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Posted on 08/21/2013 3:06:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
Yes there is a tipping point with this kind of stuff. Once that point is passed you will see cops waking up dead in their cars out in remote locations or SWAT trucks taking a .50 cal as they roll down the street. If you keep poking the bear long enough it wakes up grumpy.
Thanks.
” In the 1970s, there were about 300 SWAT raids per year. “As of 2005,” says Balko, “100 to 150 per day.” “
THE FED GAVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY FOR NEW TOYS.
Now we have botched faux raids every day, and innocent civilians die!
More than just die. Countless innocents are terrorized, injured, abused, and suffer the after affects of such an action. A cop in a mistaken raid just says “opps.” Their innocent victims, or very low level criminals, get to deal with the emotional issues of such raids.
You don’t just have masked gunmen smash through your home, and everyone deals with it just fine. Not even guys are immune to the psychological issues, let alone children.
Yep.
You just posted to a FReeper who was the victim of a SWAT raid
(8 cops)on my house (2006). They pounded on the door, I was about to open it, when they smashed it open, and cuffed me, and placed me on my belly. on the floor. Only the guy they were after, no longer lived there...
They ransacked the house, throwing my stuff all over the floor in every room(8 rooms, 3200 sq.ft.). They wouldn’t listen to anything I told them. The guy they were after sold me the house, had moved away, and they didn’t give a damn! This was nothing but HOME INVASION BY COP.
I didn’t dare try to call my attorney, or anyone else while they were still there. They finally left, after not finding whatever the hell they were looking for.One female cop told me “ I don’t understand why they smashed your door down. We could see that you were unarmed right through the window”.I have never been arrested/detained by the cope in 59 years!
Leaving it unchecked is seriously dangerous, condoning their behavior and encouraging more of the same; plus, these usurped-power types seriously cannot stand to be the butt of any joke.
” In the 1970s, there were about 300 SWAT raids per year. “As of 2005,” says Balko, “100 to 150 per day.”
THIS is the problem. Billions from DHS/FedGov to buy SWAT toys for the cops.
My favorite kind of raid. One in which the most basic investigation would have warned them off, and they were too lazy to bother.
Numerous stories about that kind of mistaken raid exist. Usually, it is single mothers in low income apartments favored by criminal elements. The guy has moved out months prior, but the cops never bothered to check. The innocents are publicly humiliated, even dragged out of bed or the shower by male cops.
“One female cop told me “ I don’t understand why they smashed your door down. We could see that you were unarmed right through the window””
Are you kidding? And give up the opportunity to destroy a door?
It is a shame the media doesn’t report this kind of thing accurately. If they did, sheriffs across the country would be shamed into reigning this kind of crap in, or get voted out.
And of course if anyone has a problem with any of this, they’re just anti-cop and pro crime. No good citizen could possibly object to giving cops a blank check on their methods.
Damn sjb...had no idea! :(
Hey sjb -I’m a little late responding here, but wanted to know if you brought a lawsuit against LEO for this illegal and unwarranted raid on your home.
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