I hear a lot of stories about cops getting the wrong house on these busts. Do you think there should be no accountability when that happens? That what I meant when I said “for no reason”. When the cops raid the wrong place, throw innocent people to the floor and destroy their property looking for illegal stuff that’s not there, that is inflicting pain and oppression on innocent people for no reason. And I wholeheartedly disagree that there are more important things to worry about than a vicious occupying army that could snap and murder you if someone puts 1452 Outland rd instead of 1425 Outland rd on a warrant. Especially if there are no consequences to the people that failed to check the address. Or trusted a drugged up informant. The people that made that mistake should have some serious consequences for that mistake. That’s the only way to restore trust in the police. You screw up like that, you lose your job in 48 hours. Assault charges come in 72 hours. You are arrested, tried, convicted, and are in general population within 6 months. You are treated like any other home invader. If an innocent homeowner shoots the home invader, he has the Castle Doctrine backing him up. He is never charged.
But that’s not the only problem I have with the police. There is always stories about cops using excessive force. And most of the time they are not charged. They ride a desk for a couple of weeks and are back out to do it again like nothing ever happened. That’s why I don’t trust the police. The bad guys keep their jobs and others protect the bad guys. No one is held accountable. There was a story on freerepublic today where a cop was busy on his car’a computer and ran someone over, killing him. The prosecutor declined to charge the cop in the man’s death because he was using his computer in the performance of his duties. Any non-cop would be in jail on a manslaughter charge. But the cop? Back in his car like it didn’t happen.
Okay, put up or shut up. You have heard, “... a lot of stories...”. I define “a lot” as perhaps 30 - 50 stories of this happening. After all, there are approx. 315 million folks in this country, so 40 instances is a drop in the bucket. That is something like .000000127.
So, go ahead, give us the 40 or so instances you have heard of this during the past month...dates, cities, situation, results. Remember...lots of stories.
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