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"...In early January, police reportedly received a call complaining of drug activity inside the home. Using that tip, narcotics officers decided to set up an undercover buy, allegedly sending a confidential informant into the house to buy heroin.

"Officer Gerald Goines — who has since retired under investigation — used that supposed drug deal to justify a raid on the home. When undercover narcotics officers burst in the front door on Jan. 28, they shot dead a pit bull that lunged at them, setting off an exchange of gunfire. Tuttle and Nicholas were killed.

"In the days that followed, though, investigators realized they couldn’t find the informant behind the alleged buy and began to suspect Goines may have lied about it all. The 34-year veteran officer and fellow narcotics Officer Steven Bryant were both relieved of duty and later retired under investigation. They could face criminal charges in connection with the failed raid, according to Chief Art Acevedo.

"The FBI launched a civil rights investigation. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced its own probe into the shooting and is reviewing of more than 2,200 cases handled by Goines and Bryant...."

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Grieving family members tour Pecan Park home as questions swirl about botched drug raid

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This is 7815 Harding Street, three months later. “We just need some answers,” said Cliff Tuttle, whose nephew died here on Jan. 28 in a botched drug raid. “You can’t grieve if you don’t know what happened.”

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"...Charles Schenck served as Secretary for the Socialist Party of America. In that role he was responsible for mailings to prospective draftees that advocated dissent and political opposition to the draft.... He was arrested and prosecuted under the Espionage Act, a conviction he challenged on free speech grounds. The case made its way to the Supreme Court, where a unanimous verdict upheld his conviction. In the decision Holmes put forward the “clear and present danger” test, saying that Schenck’s critique of the military’s draft constituted a clear danger to U.S. military recruitment efforts. It is here where Holmes added his rhetorical flourish , suggesting Schenck’s actions were as indefensible as falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater

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Fire in a Crowded Theater - The Origins of a Limit on Free Speech - Bill of Rights Institute

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Fire in a Crowded Theater – The Origins of a Limit on Free Speech In discussions of the First Amendment and the limits of free speech, it is common to hear references to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’s famous quote from Schenck v. U.S. 1919 – “The most stringent protection of free speech wou...

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Mueller prosecutor abruptly withdraws from ongoing Roger Stone and Russian 'troll farm' cases

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A prosecutor with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has withdrawn from two high-profile cases that spun off from the probe. Politico‘s Darren Samuelsohn noted on Twitter that Jeannie Rhee “filed notice in federal court that she’s withdrawing as an attorney of record” from the “Russia...

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Judge Sentenced To 28 Years For Selling Black Teens To Prisons

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Mark Ciavarella Jr. was convicted of taking bribes from developers of juvenile detention centers. The case, known as "kids for cash" led to the tossing of 4,000 convictions issued by Ciavarella.