Houston Homeowner Shoots and Kills Two Men in Ski Masks Dressed as Police
BY Herschel Smith
5 hours, 20 minutes ago
Houston police — the real ones — are investigating a lethal home defense shooting that took place late Friday night in the southeast part of the city. Two men knocked on a homeowner’s door claiming they were police officers and were there to serve a warrant. To his credit, the homeowner didn’t just open the door. As KHOU reports . . .
“[The homeowner] became suspicious, because, you know, they have a ring camera too, and the suspects were saying they had a warrant, but it was just two people and they’re masked up and no police cars, no lights or anything like that,” said Lt. Khan with HPD.
At some point, police said the men shot at the homeowner through the door, prompting the homeowner to return fire.
This is yet another instance of criminals posing as cops doing a no-knock SWAT raid. I’ve cataloged other such instances over these pages.
And once again to the cops reading these pages, this is why we can’t just roll over and beg for our lives because you stand at the door cursing at us and beating on the door, or because you don’t do that and you just bust in the door and point guns at us.
We MUST assume that this is a gang of criminals intent on harming our family. If you have any sense at all, you’ll understand my point.
On August 26, 2025 at 12:12 am, Georgiaboy61 said:
Special operations – “Special Weapons and Tactics” – police units are now a half century or so old, at least in their modern form.
Back in the early days, only big cities had special ops police units, or perhaps exceptionally violent ones. Today, they have grown like topsy and even small rural counties and towns with little crime sport special weapons, tactics and gear – and men to use them.
The U.S. Dept. of Defense has for years run a program which auctions off surplus military tactical gear to LE and other agencies. Often, such equipment may be available via grants or special set-asides for pennies on the dollar or even no cost.
That’s how your favorite local sheriff ends up with an MRAP – “Mine Resistant Ambush Protected” – vehicle, or an APC (armored personnel carrier) for his department. Or for that matter, a Blackhawk helicopter, night vision/thermal vision gear, UV-VIS laser aiming devices, suppressor-equipped small arms and all of the rest of it. And cops who suddenly look like storm troopers than the peace officers of old.
In work, just as in personal life, we tend to emulate those we admire – and this effect is no less pronounced in LE circles, where the cult of special ops is a big deal. Civil liberties attorney John Whitehead has termed this “The Rise of the Warrior Cop.” Yet, police are not soldiers – and they are not supposed to be. They have very distinct missions, mindsets and training. There is some overlap between soldiering and LE, but not as much as many people believe.
Many police departments – local on up to federal – give preference to veterans, especially seeking out combat veterans. This, too, is another way by which the military ethos ends up being so common and pervasive in LE circles.
The difficulty arises in that special units – “SWAT teams” – are costly, and once these high-profile units are formed, there is pressure for them to be used, as justification for their funding. This is whether or not any actual missions occur. “Mission creep” inevitably occurs. Instead of holding them back for a barricaded hostage situation or something in line with their training/gear, the chief – or the mayor – insists that they undertake other missions.
Such as serving “high risk warrants,” to name one example. Sounds innocuous-enough, but who determines what is “high risk,” and when these teams are to be used?
As detailed in this space on previous occasions – there has been an appalling lack of responsibility, professionalism and judgment in where, when and how SWAT teams are employed.
And quite naturally, now that SWAT teams are so well-known, it is not surprising that criminals have adopted their appearance, behavior and tactics in an effort to boost their illegal enterprises.
It’s enough to make you wish for the return of Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife!