Three law enforcement personnel who executed the warrant that night all testified Wednesday that they yelled, “Police! Search warrant!” before entering Stewart’s home and while inside the house. They all said they were wearing some form of police identifier, whether it was a jacket with the word “police” written in bold, a bullet-proof vest with “police” printed on it, or a fleece vest with police insignia embroidered on the chest.

Anyone can purchase “police” gear with the word “police” written in bold.

Anyone can yell “Police! Search warrant!” before entering someones home.

The “professionals” could have simply surveilled the home for a week and learned (there was no emergent need to rush in guns drawn in dark of night) Mr. Stewart’s schedule and then either knocked when he was known to be at home or approach (grab) him when he leaves/arrives home for work.

The “professionals” should have just knocked.

I believe that the 2d policeman to come into the frame is the one that MDS allegedly shot a year or so later.

Not sure. It doesn’t ring a bell.

Have you watched the Todd Blair video?

Of course he’s going to say that. Maybe it is true, but it sounds to me as if he went way beyond that. At some point he most likely knew they were police but even took the fight to the street. That would fit in with what the informant supposedly told police earlier about him “going out shooting”.

Again, this is just preliminary testimony. We shall see what develops.

I don’t know how someone “feels” bullets ricochet without being hit but, if they can find evidence of bullets being fired from inside the house at the street- a bullet lodged in the street, for example- Stewart’s legal team will have a tough row to hoe, imo.

Not to defend the police, but if you’ve ever been shot at then you know that bullets tend to have a very distinct sound when they’re flying pass you. They also create a pressure wave that you can feel if they’re close enough.

Stewart claims police shot first and that he did not know they were police.

That says a lot more about what his state of mind might have been at the time.

I’d say that says quite a bit about what his state of mind might have been at the time. Lets see how this is brought out in court.

“[Stewart] told me that if the police ever came to his house he would go out shooting. He would not go out alive,” Wilson testified.

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Wilson said that Stewart thought that “the government and the police officers were all corrupt. He was very against the government. He didn’t like the IRS, he didn’t like police officers at all… that they were just power hungry and we lived in a police state.”

On cross-examination, Wilson she said she “could not recall” if she told investigators prior to the police raid about Stewart’s dislike for the government and his comment about shooting them if they came into his home.

As seen in this video, charging after your attackers is normal human behavior. Once you have a group on the run you keep pursuing until they are out of your territory. Works the same way for both animals and humans.

It’s likely that Stewart discovered that it was cops he was chasing once he ran to his front door and he probably never fired a shot after that point.

When did the redcoats re-take America? How can we get this government that is a tool of monopoly capital interests off our backs?

Whatever Stewart’s motives really are, I’m inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. Shooting armed men breaking into your home seems reasonable to me.

If he was shooting from the house into the street, so what? Had they surrendered so that they were no longer a threat? Were their arms up in the air? Were they just attempting to retreat? Or were they still armed and shooting back at him? If they were shooting at him, he was still justified in shooting at them in self defense.

I don’t necessarily believe he had any plants.

I am highly skeptical of the claim that he was shooting outside of his house, but we will see. Defo not willing to take the word of the police on that, and that is all we have so far.

Without police video of the relevant parts of the raid, I am inclined to take Stewart’s work over the word of the police about any part the police chose not to video (or chose to destroy the video and then claim it never existed).

We know from the Todd Blair case that this particular team owned operation helmet cams.