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The Official Whitewash Of The Killing Of Duncan Lemp (No Knock Raid)
The American Conservative ^ | Jan 1 | James Bovard

Posted on 01/01/2021 10:19:57 PM PST by RandFan

Why did a Montgomery County, Maryland SWAT team kill 21-year-old Duncan Lemp, in a no-knock predawn raid on March 12? The county released an official report yesterday stating that a violent no-knock raid was justified “due to Lemp being ‘anti-government,’ ‘anti-police,’ currently in possession of body armor, and an active member of the Three Percenters.” The report also noted that “police had viewed several videos showing Lemp handling and shooting firearms.”

Distrusting the government and police and appearing in photos or videos with firearms is a catch-all that could apply to millions of Americans. But that was enough to justify a deadly assault in one of America’s most liberal jurisdictions.

Montgomery County released the report on New Year’s Eve, probably hoping that it would receive scant attention. But the county’s own admissions should propel new demands for disclosures on the most under-reported police killing of 2020.

The report details how police attacked the Lemp home from two sides. Two members of the raid team did a “‘break and rake’ on Duncan Lemp’s first-floor bedroom window while the rest of the team entered the house by using a battering ram on the main front door … Another officer used a fireman’s pike tool to break the bedroom window closest to the bed where Lemp and [his pregnant girlfriend Kasey] Robinson were sleeping........

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Really disturbing how they can get away with this.

I support Rand Paul's legislation to ban no-knock raids.

1 posted on 01/01/2021 10:19:57 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Yeah, but, it’s Maryland, and he evidently owned a gun. That’s all you need, in Blue America, to murder someone in the eyes of the law. Peasants are not supposed to be armed! (In Blue America.)


2 posted on 01/01/2021 10:26:02 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Travis McGee

Check out this case Travis. Really shocking.


3 posted on 01/01/2021 10:34:18 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I’m no expert, but if this is their plan to demonstrate that the government isn’t a threat to citizens and their freedom, they’re gonna have issues.


4 posted on 01/01/2021 11:16:59 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: coloradan

When the marble game starts, those that were “just following orders”, are going to find out just how many on the Patriot Team there are in each state, and county.

Be Vigilant


5 posted on 01/01/2021 11:17:54 PM PST by Swiffer_Ralf (Orig. Eureka_Lead)
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To: RandFan; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Monkey County was a shithole when I left it in ‘99. Apparently the stench of the septic tank has only gotten worse.


6 posted on 01/01/2021 11:24:24 PM PST by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: RandFan
Neighbors have asked me why I don't have a "Back the Blue" sign in my store window.

Don't I support our local police?

My answer is always, "Not blindly and not because it is fashionable".

About half look puzzled.

7 posted on 01/01/2021 11:27:53 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Dear Clare, The awkward time is almost over. Love, Normal Americans)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

The other rule to live by:

Don’t ever TALK to the police.

They can coerce you very easily.


8 posted on 01/01/2021 11:47:09 PM PST by RandFan
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To: Swiffer_Ralf

they are playing the game the nazis were not allowed to get away with.


9 posted on 01/01/2021 11:59:07 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Chode

Ping


10 posted on 01/02/2021 12:14:33 AM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: RandFan

Killing someone because they do not agree with you and they own body armor and guns is not what I served to protect.

3%’s I don’t agree with but that is a point of view, not a crime.

My beliefs fall in line with the oath keepers.


11 posted on 01/02/2021 12:16:17 AM PST by oldenuff35
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To: All
stating that a violent no-knock raid was justified “due to Lemp being ‘anti-government,’ ‘anti-police,’

This action does nothing to dispels those thoughts in the thinking public.

12 posted on 01/02/2021 12:37:50 AM PST by BipolarBob (Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you ammo. That's pretty much the same thing.)
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To: oldenuff35

Thank you.

I realize there are good & bad just like in any walk of life.

However, I prefer to never talk to the police because before you know it - with coercion techniques - they can make something stick and have you admit to anything.

Check this classic YouTube presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

Happy New Year!


13 posted on 01/02/2021 12:56:38 AM PST by RandFan
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To: Secret Agent Man; All

They grew up in the bubble of D.C.

Their whole life poisoned, every thought formed to become a follower of the common denominator of narcissistic insanity at any cost.

They have no concept or even care what is outside the bubble. And believe that they are the incarnation of the true rulers of those below them.

They, like all who live in a bubble mentally self pleasuring themselves that they are superior. And history has shown, every time this happens those that are deemed to have no worth destroy the bubble, and with that comes to the elite the understanding that they always were and are without worth in the future.

See how well the bubble worked for the British.

Respects.


14 posted on 01/02/2021 1:01:09 AM PST by Swiffer_Ralf (Orig. Eureka_Lead)
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To: RandFan
Trust us, it was a good killing. Will they get away with it?

Looks like they have gotten "away with it."

I don't blame the family for moving away from the County. A better move would have been to another state.

In the light of the stolen 2020 Election and the ChiCom (CCP) that clearly fed it, I refer you to a tip I got last night. This is what our globalist B_tards have in mind for US.

https://www.state.gov/chinas-disregard-for-human-rights/

15 posted on 01/02/2021 1:03:22 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: RandFan

Always a good video to review.

On Netflix they have a show called “Confession Tapes” that goes over various crimes and their confessions. IIRC, I came away thinking that many of them didn’t do the crime, but some of them did. But they are all(?) in prison now.

One guy was convicted of something terrible (raping and killing a girl??). IIRC he finally agreed that he had been there, but that another guy did the raping and killing. They did find the other guy’s DNA at the scene - but the other guy kept his mouth shut, and he got off (or was never charged).


16 posted on 01/02/2021 1:10:00 AM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: RandFan

I guess his fears about the government were right.


17 posted on 01/02/2021 3:32:28 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something.)
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To: 21twelve

Always a good video to review
****

The professor gives an example in the first few mins in that video of an attorney who said “Sure.. I’ll talk to the police. I’ve got nothing to hide and I’m an attorney!”. He ended up being convicted!!!

There are so many of these stories..


18 posted on 01/02/2021 3:47:43 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

One more reason I’ve been preaching GET OUT OF BLUE STATES!


19 posted on 01/02/2021 4:16:05 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: RandFan

This is why I believe SWATTING Public Servants, especially Judges should be Fair Game, and they should be subject to No Knock Swat Raids Regularly.


20 posted on 01/02/2021 5:21:07 AM PST by eyeamok
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