Posted on 03/26/2008 2:19:53 PM PDT by Dada Orwell
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zvYdjSQdRd4
Exclusive footage of Federal agents' infamous encounter with "dog walker" Danny Riley during the "standoff" with New Hampshire tax protesters. Riley is on trial this week for allegedly donating a firearm to Ed and Elaine Brown...who holed up in their Plainfield home for eight months rather than submit to sentencing on tax charges. However he was "armed" only with a coffee mug during this incident...
Since a political opinion is required with each post, mine is this: Whatever his faults, Ed Brown was nutty but not a threat to society. Elaine was not nutty, and not a threat to society. And the guy you see being apparently shot at in this video, was not nutty and not a threat to society.
I see a decided problem in the future, if not with this current event. This type of behavior by federal agents only works if whoever they molest is unarmed and not expecting any assault.
However, the Iraq war alone has produced a large number of men who are more than familiar with the techniques and tactics being used here. And probably far more capable than the current crop of federal agents. And while some of them may end up working for the federal police agencies, many will not.
The incident at Waco proved that even civilians can significantly resist blundering efforts by federal agents to use aggressive means against them. But had the Waco compound and its surrounding area been prepared for their attack, federal agent casualties could have been in the dozens.
The advantage given to SWAT tactics and violations of civility only work if the people being assaulted remain civil. When this is no longer the case, diplomacy and persuasion must be used, instead of violence, intimidation, and coercion.
SWAT tactics, as such, have only been in use since the 1970s. Before then, civil courtesy was respected by police as a necessary part of their activities. The use of SWAT, except in grave circumstances, may again be phased out, as it seems to convey no advantage in the long run.
Can we be sure they were not planted? If they were not plants, these folks are nuts.
speaking of waco. http://www.wizardsofaz.com/waco/picturethis.html
Pinging your link...
Just started reading it.
All of the old anger and frustration builds up immediately...
No ... scratch that ....
God deliver us from the bwitch, Obama and McCain.
This case is the exact opposite of Waco. The fugitives had a huge arsenal of guns, bombs and IEDs, but the U.S. Marshals arrested them and their supporters without injuring anyone.
Wait till you see the picture of Sonny Bono. Never really liked him till I saw that picture.
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