Kentucky dispatchers repeatedly told police officers the address of a house they were supposed to raid over an alleged stolen Weed Eater, only for the cops to raid the wrong home and kill the man inside.

But the man who police say admitted to stealing the Weed Eater from a home of a local judge had already been in custody prior to the deadly raid that took place minutes before midnight last month, according to WLEX. That man told police he had stored the stolen Weed Eater at a home at 489 Vanzant Road which is a rural area outside of London city limits.

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    2 days ago

    So police get to kill anyone over anything with the word ‘weed’ now? I can’t think of any other reason to raid the home for a fucking $300 item.

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      It belonged to a judge so they sent a death squad after it, and cops are so fucking stupid they didn’t realize the thief was already in custody. It’s either that simple or they wanted this man dead for another reason.