A suspected drug dealer hiding in a bathroom fired a shotgun blast through the door -- hitting two police officers -- in the seconds after police raided a Jubilee Avenue home for drugs, police sources said Friday.
A third officer was shot in the leg by a fellow officer, the sources said, in the seconds of chaos that followed one of the bloodiest attacks on police in Winnipeg's history.
Daniel Ian Anderson, 21, who is charged with attempted murder, was chased down after he fled the house at 723 Jubilee.
Believe it or not it gets worse.
A 21-year-old alleged gang associate and former high school football player charged in the shootings of three city police officers may have fired at them because he thought they were home invaders, lawyer Greg Brodsky said late Friday.
Brodsky said Daniel Ian Anderson may have fired at the officers because police did not properly identify themselves when they burst into his family's home at 723 Jubilee Ave. just before 11 p.m.
"There's going to be a lot of that said before this is over," Brodsky said.
"It's going to be a hell of a surprise."
Brodsky said he spoke to Anderson's parents, identified as Montgomery and Bonny Anderson, but has not yet spoken to their son. Sources said the Andersons had been the victims of a home invasion, which might explain why their son took such extreme action.
This reminds me of the no-knock raids which have killed so many innocent bystanders in the USA.
And on and on it goes!
Call renewed for full-time SWAT team
Sat Dec 9 2006
By Jason Bell
WINNIPEG needs a full-time, heavily armed SWAT team to respond to drug busts and other potentially dangerous searches, says the boss of the local police union.
Loren Schinkel noted every other major Canadian city has a tactical team dedicated to that kind of situation, while Winnipeg is taking a big gamble by calling out its Emergency Response Unit on a case-by-case basis.
"The reality is, with 80 per cent of the warrants executed in Winnipeg by the drug unit, weapons are located," he said. "We're really rolling the dice."
Speaking in the wake of the shooting of three officers late Thursday night, the president of the Winnipeg Police Association said an emergency response tactical unit should be in place to handle all search warrants at suspected drug houses.
It's a funny thing, this tragedy is turning into Mayerthorpe 2.0. The Winnipeg Free Press is turning into a hotbed of prohibitionist rhetoric. Not a single thing has been written about ending prohibition and ending the need to give the police yet more power and resources. It's unfortunate that this reaction fails to shock or surprise me.
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Good job Tanya!
Canada, the 51st state.
See also: 1,000 Words
Thanks for fighting for what is right.
Tanya,
Police do not identify themselves in this sort of raid, supposedly so as not to become known to the "drug underworld" and because drugs can be flushed so quickly. The violence, however, is typical.
In Edmonton, two 20 year olds died as a result of a similar raid when they jumped from a 3rd storey balcony. No one knows whether they knew it was the police they were running from or another gang.
In Ottawa, I'm told that the chief of police promised no more such raids after a 20 year old was mistakenly shot by police.
Yes, it goes on and on - and it is only because of prohibition and nothing else.
You are so right about that Ken! I will have to try to blog about that one of these days. The bullshit that medical marijuana users have to go through to be legit is absolutely unacceptable and is yet another good reason we need to legalize. I'll smoke to that.
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