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Title: Houston Narcotics Cop Who Instigated a Deadly Drug Raid Is Charged With Murder
Source: Reason
URL Source: https://reason.com/2019/08/23/houst ... g-raid-is-charged-with-murder/
Published: Aug 23, 2019
Author: Jacob Sullum
Post Date: 2019-08-24 08:33:29 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 321
Comments: 4

Gerald Goines justified the raid, which killed a middle-aged couple, based on a heroin purchase that apparently never happened.

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Today Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced that Gerald Goines, the narcotics officer who instigated the disastrous January 28 drug raid that killed a middle-aged couple, has been charged with two counts of felony murder. The raid, which discovered no evidence of drug dealing, was based on an affidavit by Goines that cited a "controlled buy" of heroin that apparently never happened.

After initially defending the no-knock raid at 7815 Harding Street and describing Goines as a hero, Police Chief Art Acevedo revealed that investigators had been unable to identify the confidential informant who supposedly had bought heroin from Dennis Tuttle, a 59-year-old disabled Navy veteran who was killed by police along with his 58-year-old wife, Rhogena Nicholas. The investigators concluded that Goines, who retired in March after 34 years with the Houston Police Department (HPD), had lied in his search warrant affidavit.

Another narcotics officer involved in the raid, Steven Bryant, has been charged with evidence tampering for "knowingly providing false information" in a police report afterward. Goines claimed that Bryant, who retired three weeks before Goines, had verified that the "brown powder substance" supposedly purchased from Tuttle was black-tar heroin.

"These two charges of Felony Murder and Tampering with a Government Document against former Officers Goines and Bryant are the beginning of holding those responsible accountable," Ogg said. "This is the start, the tip of the iceberg, in terms of how deep and wide we are investigating. We will find the truth about this entire matter."

Ogg said "prosecutors are reviewing the events which preceded the deadly raid, including extraneous corruption allegations against Goines," who had a history of questionable affidavits and testimony. The Houston Chronicle reports that Goines "is still under investigation over claims he stole guns, drugs and money." Ogg suggested that "other HPD Narcotics Division Squad 15 officers" may also face charges.

Ogg's office also is reviewing "more than 14,000 previously filed criminal cases" involving Squad 15, including some 2,200 cases that were handled by Goines and Bryant. Dozens of pending cases already have been dismissed.

The HPD delivered the findings of its internal investigation to Ogg in May. The FBI is conducting a separate civil rights investigation, and last month two officers who responded to a January 8 call that supposedly implicated Tuttle and Nicholas in drug dealing testified before a federal grand jury. Contradicting Acevedo's claim that the Harding Street home was known as a "drug house" and "problem location," neighbors told local news outlets they had never noticed any suspicious activity there.

Tuttle and Nicholas were killed during an exchange of gunfire that also injured four narcotics officers, including Goines. According to police, the gunfire began after the first officer through the door use a shotgun to kill the couple's dog.

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

Ogg said "prosecutors are reviewing the events which preceded the deadly raid, including extraneous corruption allegations against Goines," who had a history of questionable affidavits and testimony. The Houston Chronicle reports that Goines "is still under investigation over claims he stole guns, drugs and money." Ogg suggested that "other HPD Narcotics Division Squad 15 officers" may also face charges.

Ogg's office also is reviewing "more than 14,000 previously filed criminal cases" involving Squad 15, including some 2,200 cases that were handled by Goines and Bryant. Dozens of pending cases already have been dismissed.

Who says there is never any good news?

If these idiots are fool enough to not plea the charges out for lesser sentences,they are fools,but you KNOW a jury is going to hammer them by asking for max penalties.

IMHO,ANYTHING less than actual life sentences is too light,and indication of a judicial coverup.

In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.

sneakypete  posted on  2019-08-24   10:35:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Deckard (#0)

I always like the followup story.

I hope the judge throws the book at him after the jury convicts him.

Given the huge trust we place in the moral and ethical standards expected of police, this cop completely broke the public trust and got two people killed in the process and then continued to file false statements and try to cover up his own crime(s).

Life in prison seems appropriate. Or at least 40 years (20 years consecutive for each of his victims).

Tooconservative  posted on  2019-08-24   11:24:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Tooconservative (#2)

Life in prison seems appropriate. Or at least 40 years (20 years consecutive for each of his victims).

Locked up with the general inmate population - not in protective custody.

From what I hear, convicted felons don't much like cops.

It would be sweet if his cellmate was one of those he put away by falsifying evidence.

Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.

Deckard  posted on  2019-08-24   11:35:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Deckard (#3)

It would be sweet if his cellmate was one of those he put away by falsifying evidence.

Well, that isn't going to happen. And you know it.

Tooconservative  posted on  2019-08-24   11:51:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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