Posted on 07/23/2014 7:48:46 AM PDT by DarkSavant
In January 2011, the Weber-Morgan County Narcotics Strike Force conducted a nighttime drug raid on the Ogden, Utah, home of Matthew David Stewart. An ex-girlfriend had tipped off the police that Stewart was growing pot in his basement. He was; Stewart, a former veteran, suffered from PTSD, and used the pot to self-medicate. The police had no evidence that Stewart was selling any of his pot. Once police took down his door with a battering ram, Stewart, who was sleeping, grabbed a handgun.
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Sue that witch too and destroy her broom factory.
Oh wow. I didn’t read the part he hung himself.
Fkrs....
I hope he got em each in the shoulders and knees, tearing through their ligaments, too remind them of their irresponsible acts and inform them they should follow lawful procedures and do a damned investigation.
He said he would kill anyone breaking into his home?
And?
Pathetic excuse to use his costume as some idiotic premise for their actions.
I dress in various arrays of costume and it has little to do with who I really am and actually infers absolutely nothing.
The police need to charge her with ever false claim crimes there are.
I don’t think that punishment would be severe enough. Her punishment should be a social one, not a criminal one, to send a message that SWATting is not just a criminal offense but so serious that it should hurt the SWATter for the rest of their life.
As well, it shows a great need for states to crack down on spontaneous and ill prepared SWAT operations against the vast majority of people who should have never been assaulted that way.
Propose an awesome Freeper punishment and I’ll start the petition with the White Hut.
Sometimes it only takes a delusional neighbor with an ax to grind...
I’ve yet to read any account that states who wounded and killed the cops. My bet is that most of the bullets in the cops came from cops’ weapons.
Most of these raids are stupid and pointless. You can pick these people up while they are getting gas, coming out of a grocery store. Night time no-knock raids are ridiculous.
And not knowing exactly who is inside before you do something that dangerous is very bad police work. Oh, real police work is hard... too bad.
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