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To: Cyman
I agree that the SWAT team concept has gotten out of hand

Thank you. I agree.

Because they have these guys trained up and ready to go, they tend to use them as a first recourse rather than the last.

I love the idea of overwhelming force when force is required. I don't like the idea of militarized cops kicking down a door when they haven't yet tried knocking. There are cases where knocking is too dangerous. Thats when you call SWAT. Not when you have an old lady, or a middle-aged couple padding around in their pajamas. I think the burden should be on the cops to show that overwhelming force was required.

I would normally side with the cops, but there have been a couple of SWAT cases lately that have irritated me.

25 posted on 08/13/2008 3:39:20 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron
There are cases where knocking is too dangerous. Thats when you call SWAT. Not when you have an old lady, or a middle-aged couple padding around in their pajamas. I think the burden should be on the cops to show that overwhelming force was required.

In this case especially, there was no reason for the cops doing what they did. They charged in like a bunch of aggresive cowboys.

In this case, they should have left a unit to observe the mayor's house, gotten a warrant, and sent uniformed and plainclothes cops to knock on the door to execute the warrant.

Instead, they barged in and shot this guy's dogs like a bunch of candy-asses because they felt "threatened." Cry me a river- what little candy-asses.

32 posted on 08/13/2008 3:47:13 PM PDT by Citizen Blade ("Please... I go through everyone's trash." The Question)
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