Posted on 07/18/2006 2:00:20 PM PDT by rbalko
Paper on America's love affair with the SWAT team and "dynamic entry" raids.
See scary accompanying map of botched no-knocks and other SWAT-style raids.
"For the children......indeed."
The new phrase I see being parroted by public offcials is "it's for the family".
I've been following the story for years, having grown up in those parts. I can vouch for the main facts of their article.
Hilarious!
and self-ping for further perusal at leisure
Hell, it is unlawful to resist arrest even if the cop is completely in the wrong.
Then they hire PR firms to tell us how great they are and that we should respect them. Only the stupid buy it.
With frighteningly increasing frequency, police actions are becoming "administrative sanctions", with no opportunity for a court.
This is the way they do speed and red light cameras.
Soon, the SWAT teams move will be against the house, not against the people.
That way, you have no defendant(s).
You have to have both plaintiffs and defendants to get to court (and by the way, individuals generally cannot sue a government without its permission).
Was a cop for about 40 years. Retired last April. Had six OIS's but only one on an entry. (and that WAS a bad guy).
Where do you guys live that you have such FEAR of YOUR police departments? Where are the stats on how many wrong houses have been hit/innocent homeowners being shot. I admit there are some and any is too many, but come on guys. Sounds like the stuff of urban legends.
BTW It's not what you believe, but what you know that counts.
Lawyers are the commissars of American-style socialism.
This crap is eventually going to cause police-community relationships in respectable middle-class suburbia to sink to the level characteristic of the worst gang-banger turf.
Whenever I see a cop w/ bloused boots in NYC start laughing aloud. Are there chiggers on the streets of Manhattan?
"is there a difference?"
No kidding, it's like blaming the chicken for the egg or vice versa.
"Where do you guys live that you have such FEAR of YOUR police departments?"
Police often think they are in a class by themselves, because they are always a target. It is a tough job, and indeed, they ARE targets. But that job is made more difficult because of transgressions that seem to place police above the law on a regular basis, including commonplace perjury on the stand, and the highly visible siren-and-lights-across-the-intersection trick. If I didn't regularly see both, I wouldn't be so concerned that the separate class has become an elitist one. But both are widespresd.
Mr. Howell,
It has been three weeks since your Officer ((name with held) came to investigate Mr. and Mrs. (name with held) "admitted" poisoning of cats on (Name with Held) Road in Discovery Bay.
We were advised by Officer (name with held) that the case would be turned over to the District Attorneys Office for prosecution.
Rest assured this is not going to just go away because these people are "Peace Officers." These people are psychos and have been terrorizing the neighborhood for years.
This is just the most recent example of a several years long history of vandalizm and intimidation. Literally dozens of complaints and lawsuits by numerous neighbors have been files against these people BUT nothing has happened to them to make them stop. Even recently retired judge (name with held) who is representing two of the neighbors in civil cases against these people has expressed his frustration at the apparent reluctance of local law enforcement to charge them.
These people "admittedly" tried to kill our cats, even bragged to other neighbors that they would do so. Sheriffs deputy (name with held) found several bowls of anti-freeze in, under and around their deck. We also have samples of the contents of these bowls which are currently being tested by an independant company.
Since they were caught Mr. (name with held) has said to neighbors that "they ain't going to do nuthin" and "wait and see what's next"
Well we can't wait "to see what's next"
We want to see a formal complaint filed against them for cruelty to animals, immediately. We are seriously concerned about them killing our pets and are living in fear that we can not let our pets outside. We want to know that a formal complaint has been filed against Mr. and Mrs. (name with held) and we want a copy of the complaint. And we will become involved as we can. We are finished living in fear and will band together to bring these evil doers to justice wether it be vigilante justice or major press coverage. We are prepared for that. We have an entire neighborhood group ready to unleash this case to the press which we are sure will take on an entire life of it's own but we wanted to do things the right way to start with. But we don't see anything happening. No one has contacted us. Please let us know that this is not getting swept under the carpet because these bastards are supposedly "sworn pease officers."
End of Letter
Anyone who doesn't think the Leo's don't get a pass doesn't live here and doesn't know what their talking about
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