Troy Molde awoke at 3 a.m. Thursday to police flashlights shining in his face. Two uniformed Lakeville officers were in his bedroom, knocking on the wall to wake him up.A personalized wake-up call, "Only Ones" style.
They were there, they said, to warn him to keep his doors closed and locked.
And yeah, Troy sounds like he needs to wake up. It's a question of how.
[Via Brian F]
5 comments:
Bringing a flashlight to a gunfight. That's what it would be, at my house.
Send more cops. The last ones were no challenge.
If the front door was open, as claimed by police, and I deem it likely with a bunch of young boys playing and staying up late, I see nothing wrong with what the police did.
Can you imagine the hue and cry if a murder or rape victim was in the home and the police said "We noticed the front door open at o300, but decided not to bother."?
I personally can't blame LE for entering the home, for I feel Troy Moble is responsible for the safety of the children. This is one time that I feel police did the right thing to prevent a child from exiting the home or a child molester entering or worse a killer.
OK fine, I'll go along with you guys that the police were full-on out to serve and protect.
My question is, could they have called the station to get that address's phone number and called on the phone first. Or ringing the door bell and calling out through the open door. By coming in with flashlights is an action that the person in the dark waking up can't see who's behind that flashlight and may have started shooting rather than been sorry if it was violent criminals.
Fine, the intent was good, but the way they went about it could have backfired and got some people killed.
Even if the door was unlocked, open or closed, those officers committed a crime. Think not? Go and enter an "Only Ones" (cop and/or politician) house and see what happens. So, when will those officers be charged?
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