No SWAT raid on the wrong house, cops get lit up & charge her for their F up.

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Diamonds Ford was arrested after she shot a police officer she thought was an intruder in her home.

Jacksonville police say SWAT detectives announced their presence, but Ford said she didn't hear them.

Now, supporters are calling for the charges to be dropped against Ford.

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When Jacksonville police broke the bedroom window of Diamonds Ford's home just before 8 a.m. on September 28, she awoke thinking it was an intruder.

Ford, 28, fired shots through the window - not realizing it was police serving a high-risk search warrant, News4Jax reported.

Police say SWAT detectives announced their presence at Ford's home, but she said she didn't hear them.

WJXT's Travis Gibson obtained the 911 dispatch call where Ford, who called after shooting out the window, is heard telling the dispatcher to "please hurry."

Ford is heard saying with surprise that it's the sheriff's office at her house before police fire shots.

"I'm opening the door!" Ford screams. "You've got the wrong house!"

Ford and her fiancé, Anthony Gantt, were arrested after the altercation. They were charged with attempted murder of a police officer and intent to distribute.

The bullets Ford fired hit the officer's bulletproof vest and he was released from the hospital the same day, News4Jax previously reported.

Activists and advocates are calling for the charges against Ford to be dropped

Now, supporters are calling for the charges to be dropped against Ford.

According to the AP, Stephen Kelly, Ford's lawyer, said the 911 call shows that Ford didn't realize it was police outside her home and she had fired in self-defense.

"Miss Ford, just hearing her voice, she was in fear," Kelly said during a news conference Monday outside the Duval County Courthouse. "She thought she was going to die that day."

The Hill reported that groups including Dignity Power, which helps formerly incarcerated women; the National Bail Fund Network; and the Minnesota Freedom Fund paid Ford's $535,006 bail. A GoFundMe page has also raised more than $5,000 for her.

Ford was released from jail Friday and told News4Jax that she's innocent.

"I feel blessed Dignity Power did their thing coming together in women empowerment to even get enough money to get me out. I am very appreciative," Ford told the news outlet.

A change.org petition has collected more than 10,000 signatures calling for the state to drop all charges against Ford.

"No-knock" warrants came under fire when Breonna Taylor was killed by police on March 13 during a narcotics bust in Louisville, Kentucky.

"You don't allow Black women to protect themselves. So we are here to ask you to protect Black women," Tray Johns, executive director of Dignity Power, told CBS News.

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[ShadeRabbit]

I have no love for no-knock raids, but why if she's completely innocent was she charged with "intent to distribute?" Just because she says it's the wrong house, doesn't mean it is. Drug dealers are one step up from chomos and rapists in my book, and I don't feel a whole lot of sympathy for them.

[PAMedic=F|A=]

I have no love for no-knock raids, but why if she's completely innocent was she charged with "intent to distribute?" Just because she says it's the wrong house, doesn't mean it is. Drug dealers are one step up from chomos and rapists in my book, and I don't feel a whole lot of sympathy for them.

And the only *drugs* were marijuana

[ShadeRabbit]

And the only *drugs* were marijuana

I just googled her name. Yahoo being Yahoo of course, truncated/selectively-edited the charges.

"Ford and her 28-year-old fiancé, Anthony Gantt, are facing charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, according to court records."

https://www.cbs17.com/news/south/cal...d-on-her-home/

[Delkal]

Where does it say they raided the wrong house?

[win67]

I'm tired of reading this shit about no-knock raids. Either the cops are lying sacks of shit, or criminals are shittier than we thought. Probably both. And without being there, it's impossible to say which party's shittyness caused the situation.

Solution:

Criminals violent enough to be in jail once, can either stay there or accept medically-induced euthanasia. And if you choose to shack up with a thug, you can keep the prize you bargained for.

Police serving no-knock raids can't have bulletproof vests. If you really intend to do it peacefully, you'll have nothing to worry about! (That line isn't so funny now, is it?!)

And before anyone accuses me of wanting cops to die, what I'm proposing is that they can avoid the rule by simply announcing themselves before entering.

However, please feel free to accuse me of wanting career criminals to die- I do.

[Emptymag]

And the only *drugs* were marijuana

Oh. Is that legal to distribute now?

[Bang]

The weak spot on the corner usually does not involve the quantity stashed in the house. When drug laws provide for penalties ratcheting on amount possessed, the point is to get the dealer off of the street for the longer period...hence the raid on the house. Polite asking for entry results in flushing or hiding that may go undiscovered. But that's OK, continue to tell enforcement how to do the job that you have chosen not to do.

[GunLawyer001]

The weak spot on the corner usually does not involve the quantity stashed in the house. When drug laws provide for penalties ratcheting on amount possessed, the point is to get the dealer off of the street for the longer period...hence the raid on the house. Polite asking for entry results in flushing or hiding that may go undiscovered. But that's OK, continue to tell enforcement how to do the job that you have chosen not to do.

Yeah, we should probably get rid of the warrant requirement, too. And trials . . . those things are very inconvenient.

We don't let soldiers tell us who to declare war on, and we shouldn't let the convenience of the police determine whether we have the right to be secure in our homes. Why, ATF acted completely reasonably when they declined to arrest David Koresh on the street, so that they could showcase their expensive SWAT team for Congress to ooh and ah over at the budget hearings.

Plenty of things would make law enforcement easier for cops, if we're just willing to throw enough of the pesky citizens under the bus.

[bpgood1]

I have no love for no-knock raids, but why if she's completely innocent was she charged with "intent to distribute?" Just because she says it's the wrong house, doesn't mean it is. Drug dealers are one step up from chomos and rapists in my book, and I don't feel a whole lot of sympathy for them.

Do you feel the same about pharmacies & pharmacists? Or just drugs the government has decided are illegal?