Barbara Davis son shot and killed by police yesterday!
Bobbie
Darlie Routier, The Case FOR - http://www.fordarlieroutier.org
Barbara Davis' son, Troy James Davis, 25, died at 11 a.m. yesterday at
Columbia North Hills Hospital, about 15 minutes after being shot by a
North Richland Hills police officer. Police had gone to the Davis home
to serve a search-and-arrest warrant in connection with an informant's
tip that there were drugs in the house.
After the shooting, Davis' mother, Barbara Davis, 49, was arrested in
connection with the drug possession investigation. She was in the North
Richland Hills Jail late yesterday. Her bail had not been set, and
police said she was unavailable to comment.
No drugs have been found because a search wasn't done after the
shooting of Barbara's son.
Darlie's supporters have tried to contact Barbara, but are told she is
not allowed visitors.
See Darlie's website for more information.
Linda Hutchins
Webmaster
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Bobbie (SSG)
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Maggie
>
>Darlie Routier, The Case FOR - http://www.fordarlieroutier.org
>
>Barbara Davis' son, Troy James Davis, 25, died at 11 a.m. yesterday at
>Columbia North Hills Hospital, about 15 minutes after being shot by a
>North Richland Hills police officer. Police had gone to the Davis home
>to serve a search-and-arrest warrant in connection with an informant's
>tip that there were drugs in the house.
>
>After the shooting, Davis' mother, Barbara Davis, 49, was arrested in
>connection with the drug possession investigation. She was in the North
>Richland Hills Jail late yesterday. Her bail had not been set, and
>police said she was unavailable to comment.
>
>No drugs have been found because a search wasn't done after the
>shooting of Barbara's son.
>
>Darlie's supporters have tried to contact Barbara, but are told she is
>not allowed visitors.
>
>See Darlie's website for more information.
>
>Linda Hutchins
>Webmaster
***In case you like to get your news from more unbiased sources, here's the
article from the Dallas Morning News:
Mother says man killed by police was unarmed
Woman denies ties to drugs found in yard during raid
1999-12-17
By Kendall Anderson / The Dallas Morning News
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS - The mother of a man fatally shot during a drug raid said
her son was not armed, and she questioned why police tactical officers forcibly
entered her family's home.
Barbara Jean Davis, who was arrested on investigation of drug possession, also
said Thursday that any drugs police might have confiscated were put in the back
yard by someone who is targeting her because of her support for Darlie Routier.
Police declined to respond to Ms. Davis' account.
Ms. Davis, 49, wrote Precious Angels , a book that proclaimed the "absolute
guilt" of Ms. Routier, a Rowlett mother who was sent to death row in 1997 for
killing her 5-year-old son.
Ms. Davis later changed her mind about the case and now insists Ms. Routier is
innocent.
"Someone who has been threatening us lied to the police about me," said Ms.
Davis, who was released from the city jail late Wednesday after her attorney
filed a writ of habeas corpus. "My son was a good boy. He was a Christian who
would not hurt anybody. He didn't get into trouble."
Troy James Davis, 25, was shot after several North Richland Hills tactical
officers broke into the Davises' one-story brick home in the 8200 block of
Ulster Drive. Officer Allen Hill, 37, shot Mr. Davis twice, and he died at a
hospital.
Police said they seized an unspecified amount of drugs from the Davises' back
yard. The raid resulted from a confidential informant's tip, officials have
said.
Officers went to the Davis home at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday with a "no-knock"
search warrant signed by state District Judge Sharen Wilson.
"We had information that the male suspect may be armed, and we had dealt with
him in the past on a weapons offense," Sgt. Andy Kancel said.
An internal investigation into the shooting continued Thursday. Police have
said Mr. Davis was shot after he refused to drop a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, as
ordered. Sgt. Kancel also said Mr. Davis' gun was recovered with a round in the
chamber.
Ms. Davis said her son was not armed and that she doubts he knew the intruders
were police. She said the gun police confiscated was the pistol she always
sleeps with under her pillow.
"He was in the kitchen cooking," she said. "He had just tapped on my bedroom
door and asked if I wanted something to eat. He could not have been armed."
Sgt. Kancel said the officers were easily identifiable - with vests, shirts and
hats labeled "POLICE." Some officers who stayed in the front yard during the
raid wore ski masks, but police said none of those officers were in the home
when the shooting occurred.
After police finished their initial crime-scene investigation Wednesday night,
they continued with the execution of the search warrant and recovered a small
amount of marijuana and the drug GHB, the sergeant said.
He said he expects Ms. Davis to be charged with possession of 2 to 4 ounces of
marijuana, possession of 4 to 200 grams of GHB and attempt to manufacture more
than 400 grams of GHB.
Ms. Davis speculated that an unknown person who has threatened her and other
supporters of Ms. Routier may have planted the drugs. Ms. Davis said she had
not told police about the threats.
"I am not the only person with access to my back yard," she said.
Another of Ms. Routier's backers said in a Web site posting that Mr. Davis may
have pointed a gun at the officers because he didn't know who they were.
"Troy Davis may have thought someone was trying to carry out" a death threat
against his mother, said Linda Hutchins, webmaster for the site,
www.fordarlieroutier.org.
Ms. Davis and her daughter, Lisa Davis, said Mr. Davis' only previous brush
with police was an arrest on a minor weapons charge that was dismissed.
Officer Hill was not available for comment Thursday. A 2 1/2-year department
veteran, he was on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the
investigation.
Maggie
"A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience."--Doug Larson
Volfie
>ski masks?? gessh ..police wearing ski masks??? I don't care if they
>had the word POLICE emblazoned all over their clothing....if they
>had ski masks on..I would think robbers masquerading as police..
>
>nicki
You never watch COPS, huh?
Volfie -> I thought ski masks were standard issue I've seen them used so much
KaEfEr
>I've watched watch Cops..but I guess I don't watch close
>enough..they wear ski
>masks???. but so do robbers...
>
>I don't watch t.v very often....but they were mostly
>traffic stops., prostitutes...or domestic calls....no ski masks
>stuff..
>what would be the reason for the masks?? do you know..
I have never seen cop wearing ski masks. I have seen them wearing head
gear for protection usually when they are raiding some place though.
KaEfEr
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http://members.tripod.com/~KaEfY
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Volfie
>traffic stops., prostitutes...or domestic calls....no ski masks
>stuff..
>what would be the reason for the masks?? do you know..
From what I understand undercover officers wear them so they won't be
identified by the drug dealers or others they are busting. After much time put
into cultivating relationships in the drug/gun/?/underworld they probably want
the ability to return to the relationship if need be. The best way to do that
is to cover their face and not talk a lot. (And let's fact it, the perps are
sometimes out on bail before the scene is processed.)
The bust I personally saw had the DEA agents *and* police wearing them. I
assumed that was to blend into the darkness when they were surrounding the
house. Whether they later removed them, I'm not sure -- I was too busy
enjoying the bust which was a long time in coming and was well worth waiting
for!
Volfie -> No, they don't wear them for traffic stops and domestics. That would
scare me, too.
Pooh Bear
wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:33:27 -0800, =^.^= <=^.^=@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>>On 17 Dec 1999 18:03:35 GMT, vol...@aol.comPackQ2 (Volfie) wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>>ski masks?? gessh ..police wearing ski masks??? I don't care if they
>>>>had the word POLICE emblazoned all over their clothing....if they
>>>>had ski masks on..I would think robbers masquerading as police..
>>>>
>>>>nicki
>>>
>>>You never watch COPS, huh?
>>>
>>>Volfie -> I thought ski masks were standard issue I've seen them used so much
>>>
>>
>>I've watched watch Cops..but I guess I don't watch close
>>enough..they wear ski
>>masks???. but so do robbers...
>>
>>I don't watch t.v very often....but they were mostly
>>traffic stops., prostitutes...or domestic calls....no ski masks
>>stuff..
>>what would be the reason for the masks?? do you know..
>
>I have never seen cop wearing ski masks. I have seen them wearing head
>gear for protection usually when they are raiding some place though.
They're on TV all the time.
**********
your pal,
The *MIGHTY* (yet modest) Two Tub Man
femin...@bigfoot.com
be_leevr
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POINTS TO PONDER regarding the killing of Troy James Davis.
Death Threats: Two nights before police killed her son, Barbara Davis
received a letter threatening her life. It said that she was to quit the
Routier case or die.
She thought it was a prank and ignored it.
The following night, she received two more messages. The first, repeated the
threat of the night before and said they were going to find drugs on her if
she didn't quit. The second and last message said it was over for her and her
family. The NRH Police broke down her door the next morning and killed her
son.
Weapons Charge Against Troy Davis: Regarding the "illegal possession of a
weapon" charge against Troy Davis, the facts are as follows:
Barbara owned a gun which she had left in her car. Troy used her car to run
an errand and was stopped for speeding. He did not know the gun was in the
car; but when police discovered it, he was charged for illegal possession.
Charges against him were dismissed when Barbara presented the paperwork
pertaining to the gun which showed that she owned it and had a permit for it
and Troy was driving her car. For those of you who may not know, it is legal
for any resident to carry a concealed weapon in the state of Texas as long as
they have a permit for it. THIS IS THE REASON A "SWAT" TEAM SHOWED UP AT THE
DAVIS' HOME?!!!!
Marijuana Message Posted on Barbara Davis' Message Board: The following
"unapproved" message had been posted on Barbara's Message Board on December
6, 1999. It had not been approved and answered because Barbara was unable to
work at her computer due to an eye infection for several weeks.
The message: Re: Answers to Messages Monday, 06-Dec-1999 12:39:33
209.39.95.120 writes: Gee, if you're hard up for cash why don't you try
selling some of the marijuana you've got growing in the back bedroom?
Did Troy really have a gun in his hand? Barbara Davis maintains that her son
did not have a gun. He was in the kitchen in his pajama bottoms cooking
breakfast when police broke down the door. Barbara was in her bedroom and
heard her son say, "No! Please don't hurt us!"
She did not hear the gun shots which seems to indicate the guns must have had
silencers on them. Also, the police asked Barbara if her son had a gun and
where he kept it.
Why did they ask that question if they already had the gun Troy was
supposedly pointing at them?
Interesting information from police officers: We have learned from a number
of uninvolved, objective police officers that police are taught at police
academies NEVER to ask a person holding a gun to put it down because that
would give that person time to shoot them. They are taught to "shoot first
and ask questions later." That being the case, why would the NRH PD say that
they shot Troy after he refused to put down his gun? Doesn't make sense.
BIG Question: Non-law enforcement experts have informed the family that there
is gun powder on Troy's body indicating that he was shot at "point-blank
range." If he had a gun in his hand, how did police get that close to him
before shooting?
Also, there is no blood in the foyer where police have said Troy was located
when they shot him. There is blood in the living room on the carpet with very
little spattering, but not in the foyer.
About the drugs: One marijuana plant was found growing in the Davis' back
yard. Barbara Davis was unaware of it's existence. Troy Davis had never been
known to use any kind of illegal drugs.
Barbara did have a bottle of GHB which she had ordered months ago through a
catalog to help with a problem she was having with insomnia.
GHB was only declared illegal in November, and she didn't know that. Most of
us have never even heard of GHB. How was she supposed to know a product she
had legally purchased was now illegal.
The NRH PD have their work cut out for them in proving that she was using it
to manufacture drugs!
FYI: "Very reliable sources" have informed us that a "Drug Gang" is currently
dressing in police tactical gear (i.e., jackets, hats & helmets with the word
"Police" on them) and breaking into homes in the North Richland Hills,
Arlington and Grand Prairie areas. Police have asked the media not to report
this because they are concerned that people will panic. This has nothing to
do with Troy's case, but we think people ought to know about it.
Food for Thought: Do you realize this "War on Drugs" is really a "War Against
Citizens" as opposed to law enforcement? Who are the casualties in this war?
Innocent people like Troy Davis!
Our police are now rather like the Gestapo in Germany during WW II. They can
break down the doors to our homes and come in with masks on, brandishing
guns; and if we try to defend ourselves, they have a "legal right" to kill
us!!!!
Have our "law enforcement" organizations become more of a threat to society
than crime? What if this happened to you? THINK ABOUT IT.
brys...@gmail.com
> Barbara Davis son shot and killed by police yesterday!
>
> Darlie Routier, The Case FOR - http://www.fordarlieroutier.org
>
> Barbara Davis' son, Troy James Davis, 25, died at 11 a.m. yesterday at
> Columbia North Hills Hospital, about 15 minutes after being shot by a
> North Richland Hills police officer. Police had gone to the Davis home
> to serve a search-and-arrest warrant in connection with an informant's
> tip that there were drugs in the house.
>
> After the shooting, Davis' mother, Barbara Davis, 49, was arrested in
> connection with the drug possession investigation. She was in the North
> Richland Hills Jail late yesterday. Her bail had not been set, and
> police said she was unavailable to comment.
>
> No drugs have been found because a search wasn't done after the
> shooting of Barbara's son.
>
> Darlie's supporters have tried to contact Barbara, but are told she is
> not allowed visitors.
>
> See Darlie's website for more information.
>
> Linda Hutchins
> Webmaster
>
> Bobbie (SSG)
>
>
>
>
> --
> A person cannot be happy except at the price of some ignorance. --
> Anatole France
>
>