This is happening too much. The end result of the War on Drugs is an increase in state power. The SWAT team resorted to military tactics to find a young person who might be doing drugs? Ridiculous. Aside from the injury to an innocent toddler, how much did this botched raid cost? There is nothing conservative about the War on Drugs.
There is nothing conservative about thinking its okay for kids to be on crack either. Conservatives can oppose these para-military tactics without being pro-drugs.
Going to the other extreme is nonsensical.
Ruby Ridge comes to mind. Also Waco. Our government is out of control.
we all seem to agree there is waaayy too much ‘swat’ action and it seems to result in waaaayy too many unnecessary deaths and/or invasions which have terrible results.
What are WE going to do about it besides bitch? Personally I’m gonna write my Congressman and my state legislators.
There is no need for every two bit town to have a “cool” swat team and the establishment of swat teams in the Post Office dept and Dept. of Agriculture is ridiculous.