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COLUMBIA, S.C. A man who shot and injured a Drug Enforcement Administration agent during an early-morning no-knock raid was sentenced to eight years behind bars on Monday.
Joel Robinson, 33, was suspected of manufacturing and trafficking illegal narcotics, prompting a surprise home invasion from the DEA. Police say Robinson shot DEA agent Barry Wilson, who participated in the raid.
Robinson claims he was awoken by people he didnt know were DEA agents, and fired in self-defense. No drugs were found anywhere in Robinsons house.
John Comer, a DEA agent involved with the investigation, ignored Robinsons testimony that he was defending his home from intruders, instead using the agents injuries in an attempt to sway public opinion in favor of the raiding party. The wounding of our agent during the execution of a Federal Search Warrant reinforces the daily dangers law enforcement officers face while conducting narcotics investigations, said Comer.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)I have a feeling the sentence will be reduced on appeal.
R. P. McMurphy
(836 posts)Maybe it's just me but it seems that, at all levels, those who are there to "protect" us are out of control.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)Anybody who watched the brutal crushing of OWS knows that.
PatrickforO
(14,587 posts)languishing in jail on a trumped up charge, has lost his job and when he FINALLY gets out he won't have anything left AND he'll be a felon.
There's NOTHING good about this and these DEA gangsters need to have their power severely curtailed. No knock raids are unconstitutional. Or should be.
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)fucked up more peoples lives for no reason.
kinda like bush did in iraq looking for wmd that werent there.
NorthCarolinaL
(51 posts)In the Just-Us system.
eppur_se_muova
(36,289 posts)DEA didn't know what they were doing, followed a tip from an informer with revenge in mind or just wanting to "earn" brownie points.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)government piles up lots of charges that could have meant up to life in prison, and offers a plea deal that will net him a much smaller sentence.
PatrickforO
(14,587 posts)in jail.