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‘Miscommunication’ led to Alabama woman being shot by officers trying to arrest man already in jail

Lundren

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Officers who mistakenly entered a home trying to arrest an Alabama man who was already in jail shot a woman who was inside, news outlets reported.

Ann Rylee, 19, was wounded during the raid on Thursday, television news outlets quoted family members as saying. They said she was hospitalized and was expected to survive.
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran told WALA-TV that officers shot Rylee after she pointed a shotgun at them. He said a "miscommunication" led to officers being at the home in the first place.
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A nephew, Christopher McLeod, told news outlets he was outside the house emptying the trash with a friend before work when multiple officers armed with rifles and wearing body armor pulled up in vehicles and demanded that they put up their hands.

"They were looking for someone who used to live at that house years ago. He was my uncle," McLeod said.

McLeod said he told them Rylee, his fiancée, was inside the house asleep in a recliner in the living room, where they kept a shotgun for protection. Two federal marshals who had approached the home started yelling "gun" and fired multiple times, he said.

"They had us face down in the dirt outside the whole time this was going on," McLeod said.

McLeod said Rylee was shot multiple times and underwent surgery.
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"We do know that there is a miscommunication in this situation. We don't know the exact cause. We have narrowed it down to one of two things," he said.
Officers shot the woman after she refused orders to drop the shotgun, he said.

"If she would not have pointed a gun at the agents they would have determined all that on the scene and would have bid her a 'good day and thank you very much,'" Cochran said.
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Though the sheriff claims that she pointed the shotgun at them, they can't prove it because surprisingly, there is no bodycam footage available.
 
Binabik15

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McLeod said he told them Rylee, his fiancée, was inside the house asleep in a recliner in the living room, where they kept a shotgun for protection. Two federal marshals who had approached the home started yelling "gun" and fired multiple times, he said.

"They had us face down in the dirt outside the whole time this was going on," McLeod said.
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She's black, right?
 
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Lundren

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Torpedo Vegas said:
In attempt to stop being called racist, police vow to shoot more white people.
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We asked for equality on that monkey's paw.

Binabik15 said:
So...they were only really incompetent instead of racist. Is that a plus for a cop thread 🤔
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Yeah, they are just terrible at their jobs, which will be excuse enough for them to keep those jobs for some people.

Zvonimir Boban said:
They called the ambulance in time for her to survive so nah, decent chance she's white.
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I was tempted to use the headline from newsone.com which was "Cops Manage To Not Kill White Woman After Shooting Her In Her Own Home"
 
Jedi2016

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Cop or not, if you have no reason to be inside someone's house, they're well within their rights to point a gun at you. And pull the trigger, too.
 
Squirrel Killer

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So they knew A) the person they were looking for wasn't there, B) someone else was, and C) they kept a gun in the house for protection and they still went in like some sort of paramilitary force? I get that they need to confirm the person they're looking for isn't there, but I'm highly skeptical that there wasn't any other way they could've entered the house.
 
Haze

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Roll tide Paul. Every time an AL.com article is linked on here it's always something awful.


krazen said:
I love how its up to the innocent populace of the USA to de-escalate situations involved trained police professionals or end up getting shot
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That's what happens when your police force is militarized and indoctrinated with an "us vs them" mentality compounded by self-policing that negates any accountability.
 

Mechashiva

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This kind of shit is always indefensible. You shouldn't be able to just show up and shoot people on their own property like that.
 

Jmanunknown

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HeavenlyOne said:
"We fucked up, but it's all her fault."
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Yeah this bs is so messed up when will it stop though? Their is little to no accountability when it comes to cops and politicians keep giving them more protections instead of less. Not enough people care so nothing will be done until its to late and we end up living in a police state like Ferguson was.
 
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