[CyberAnt]

"... they sure stood tall during the Elian Gonzales case"

I don't think there's a parallel.

There were no POLICE guarding Elian when he was taken - there was only family members.

Even I don't want to see a shoot-out between police agencies .. that's just an awful scenario.

I don't know why police are even there inside the hospital [while I can understand the crowd control outside] - and who's paying for all that protection - the county? It appears to me the whole county is a hornet's nest of corruption - protecting the husband. It's going to be up to the people of FL to clean this mess up.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the comments. The parallel IMO was that the police didn't protect Elian from being taken into protective custody. Now when it's life and death, they're right there to help facilitate murder. That's very problematic IMO.

[Apogee]

It seems officers are routinely considered officers of the court these days, and used to execute its orders. How this is allowed, other than the processing of bench warrants, is beyond me. Anyone care to enlighten me?