After Innocent Couple Murdered Over Cop’s Lies, Houston Police Vow No More No-Knock Raids

Tuesday, February 19, 2019
By Paul Martin

After a no-knock raid, based on lies, led to the murder of an innocent couple, Houston police chief Art Acevedo vows to no longer use them.

By Matt Agorist
TheFreeThoughtProject.com
February 19, 2019

Houston, TX — It has been three weeks since the Houston police department fabricated information which led to a no-knock raid on an innocent couple’s home. The botched raid left and innocent husband, an innocent wife, and their dog—all murdered—as well as four cops shot. Now, in a move TFTP has never seen, the Houston police department is claiming they are taking steps to prevent future scenarios like this from happening—by ceasing the use of no-knock raids.

“The no-knock warrants are going to go away like leaded gasoline in this city,” Chief Art Acevedo said during a heated town hall meeting on Monday.

“I’m 99.9 percent sure we won’t be using them,” he continued. “If for some reason there would be a specific case, that would come from my office.”

As TFTP reported over the weekend, after controversy and rumors have swarmed the case, the Houston police department has admitted that the entire raid was based on the lies of one of their own.

“That’s totally unacceptable. I’ve told my police department that if you lie, you die,” Acevedo said Friday. “When you lie on an affidavit, that’s not sloppy police work, that’s a crime.”

When speaking of these crimes on Monday, Acevedo noted that the officer responsible for lying about this raid will likely be charged. As to what those charges are, however, we are still unclear.

“I’m very confident we’re going to have criminal charges on one or more of the officers,” he said—to which the crowd responded, “All of them!”

The idea of ceasing the use of no-knock raids is revolutionary when it comes to policing in the United States.

Across the country—largely due to the failed drug war—police conduct more than 20,000 no-knock raids a year.

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