Is it pretty much just a universal truth that if the police come to your home, they’re not leaving without a body or someone in cuffs? It seems that’s the case anymore with any story you read like this.
An old man with a gun is barred up in his bedroom. Ever think he just wants to be left alone? Is he in there with a body or with a few kilos of cocaine? Seriously, once you get SWAT involved, they’re not leaving until every last one of them gets the chance to pull the trigger and pump some rounds into someone or something. They’re just like the bullies in high school. You might not have lunch money, you might ride the nicer bike, you might have the cooler-looking bookbag, but that bully isn’t leaving you alone. At some point, that bully is going to be made to look like a fool, and instead of beating you up, because they know they’ll get in trouble, they’ll just pull your pants down in front of everyone to make a point. In most cases, the SWAT version of a “pantsing” is killing your pet.
In all seriousness, FReepers, pay attention here. Law enforcement is being conditioned to not care if you’re 17 or 107. They’re being conditioned to shoot you regardless of how you look. This isn’t Hogan’s Alley shooting anymore. They’re going to shoot you, because Big Gov says you’re a terrorist for believing you’re a free person. They’re going to shoot you, because leaving without firing a shot isn’t in their creed. Americans are becoming prisoners in their own homes, and now we can’t even protect our homes against no-knock raids by paramilitary groups in the middle of the night.
When did I wake up in Mexico? Does anybody remember what it means to be American anymore?
We are now in Mexico. I just spent time with a group of 10 people with about 16 or 17 university degrees amongst them, and the general attitude was “there is nothing we can do about it”. Whether its LEO thuggery, the NSA or the IRS, fatalism is rampant, just like in Islam, where everything is Allah’s will, so why bother trying.
I ask myself that every morning when I read the news, then I look out my front door and this is still Texas where I live. But again, I live in the middle of the Big Nothing, between Lubbock and Ft. Worth. hee hee hee
I think they should turn the term SWAT into DEATH SQUAD...
It seems every time they use SWAT, someone is going to die.
They either shoot you or burn you. You have no rights when SWAT comes calling.
Twenty years ago an old fellow in my small CT town told the tax collector he wasn’t paying his property tax and he was armed. He holed up in his house and wouldn’t come out. The town ignored him and made no effort to interfere with the few friends and family members who brought him groceries.
6-7 months later he surrendered, the house was sold, taxes paid and he moved in with relatives. No one hurt.
You are dead on.
Bullies that have moved up to the next level is all they are.
And just like all bullies the only thing that makes them stop is their own blood all over the place.
Domestic laws today require an arrest if any physical contact or threatening language was involved - no matter how benign. My policy is - don't call the cops unless you want a paramilitary op force to show up and cuff everyone (or worse) who acts indignant or surprised.