[ambrose]

There was a case in Malibu several years back... Man woke up to hear people busting into his house. He pulled out his gun and went to see what was happening... The intruders wwere cops, serving a warrant based on a bogus claim that there was pot at the house. Cops shot the homeowner dead.

LA District Attorney refused to prosecute. The Ventura District Attorney investigated and determined that the cops raided the home out of a desire to seize it for cash (police departments get to keep the proceeds from drug related seizures)

[The KG9 Kid]

I think I remember that incident. The police were (and probably still are) free to use their SWAT weapons to collect revenue to fund... well, more SWAT weapons for one thing.

This is not the country I grew up in.

[TNdandelion]

The police dept is lucky that noone was injured as a result of their screw up.

Personally, I think a little bit more information than "a black SUV in the driveway" is needed.

How many black SUV's are there in any given neighborhood? My neighbors on both sides each have black SUV's! LOL

Make/model, tag, address. If their family's lives depended on this information being known...they'd find a way to confirm it.

[Lurker]

Yep, that was a clear cut case of government sponsored murder if there ever was one. The Forest Service wanted his land, and he refused to sell. So, the Forest Service bogused up a 'tip' that there was pot growing on the property.

Here's something most people don't know about that case.

After the homeowner died, his house burned down under suspicious circumstances and his widow all of a sudden decided to accept the Forest Services generous offer to buy the now uninhabited land.

Funny, eh?

L

[tomakaze]

re: There was a case in Malibu several years back... Man woke up to hear people busting into his house. He pulled out his gun and went to see what was happening... The intruders wwere cops, serving a warrant based on a bogus claim that there was pot at the house. Cops shot the homeowner dead.
LA District Attorney refused to prosecute. The Ventura District Attorney investigated and determined that the cops raided the home out of a desire to seize it for cash (police departments get to keep the proceeds from drug related seizures)
 
I remember that one.
Government agencies were interested in the property of this reclusive millionaire. A warrant was issued based on concocted "evidence" of supposed marijuana plantings, and a major raid was conducted with a 32-man assault team. Scott was shot to death in front of his wife. No drugs were found.
A later official report found: "It is the District Attorney's opinion that the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department was motivated, at least in part, by a desire to seize and forfeit the ranch for the government. Based in part upon the possibility of forfeiture, Spencer obtained a search warrant that was not supported by probable cause. This search warrant became Donald Scott's death warrant." (excerpt from the 1st link that popped up on google. more information linked below)
 
How a 32-Man Assault Team Murdered Donald P. Scott at Trails End Ranch
 

[tomakaze]

this is more complete i think.