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Posted on 11/10/2004 12:48:29 AM PST by esryle
DALLAS -- Six men, dressed in black fatigues with the word "Police" stenciled on the backs of the shirts, stormed a house in Southeast Dallas Tuesday morning at about 10:30, according to police. The men reportedly were armed with automatic weapons, broke windows and terrorized the family living in the 9400 block of Bermuda Road.
Witnesses said the men spoke English and Spanish. They shouted, "Policia," or police, and manhandled the family's patriarch. Two of the men used weapons to assault Maria Lopez (pictured, left), who tried to protect her 3-week-old infant.
"Well, the female, she was pretty much assaulted with a gun," Officer Y.M. Abrom said. "With one of the AK-47s. She was pistol-whipped to the face."
The men reportedly were looking for marijuana at the house, which also serves as a welding business. They failed to find any drugs at the location, and moved on to a vacant house on the same street.
There, they allegedly accosted five construction workers. The contractors were forced to the ground, and the robbers took the workers' wallets. The suspects fled in two vehicles.
Lopez received stitches at an area hospital.
Investigators called the suspects "take-over bandit copycats," referring to a recent case involving robbers armed with automatic weapons who stormed businesses.
Can't wait to see how this gets blamed on the police.
Easy - the WOD has popularized 'no knock' raids to the point where people think if someone is knocking down their door yelling 'police', that they're actually police. Criminals have picked up on this and are using it to their advantage.
No knocks are used in situations where they are not required too much. There needs to be something more vital than 'we think they might flush drugs down the toilet' to justify a no-knock raid.
This pisses me off.
They need to round up a possey and , well lets just say this pisses me off.
These turds when they get caught. Need to be prosecuted hammered to the full extent of the law.
This is nothing less than terrorism. Define terrorism and this is it. Of course they haven't killed anyone yet. But what if someone resisted. They are instilling terror into their victims.
Now what happens when real cops are challenged with weapons because someon thinks they are bandits?
Alright...scored in one. LOL!
what exactly did you 'score'?
I didn't score anything, you did. I knew I wouldn't be disappointed.
wow, thanks for not making sense. That makes discussion so much more fun.
Granted, blaming it on the cops doesn't make much sense though.
You only get a 1/2 point....
The police operate in a law enforcement environment of which the WOD is only a part. No knock raids are not confined to illegal drugs.
No, they're not. But they are the majority of the ones that take place.
When there is a person's life in imminent danger, then you have a good reason to execute a warrant without knocking or showing your warrant.
But if your big concern is that some pot is going to be flushed down the toilet, it's not worth it. And if they're concerned about the dangers of storming the house, they should do a little surveillance and grab the bad guys when they are going about their other business - just like the feds should have at waco.
But some people prefer to suit up and do a dramatic raid to justify their existance rather than nab somebody another way.
Yes, an irritating habit the police have picked up from having to deal with criminals. They find it a little safer then to provide notice and time for the criminals to prepare and perhaps kill or injure some of the officers.
Sort of an unfortunate side affect of dealing with armed criminals.
If not for that these criminals would have only done it another way.
As for the losertarians, feel free to identify yourself however you wish.
LOL@ So you simply jumped on the WOD whine out of instinct?
~ With one of the AK-47s. She was pistol-whipped to the face." ~
Probably a helpful way to distinguish the good guys from the bad. Could be wrong but don't believe SWAT members would be armed with AK's.
Man you are one pathetic little debater, aren't you?
Did you learn from RobertPaulson???
LOL! No, that quality would have to go to people who see the words "police" and have a knee jerk reaction. You scored well on that.
Illegal aliens. Just doing the crimes that lazy and spoiled Americans won't do. And if they aren't illegal aliens how long do you think they've been living here? 5 or 10 years?
If they're illegal they've probably been here a while; guns, uniforms, apparently suspected the residence of having drugs, etc.
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