[Wallace T.]

I disagree, whether or not there was a SWAT team involved in the raid. First, the co-op sold legal products. Second, as a co-op, these legal products are to be sold to members only. The general public cannot buy from it unless they join the co-op. Therefore, the local government has no justification to interfere with the operation of this private business. This is the sort of nanny state attitude that has led to the disastrous problems that, on a larger scale, led to the subprime mortgage crisis and the decrepit state of the American automobile business. It has to stop.

[angkor]

>>>>>First, the co-op sold legal products.<<<<<

Selling uninspected meat products from an unlicensed facility is not “legal”.