual, you neglected to include some rather salient facts from the article.
First, this is from an event that took place in 2007. Evidently the incidents in which police are accused of malfeasance are few and far between if that's the most recent case you could find.
In addition, when looking at the encounter, as reported in the article you quoted, it is clear the police acted in a reasonable manner.
An officer observed Carlson open his back door and fire a single gunshot into the woods.
Carlson told the negotiator he knew the team would deploy tear gas, and when it did, "that will be the start of war." He said he would "kill everybody,"
Before he was shot, Carlson talked with three deputies who stood in his yard as he walked back and forth in front of a large window with a rifle pointed in their general direction.
And most importantly....
The appeals court affirmed a jury's finding of no cause of action against sheriff's Sgt. Charles Jetter, the sniper who shot and killed 49-year-old Craig Carlson at his home in the village of Karlin on Nov. 10, 2007.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.
