(*) "S.W.A.T" = "stupid wild-assed thugs"
Boohooo...they made a mistake.
At least they got some real training and now have new stories to tell in bars.
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Heartbreaking.
70 times.
Funny how a blunder by the Tuscon Police suddenly spins into the Arizona Police. That tag of deflection is no accident.
It doesn’t mean that the Tucson cops screwed up any less, but it gives the media a chance to help the unwary blame a state for a single agency.
FReepers are probably tired of hearing me say this,,,, but,,,, There was no good reason for a SWAT assault. They could have sent a team to serve the search warrant on his wife while he was at work. And sent a squad car to pick him up at work if necessary. Malfeasance! And her lawyers should drive this point tirelessly! The cops will crow about his “assault” weapon, but that is beside the point! A raid should never have even been considered! Dupnik should hang for this. as he’s obviously responsible for the decision to go in guns blazing!
Aren’t these Dupnik’s people?
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Unjustified Homicide?
Some big bucks will be paid and many heads are about to roll.How to you charge a whole SWAT team with manslaughter?
Be interesting to see what the Grand Jury says.
We’re going to see the police state combined with armed law abiding citizens becoming a nightmare.
Breaking down doors and entering homes by police should not be the norm, it should be the very rare exception. We citizens need to demand that. It shouldn’t be about procuring some marijuana or some other relatively minor non-violent offense, it should ONLY happen when rescuing innocent victims in danger. (Protect and defend)
A law abiding citizen that is armed are a real threat to break and enter police because they have no reason to ever believe police will break down their doors. Citizens will shoot first at those who break in and they should. My first thought would probably be these are criminals attempting to rob me, not police regardless of what they claim or say.
Many law abiding citizens people keep loaded firearms by their bedside in the unlikely event that someone might break down their door and attempt to rape or rob their family. It isn’t because they live in a high crime area but because they were Boy Scouts and they abide by the creed “Be Prepared”.
The real conflict comes when law abiding citizens are targeted due to mistakes or set-ups. When someone breaks your door down at 4AM and yells “police” (or whatever they yell) you have a split second to decide whether it is cheap shot to neutralize your defenses or for you to become a victim. Talk is cheap. That’s why these no knock entries at 4AM must be stopped except for the most very few cases. Do citizens trust the bureaucracy to do it right and actually protect and defend?
This is what I've been looking to have repeated. Initial statements from the wife said the son asked, "Why did the cops shoot my Daddy, was he a bad guy?"
Even if you manufacture them, they still have to leave at some point in a sale or why would you be a dealer if you weren't selling drugs for money?
So why would it EVER be necessary to break into a drug dealers home in the middle of the night? Or anyone else’s for that matter.
I have not heard if the police had a warrant for his house or not. Have you read anything?
Not allowing him medical care for over an hour is criminal in itself.
These attacks, were they carried out by a single entity like the federal governmen, would look mighty like classical Terrorism, random violence against the citizenry by the State to keep the people confused and unable to organize or even consider opposition or even thinking. I suspect that is actually what this will develop into after a while.
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The lawyer for the police said that every item named in the warrant was found in the house. They may not be illegal to own, but if they are linked to crimes by the group being investigated, then of course they would have led to an arrest.
It *was* a uniformed serviceman dying in an ambush.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
(*) "S.W.A.T" = "stupid wild-assed thugs"
Another fine example of the Patriot Act...patriot..? That’s seethes w/deception.
Another fine example of the Patriot Act...patriot..? That’s seethes w/deception.
Every member of that SWAT team who fired their guns should each be going to jail.That homeowner had every right to protect his home from someone he thought was breaking in.THis sort of thing has gone too far and needs to be stopped now.I don’t care what they might’ve thought he was doing entering anyones home like this when there could be innocent people inside is criminal.