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Police blew up an innocent man’s house in search of an armed shoplifter. Too bad, court rules.
Washington Post ^ | Octoer 30,2019 | Meagan Flynn

Posted on 10/30/2019 12:11:07 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: kiryandil

I think I’ll just walk away from this one.


181 posted on 10/30/2019 6:10:52 PM PDT by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: Faith Presses On

None of those situations warranted the police destroying this home. Period. It is abuse of power. They should be make the homeowner whole.

There are standoffs with suspects all of the time that do not result in homes being destroyed. The police had other options, they chose not to employ them.

Do not buy this garbage being sold by the police this time. They all should be fired.


182 posted on 10/30/2019 6:18:58 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

“They should be make the homeowner whole.”

The insurance company made him whole. He wants the government to pay for his new luxury home that replaces his 1974 dated house.


183 posted on 10/30/2019 6:23:41 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: null and void
Wise choice.   winking face
184 posted on 10/30/2019 6:28:42 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: Mr.Unique
6 responses to one post. You seem to have hit a nerve.

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185 posted on 10/30/2019 6:30:07 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit
The police had other options, they chose not to employ them.

They needed to test out their armored RV and their robot.

186 posted on 10/30/2019 6:31:49 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: TexasGator

Incorrect response. As a result of the insurance company paying for THEIR abuse of power and destruction of his property, all of their customers paid the price.

The police and city insurance should have bore this cost.


187 posted on 10/30/2019 7:36:40 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Incorrect response. The city doesn’t pay. The citizens pay.


188 posted on 10/30/2019 8:37:27 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator; ican'tbelieveit

Maybe if it started hurting their pensions and PD budget they’d actually act professional.
You know, like the other swat teams that didn’t destroy property and thumb their noses at the peasantry.


189 posted on 10/30/2019 8:47:05 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: kiryandil

Yes, I remember IB4TG.
Good times!
And it looks like someone got a bit of butthurt over this post, reading through it seems to have mightily agitated someone.


190 posted on 10/30/2019 8:49:06 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Hojczyk

A little overkill, perhaps?


191 posted on 10/30/2019 8:53:00 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TexasGator

No, cities have insurance plans. Cities have risk management plans. Make them pay, not the poor citizen and other private insurance holders who did nothing wrong except be decent, hardworking Americans following their dreams.

The city, through their PD, abused their power. They need to make this right.


192 posted on 10/30/2019 9:44:46 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

“No, cities have insurance plans”

Dude, the citizens pay for those plans!


193 posted on 10/31/2019 9:18:32 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Precisely the point. The government and their representatives caused this damage, WILLFULLY.

They need to be held to account.

And the voters in that district have control of the purse strings, they have voting power, and they have petitioning power.

But when you pawn this off on the innocent homeowner and the innocent insurance company, there is no repercussion to the actual criminals in this case; the police department.


194 posted on 10/31/2019 9:45:21 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: SkyDancer

Lucky the ATF and FBI didn’t get involved they may have burned the entire neighborhood down!


195 posted on 10/31/2019 9:49:54 AM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: eyeamok
I keep forgetting, why are we supposed to trust the police??

Good question. The answer, however, is that you are not supposed to trust them. You're supposed to fear them. Sadly.

196 posted on 10/31/2019 6:35:41 PM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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