Kentucky dispatchers repeatedly told police officers the address of a house they were supposed to raid over an alleged stolen Weed Eater, only for the

Kentucky dispatchers repeatedly told police officers the address of a house they were supposed to raid over an alleged stolen Weed Eater, only for the cops to raid the wrong home and kill the man inside.

But the man who police say admitted to stealing the Weed Eater from a home of a local judge had already been in custody prior to the deadly raid that took place minutes before midnight last month, according to WLEX. That man told police he had stored the stolen Weed Eater at a home at 489 Vanzant Road which is a rural area outside of London city limits.

  • RagingRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 day ago

    Why did they even do anything? Whenever something is stolen from I get told there is nothing they can do but take a report.

    • Snowclone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      17 hours ago

      Yeah, police are unwilling to do anything about vandalism in my neighborhood, smashed windows on homes and cars, 20+ smashed windows, everyone knows exactly who is doing it to the kid who goes around trying to jump kids in the area half their size and has been caught and witnesses red handed multiple times, ‘‘aww jeez guys, looks like… there’s nothing we can do…’’ useless.

    • Trigger2_2000English
      23·
      1 day ago

      I’m sure “judges weed eater” had nothing to do with the enhanced police response. /s