December 19th, 2013, Henry Goedrich Magee, a residential from Texas, became victim of a pre-dawn SWAT raid at his home in Burleson County.
Police in Texas decided to request for a search warrant to be be used at the home of Henry Goedrich Magee and his pregnant wife for the suspicion of illegally grown marijuana and contraband weapons. The department was granted the warrant resulting in SWAT to be contacted.
Once the SWAT team arrived at Magee’s door during a pre-dawn raid, they immediately knocked the door down and intruded inside. Magee, like most residents in Burleson County, had a gun in his house. When Magee’s door was beaten down without a warning, his first thoughts were that he was being robbed and so grabbed his gun and headed towards the intruders.
Magee took action against the officers and fired upon one of the team members, Sgt. Adam Sowders, unfortunately killing him. Magee was taken to court.
In court the defendant was declared no charges towards the death of Sgt. Adam Sowders. This was the result of a couple of pieces of evidence, the first one being that there was considerably less illegal substances in the house than the police originally stated, however, Magee did have a small amount of marijuana growing in his house as well as seeds. The second reason, the key factor that brought Magee back to his feet was that the SWAT team did not knock or make any immediate warnings before entering the house, which is an important and crucial part of a raid to make sure the raid is not misinterpreted, like it was in this case.
Dick DeGuerin, Magee’s attorney, stated to the court house that his client felt like he was in the middle of a robbery from armed attackers due to the lack of a warning statement resulting in the officers death, thus putting the blame closer to the departments side.
Again, Magee was not charged for the death of Sowders, but he was charged for the proprietary of marijuana while in possession of a deadly weapon, which is a third-degree felony.
DeGuerin, Magee’s attorney went on to say, “This was a terrible tragedy that a deputy sheriff was killed, but Hank Magee believed that he and his pregnant girlfriend were being robbed,” and “He did what a lot of people would have done,” following with, “He defended himself and his girlfriend and his home.”
Julie Renken, the district attorney for Burleson County, explained to the court-room that there was simply not enough evidence that Magee knew that his house was being intruded by peace officers that day, and that it all happened “in a matter of seconds amongst chaos.”
Police get away with the murders of civilians every day, but this day, although it is extremely rare, proves that it can happen both ways. The only thing that didn’t change was the fact that the police were again in the wrong.
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Sucks he didn’t kill more
What is amazing to me is that he and his pregnant girlfriend were not murdered in a hail of bullets.
Tony Roach: Regardless of why he was raided he has every right to defend his home to an unknown intruder and threat to himself.
and i would do that too if 4 black knights from harry potter would enter my home with strange red lights.