I dont blame the Sheriff here, he did what he had to do to protect his own folks. The blame rests on the Nanny state that would bring this sort of thing to us.
Oh, I see. But being an instrument of the Nanny State absolves one of culpability?
By that logic, Hitler was just a servant. Don't blame him.
‘I dont blame the Sheriff here, he did what he had to do to protect his own folks”
I blame him the ‘I was only following orders’ line has led to millions of deaths worldwide. There was NO threat made to the police. The Sheriffs original reason to use SWAT was that the father was a “Constitutionalist” which is hogwash. The father was cooperating with the police immediately prior to the attack by SWAT.
A real Peace Officer would have told the father he had a warrant and that he needed to take the child to the hospital. A real Peace Officer would have allowed the mother or father to accompany the child. A real Peace Officer would not have thrust weapons in the face of every child and adult in the place and body slammed several.
No this guy is a Law EnFORCEment officer. I hope this Sheriff suffers great public humiliation and ends up living under a bridge after getting fired. Jail is probably too much to hope for.
LOL! That’s utterly ridiculous. The Sheriff could have found another way. Saying he’s not responsible is akin to saying “I had orders”. Doesn’t work for me. The Sheriff needs to be fired as a minimum.
No Way! It was a dispicable overuse of force. The Sheriff should be fired immediately.
I can not believe how accepting people are of totalitarian actions in the U.S. but try to condem China at every occasion for what they think is bad but is really the same thing. Terrible.
Who was in charge that made the call to do this terrible thing. Next they will be killing someone in a stupid stunt like this and someone will say that is OK too. Unbelievable.
I dont blame the Sheriff here, he did what he had to do to protect his own folks.”
You know you’re full of crap, don’t you?
“Between 10 and 11 … a sheriff came to the door. My husband spoke with him and answered all his questions. The sheriff then said if Tom would just let him speak with Jonathan this whole matter would be closed,” Tina Shiflett wrote.
“Tom said, ‘You are saying if I let you speak to Jonathan this whole matter will be closed?’ Then Tom called for Jonathan to come to the window,” she said.
“As soon as Jonathan was visible to the sheriff, a SWAT team appeared shining lights on Jon’s face and others were bashing at the door with a ramming device.”
The sheriff had a perfect chance to observe and question the boy and decide for himself if sterner measures were needed.
He could have held off the swat while he talked to the boy and if it was needed, signaled with the ultra secret sheriff sign to break in and subdue the perps.
That last sentence was for all you police state lovers.
The Sheriff has responsibilities beyond the tactical. He should have said that the use of a military operation was beyond the pale and not put the officers or anyone else in harms way.