Cory Maye, another drug war victim

[natedogg]

Summary of case:
young man living with his 2 year old daughter lives in a duplex. the other unit is rented by a pot dealer. Cops raid in the middle of the night, breaking into BOTH units. Cory Maye fears for his life and shoots the first cop that come into his bedroom. Kills cop. As soon as he hears them yell "police!" he drops his weapon and surrenders.

He's convicted and sentenced to death for this "crime". DEATH.

Whole rundown here:
http://www.theagitator.com/archives/cat_cory_maye.php

So, apparently, if you are woken up in the middle of the night by men busting into your home, and you fear for you life and shoot one of them, and it turns out it's the just cops conducting a paramilitary raid on the WRONG address without warning and without your name even on a warrant, it is YOU who are guilty and must die for your crimes.

If you're not furious about the drug war yet, you're just ignorant.

natedogg

PS: this the main reason I oppose the death penalty. Not that it's necessarily wrong to kill people who deserve to die but rather we are fools, fools to trust that the state will use this power wisely.