Another drug war victim
The average person likely, in the pre-dawn hours, cannot distinguish a burglary from a police raid. That is what happened to Cheryl Noel:
Police raided a home in the Baltimore area and arrested Charles Noel, 51, Matthew Noel, 19, and Sarah Betz, 19. In the process of the raid, two officers opened the door to Cheryl’s bedroom and were allegedly met by Cheryl pointing a gun at them. One of the officers fired three times, killing Cheryl.
Given the knock rules of exercising a warrant (or rather lack of), this type of incident is not surprising. The police claim they identified themselves, which they may have. However, prior to 5 in the morning, I doubt most folks would have the capacity to really understand a raid situation.
February 4th, 2005 at 8:43 am
This is how we lost the country: one police dept at a time.