[pnh102]

Most SWAT teams are a waste of money. You almost never hear about them going after actual violent, dangerous criminals these days. It is always some low-level suspect... and then they shoot his dogs just for fun.

I'd love to see this expense eliminated at the local level. At worst, most local police departments could share a SWAT team.

[GeronL]

anyone looking for kiddie porn deserves to be shot.

[Soothesayer9]

Perhaps they should get their own house in order...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/child-porn-search-focuses-on-top-miami-ice-agent-24875843

[theBuckwheat]

Maybe we must rethink the law and policy that uses SWAT for this level of law enforcement. This only happens because the average citizen doesn’t protest loudly about the mission creep of military-police. And the average citizen doesn’t care too much until it is their home that is raided in the middle of the night, especially when the police have the wrong address and shoot the family dog in the process.

But that is OK because the police were “just doing what they are trained to do”, as if rigorous training makes the tyranny just a routine matter.

[decimon]

Covert is the lawyer and not the guy raided.

Big thread on this here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2709799/posts?q=1&;page=1

[Slambat]

“You almost never hear about them going after actual violent, dangerous criminals these days.”
You can say that about practically all law enforcement. For some reason they are especially yellow with fear of illegal aliens.

[org.whodat]

Does swat still use the old SS recruiting posters?////?????

[driftdiver]

When you’re a hammer the world is a nail.

[eastforker]

Law enforcement officials say the case is a cautionary tale...........................................................................This did not happen, it is a fairy tale, a fable, nothing more.

[Red in Blue PA]

WPA2 people!

[The KG9 Kid]

"Whoops... Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING

Click the link to be added to the "Whoops. Sorry, citizen. We thought you were someone else" PING list.

[Nate505]

Is the average kiddie porn downloader armed to the teeth? Why the hell is a swat team needed to arrest one?

[Titan Magroyne]

Ya gotta read this FRiend, including the comments posted at the hosting site. If your POS lying ex coulda...

[dfwgator]

What they ought to go after is some of the obscene SSID names that are out there. Kids can see these names when they try to search for a wireless connection.

[Immerito]

“”One of the agents runs up and basically throws him down the stairs, and he’s got the cuts and bruises to show for it,” said Covert, who said the homeowner plans no lawsuit. When he was allowed to get up, agents escorted him and watched as he used the bathroom and dressed. “

The homeowner SHOULD sue ICE.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110424/ap_on_hi_te/us_wi_fi_warning