To: Badray
They said that they had three other times where the information was wrong from their sources, but there was no death there or they would have printed that in the story as well.
You are obsessing over a very successful operation from all I read. There is no bad pattern there.
You are pointing at the one tragic accidental death involving someone who had a pre-existing condition. You are ignoring the fact that 1896 successful operations more than likely saved the lives of hundreds if not thousands of people related to criminal illegal drug operations that would have killed, been killed or over dosed without enforcement.
We lost one fine woman there, buy they have to have saved far more by their actions under the law.
344 posted on
05/16/2003 10:53:04 PM PDT by
A CA Guy
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To: A CA Guy
You are overlooking or dismissing the need for the police to be 100% certain of their information before such a dynamic entry. This is not yet officially a police state. The police have rules that they should obey and a duty to exercise care - although they do not have a duty to protect.
Rather than showing how good they are, it shows how lucky they have been and that the more this tactic is used the more chance there is that something will go wrong. Up until now no one has died in these raids. Now this woman is dead.
You are also quite dismissive of this lady's medical condition. For a professing Christian, that's a pretty lousy attitude. I would like to see how you react when ten masked, ninja dressed, JBT's come bursting thru your front door and toss a flash bang grenade into your living room.
You also keep asserting that her death is insignificant because these raids save so many lives. First show me the numbers of deaths FROM THE DRUGS USAGE and exactly how they would increase if this innocent woman was still alive. Then prove to me that there would be more users and more death if the police were not as 'proactive'. Next, prove that this WOD has decreased drug usage, increased integrity in law enforcement and judicial circles, and is worth the cost in terms of money and lost liberty
369 posted on
05/17/2003 4:56:17 AM PDT by
Badray
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