Drug raids gone bad Shopkeepers say plainclothes cops barged in, looted stores & stole cash

Philadelphia Daily News ^ | Fri, Mar. 20, 2009 | WENDY RUDERMAN & BARBARA LAKER

[UCFRoadWarrior]

If these cameras were not decoys....they probably have some type of recording system attached....which would show the cops destroying the cameras...and it does not sound like they got to the recording equipment.

These were not bright cops if they did not get to the recording system

[deport]

If these cameras were not decoys....they probably have some type of recording system attached....which would show the cops destroying the cameras...and it does not sound like they got to the recording equipment.

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This is a long article of several arrest/raids where the cops apparently target the Koreans/Jordainians/Dominicans. The article indicates in at least one instance the computer controlling the cameras had images of the cops and the cops destroyed the computer.

From the article: [Four days after the raid and the arrest of Maghtha’s father, he re-opened the store and discovered the computer that controlled the video surveillance system was gutted, Maghtha said.

“They took everything from the computer - the hard drive, the DVR [video] card, the DVD and CD-ROM player,” Maghtha said.] end snip....

This is a case of cops gone bad based upon the stories of the raids as told in the paper. At least it appears now that enough public exposure is happening to at least get a special investigative task force in action which include the FBI and police personnel.

[bamahead]

Mind if I borrow that pic sometime? :)

[Yorlik803]

So you are really advocting the killing of Police officers?
Welcome to the Black Panthers/ Weather Underground and other nutball groups.
You, Sir, are a ass.

[contemplator]

If you stop for a moment to consider what the person wrote you’ll see that they didn’t actually advocate shooting cops, it was a warning of what to expect. Maybe you should slow down and think about what you are reading a little more before you start with the profane name calling.

[Yorlik803]

When someone uses the word “ bagged” to discribe the killing of three police officers like he was talking about hunting them down and killing them like animals, that person earned the “Profane” name I called him.
So there.......

[Clinging Bitterly]

When someone uses the word “ bagged” to discribe the killing of three police officers...

There was no advocacy there, what happened is what happened. And I think it was four.

Police in general are becoming the feared and/or despised adversary of ever increasing numbers of people - or as they describe themselves in Missouri, "the enemy".

Ortiz said he took a plea deal and served six months' probation and 25 hours of community service for selling the tiny plastic bags.

That's just one reason. For years I have been buying those tiny plastic bags 4000 at a time and using them for all kinds of things in legitimate business, never once thinking they were just for dope. I have used them personally for things like small parts, nuts & bolts, salt & pepper, medicines, garden seeds, coins & jewelry, and yes, tobacco. Because of a stupid law declaring a thing to be paraphernalia when it is clearly not, these guys in PA and too many other places have appointed themselves the power to go in and wreck a family's business and steal their property. Those particular cops are nothing more or less than thugs, and whatever comeuppance is to be their lot, it will be deserved..

One needn't wonder for a second why there are people who hate cops, and one can express recognition of that reality without necessarily being one of the growing number who do.

[texan75010]

When someone uses the word “ bagged” to discribe the killing of three police officers like he was talking about hunting them down and killing them like animals, that person earned the “Profane” name I called him. So there....... OK, how about the cop who "bagged" the guy at the BART station? He stood up, drew his weapon and pumped a round in to him. That's what happens when you resist. He paid the price and got, "bagged". This was done in public on video. Makes you wonder what they would do at a traffic stop with no one there. Yes, I think this guy in Oakland was out hunting for cops and he, "bagged" a few. I think before this is over the cops are going to go hunting and, "bag" a few more for payback. The killing will escalate. I think these cops at the drug raid were hunting as well and the shopkeepers were lucky to have lived through it. What is profane is murder. The murder of a perp in custody and the murder of an officer on duty. Both in my eyes are just as damnable. But in reality there is a huge difference. One murderer was shot by police, the other was protected by them. As long as there is one law for cops and another for perps you will have people who start rooting against the cops. It is no longer pulling for law and order versus pulling for crime, it has become a matter of which group of criminals is less likely to kill me when confronted by them. And yes, more and more I root against the thugs in blue who hide behind a badge in order to bully, steal and kill.

[ChrisInAR]

I bet this story will make all of the Drug Warriors happy!

[contemplator]

Again, I recommend you read what the person wrote and think about it critically. The person is describing a mentality and what that frame of mind leads to. The person did not indicate one way or the other other if he/she felt that way personally. If it helps I will fill in the blanks for you so you can see how what this person is saying can be interpreted -

[Thugs in ]LA just [,from their thuggish standpoint,] bagged 4 cops....perhaps [the thugs think that it is ] payback for BART shooting? if this keeps up [Thugs with the same mentality in ] Philly will start doing the same. [As this shows,] Some people shoot cops for stuff like this...some fight back.

[Mojave]

LA just bagged 4 cops....

Is it time for the cop haters to begin their blood dance celebrations?

[ChrisInAR]

Is it time for the cop haters to begin their blood dance celebrations?

Absolutely NOT. This is a sad time for the people involved, & they deserve our prayers.

[Mojave]

Are you sure?

Post 29: “It is no longer pulling for law and order versus pulling for crime, it has become a matter of which group of criminals is less likely to kill me when confronted by them. And yes, more and more I root against the thugs in blue who hide behind a badge in order to bully, steal and kill.”

[ChrisInAR]

I didn’t write Post #29, did I? But when the cops act like thugs, they deserve what they have coming to them...just like anyone else does.

[Mojave]

Make that post 28.

[ChrisInAR]

Sorry...I meant Post # 28 also...I was referring to what you said, so I never knew that # 29 was my own.

[Mojave]

But when the cops act like thugs, they deserve what they have coming to them...

The thread has gone just where I figured it would.

[ChrisInAR]

So you take the side of the thug-oriented cops rather than the Nam family? I’m not surprised.

[Mojave]

By all means, go bag some cops and dance in their blood.

[ChrisInAR]

Answer my question if u would.