Ogden Cop Shooting

Four days have passed since this incident has occurred and as of yet there has been no charges filed against the perpetrator nor has there been any announcement of drugs found at the scene. What is publicly known is that there were six causalities, one fatal and that the supposed perp suffered minor injuries and is being held under 24 hour guard in an undisclosed hospital room and has not been arrained.

What has been in the press, is that the perp has a record of
minor, misdemeanor infractions, is an honorably discharged vet, and according to his estranged father may be suffering from PTSD, and has been known to smoke a little boo—sounds like any of the 99% of citizens outside the criminal justice system. Yesterday an announcement that an attorney has been appointed for Matthew David Shepard, but that attorney has a history that is close to the Ogden PD. Morover; the Ogden Prosecuter has announced he'll be going after the death penalty when Shepard is arraigbed.

What we do know of the incident setup is that twelve heavily armed and armored officers (the SWAT team) were assigned to serve a drug arrest warrant.

Now I don’t know about you, but this setup screams of a cluster ****, and in lieu of public announcements I could make a realistic posit that the cops shot each other in a friendly fire circumstance.

Consider, twelve paramilitary officers surrounding a single family residence with one at the front door administering the knock and serve announcement (we got a warrant and we’re gonna come in), a five second wait, a door being smashed. The sleeping resident being suddenly awakened and popping three caps on his big 22. The paramilitary constables then wait the approximate three minutes (according to witnesses) while they position themselves, lock and load their military quality weapons, adjust their body armor, and simonize their watches, then bust out all windows and doors guns blazing in all directions.

To me it’s a wonder that only six were hit with friendly fire.

I am truly sorry that two children are missing their father today, but I can well imagine that the Ogden police force should be thankful that there aren’t more fatherless children because of inane zealotry.

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