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United States News Title: Cops Admit to Lying About Raid that Left Innocent Couple Murdered Houston, TX — A botched drug raid last month shook the nation as a couple was killed by police in their own home and four officers shot. Now, 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,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Friday. “When you lie on an affidavit, that’s not sloppy police work, that’s a crime.” As KHOU reports, The case agent obtained a search warrant to conduct the no-knock raid on Jan. 28 after he swore a confidential informant bought heroin at the home the night before. He said the informant told him he saw a 9mm handgun and a large amount of heroin in the house. When detectives with HPD’s Special Investigations Unit interviewed the veteran case agent at the hospital, they asked for the name of his informant. The officer wasn’t able to talk, but he wrote down the name of an informant he said bought the heroin. Investigators then interviewed that informant, who told them he wasn’t involved in a drug buy on Harding Street. He also said the case agent sometimes paid him for work he didn’t do, according to the affidavit. Investigators interviewed the case agent again and said he wrote down a different informant’s name. That informant said he worked with the case agent on a buy on Jan. 25 but it was at a different house in the Third Ward, about five miles from Harding Street. Both informants named, along with all other informants the case agent had worked with in the past, were shown photos of Tuttle and Nicholas and their home. None recognized the couple or the home, according to investigators. As we reported last week, after this cop was suspended, professional instigator and champion of the police state, Houston Police Officers’ Union President Joe Gamaldi doubled down on his claims that his hero cops did nothing wrong and alleged that the suspension had something to do with the officer’s injuries. “The department made the decision to relieve the officer of duty while a thorough investigation continues,” he said. “Rumors will undoubtedly continue until the case agent is able to be interviewed. Unfortunately, his gunshot wound has resulted in him being incapacitated while surgeries continue. Any assumptions or conclusions made prior to the interview taking place are just assumptions.” Now, this tyrant who called for silencing and going after those who push for police accountability is forced to eat his words. Naturally, he is still reluctant. “If these allegations are true, it is certainly concerning and disturbing,” said Gamaldi. “But I want the public to know this does not reflect the hard work of the men and women of the Houston police department.” Since this tragic incident unfolded last month, TFTP has been reporting that this raid was likely based on false information and that all of this would eventually be exposed. Sadly, we were right along with all of their neighbors and now it appears that an innocent couple was murdered by police—because they lied. She was right. From the start, this case reeked of corruption and cover ups. The couple was smeared by police in the media, called dirt bags and those who questioned the official story accused of waging a war on cops. Now that the department has admitted this couple was killed over their lies, will they issue an apology? Even if they do apologize, no amount of groveling and atoning will ever bring back the lives of Dennis and Rhogena Tuttle. This is why the war on drugs needs to be brought to its knees, now. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
#1. To: Deckard (#0)
More agitate propaganda, UNSUBSTANTIATED lies.
So you say: Houston police officer in drug raid had previous allegations against him But on Friday, Acevedo offered a very different narrative. Now, he said, the veteran officer — who’s still in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to the neck — could face criminal charges after investigators realized they couldn’t find the informant reportedly behind the undercover buy used to justify the no-knock warrant. Law enforcement experts say that’s indicative of a unit without sufficient oversight, where repeated complaints and lawsuits don’t lead to any apparent internal review. “The number and type of incidents should be a red flag for any police organization to go back and look at exactly what happened in any and all of the incidents,” said Larry Karson, associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown. The Chronicle typically does not publish the names of undercover officers, but Goines was publicly identified Friday after the release of recent court documents. Previous drug buys questioned Previous allegations surfaced about Goines in at least two drug buys, with the officer accused of lying under oath and mishandling drug evidence, and questions arising about his use of a confidential informant.
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