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This could be huge.
The kid who was was falsely accused is named Austin Carpenter. From the story, it sounds like the cop made an undercover drug buy, thought the man's name was "Austin Carpenter" (nice effort on the cop's part), and an arrest warrant was issued for the wrong guy. What's not clear from the story is this: If that cop pulled up Austin Carpenter's DPS driver's license photo, said "that's him", swore in an arrest affidavit that the Austin Carpenter in the photo was the same one he interacted with, and that's why the warrant was issued, the cop just handed anyone else he arrested in this sting a bag of gold.
It may be that he's proven he can be wrong in the area of eyewitness identification -- even when he was so sure he was willing to swear to it under oath.
(The Austin Carpenter arrest warrant affidavit was released yesterday before the warrant got pulled, but I haven't located it yet.)
Edit: Thanks to those that sent me the arrest warrant affidavit. Here's the key paragraph:
Edit: Now the word is that the arrest warrant is being "redone" for a different Austin Carpenter.
Edit: The Dallas Morning News says the picture on the arrest warrant affidavit was of the wrong Austin Carpenter. That's why it had to be redone. So back to the point of this post, if the officer picked that wrong Austin Carpenter's photo as the man who sold drugs, there are big problems.
Edit: Yep. The police are after a different Austin Carpenter whose attorney says, "Just dare me."
22 comments:
Big Mistake....the rest will walk free
Must have been some good weed!!!!
If you fail at everything else in life, you can always become a cop.
I doubt "the rest will walk free", but it's gonna be somewhat of a mess.
Nice, let some more go free. Anything to keep jail space free for ACTUAL criminals.
Just curious... How many women were raped in Fort Worth while this investigation was going on and the arrests were made? How many children were molested? How many cars and homes were broken into? It's good to know our police force has their priorities straight.
I think the system is screwed up. I think Police Officers need law school educations and salaries. Then Lawyers get the Police Officers education and salaries.
It's obvious! An Officer has to make split second decisions in the dark of a cold rainy night possibly under gun fire, should have more money and training.
A lawyer get's to critique every move the officer made from the comfort of his climate controlled office and his $3000 office chair. Truth be known, Cops don't have any more love for lawyers than Lawyers have for them, or maybe they just wish they had more money, training and a nice office chair.
They will walk like the Malones, and rock it like the Ramones!
I am not sure I understand. Does that mean that everyone this officer made a deal with can now, possibly, walk free?
Or, does it mean, that a mistake like this can be just isolated to that suspect alone?
Funny how you can be for Obama, who would have us all living in a police state and so against authority.
Undercover drug operations are big business for the police. Our economy must have suppliers, dealers, supplier/dealers, users and police to keep this cycle working. Good for public opinion and religious purposes. Makes the argument that we need to fully and completely fund this type of law enforcement activity very persuasive. Did it really make a dent in the drug crime problem in Fort Worth? NO.
I just appreciate that the police and prosecutors waited until the football season was finished before the made their arrests.
By next fall, everything should calm back down, especially since TCU is beginning their Big 12 conference membership.
These kids arrested yesterday are just grist for the mill.
When you're too dumb to drive a truck and too lazy to steal, you can always become a cop.
From what I've read today, selling dope and raping women is like Rosa Parks: Don't be a good boy and do what the government tells you.
Austin Carpenter at age 26 is hardly a kid.
The kid as you call him also has a DWI arrest from 2007.
http://www.bustedmugshots.com/texas/lubbock/austin-williams-carpenter/41113901
Busted!
Carpenter was arrested for public intoxication and not DWI. My bad.
I vote we jail him again just for good measure, even though he wasn't invloved in the TCU mess. His name came up, he was probably due to be arrested again soon anyway.
Amen 11:23. The Law Enforcement are way underpaid and under appreciated. They risk their lives every single day to keep us safe. Even you scum lawyers. The lawyers sit on their butts and try to figure out a way to put the scum back on the streets. Think about that next time you need police help while the jerk you put back on the streets is selling crack to your kids,raping your wife or car jacking you!
11:23
I doubt any of the affadavits were written in the dark and rain, under gunfire.
Warrants aren't exaxtly split second decisions
3:41
When you get arrested mistakenly or sued, who ya gonna call? Better have a good lawyer on your contacts list.
3:41 PM
I hope you didn't hurt yer arm while yer patting yourself on the back, friend-o.
3:41
"scum lawyers"? You must be talking about the Tarrant and Dallas county DA's offices.
3:41 is that you Tom Bishop?
ONE DAY YOU MAY REALIZE THAT PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW IS NOT TO BE LAUGHED AT.YOU CAN BE ARRESTED AND WRONGFULLY ACCUSED AND THOSE TECNECALITIES ARE ALL YOU HAVE TO RELY ON.I WISH LAWYERS WERE NOT ALL LIBERAL BUT I AM GLAD THEY WANT TO MAKE THE D.A.PROVE THEIR CASE.
"Risk thier lives every single day?" I think Hollywood has skewed someone's perspective;however, not to diminish the sacrifice and respect that some deserve, but the vast majority seem very slow to act when it comes to "keeping us safe". I don't know if thier 4 month school doesn't include, " keeping us safe 101", or whatever, but it seems like nothing can be done to keep us safe when a punk is terrorizing your family and watching your every move, slitting your tires, chasing you in the streets, waving guns at your children! Well Mam, they say, we cannt do anything about it unless they do something, like rape your children, beat you, murder your husband! You can fill out a restraining order! LMAO!! Call us if you need us!!! Oh, ok, now we can all get some sleep and feel safe!!! BS!!!
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