A man was awoken from a sound sleep at around 5:50 a.m. to the sound of his front door being broken down, footsteps, and loud explosions. The intrusion jolted him out of bed and he grabbed a rifle that was kept in the bedroom he shared with his pregnant girlfriend for protection. Without a moment’s hesitation, took aim at the shadowy figures that had crashed into his home. His shots fatally struck one of them.
It turned out to be a SWAT team performing a no-knock raid to enforce prohibition laws. The noises that had startled him were the sounds of eight deputies detonating concussion grenades and breaching his front door — all without actually knocking or announcing themselves.
The paramilitary team was on a mission to find illegal weeds, and were prepared to kill — or die — to prevent them from growing. They found some: two 6-inch sprouts and some seedlings. Apparently getting those plants off the streets means that the mission was a success.
“This is something that could have happened to anyone protecting their home at night,” DeGuerrin explained. “‘Hank [Magee], like any homeowner, defended himself and his pregnant girlfriend.”
Texas deputy dies serving no-knock SWAT raid for marijuana | Police State USA
It turned out to be a SWAT team performing a no-knock raid to enforce prohibition laws. The noises that had startled him were the sounds of eight deputies detonating concussion grenades and breaching his front door — all without actually knocking or announcing themselves.
The paramilitary team was on a mission to find illegal weeds, and were prepared to kill — or die — to prevent them from growing. They found some: two 6-inch sprouts and some seedlings. Apparently getting those plants off the streets means that the mission was a success.
“This is something that could have happened to anyone protecting their home at night,” DeGuerrin explained. “‘Hank [Magee], like any homeowner, defended himself and his pregnant girlfriend.”
Texas deputy dies serving no-knock SWAT raid for marijuana | Police State USA
