{"id":61987,"date":"2025-09-26T09:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=61987"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:11:45","slug":"atlanta-black-star-eight-rounds-after-i-was-on-the-ground-texas-cops-at-the-wrong-home-opened-fire-on-man-even-after-he-surrendered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=61987","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Black Star: \u2018Eight Rounds After I Was on the Ground\u2019: Texas Cops at the Wrong Home Opened Fire on Man Even After He Surrendered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Atlanta Black Star: \u2018Eight Rounds After I Was on the Ground\u2019: Texas Cops at the Wrong Home Opened Fire on Man Even After He Surrendered<\/a> by Carlos Miller (\u201cAnother police blunder led to the shooting of a man in Texas who believed his house was being burglarized after hearing loud pounding on his front door at 1:45 a.m. last week. Thomas Simpson said he stepped out of his garage with a gun to confront the alleged intruders, but then dropped the gun when he realized they were cops. But the Grand Prairie police officers claimed they were in fear for their lives and fired several shots after he had dropped the gun. Fortunately, he was only struck once in the leg and is recovering from the gunshot wound.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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