Posted on 05/09/2007 12:00:34 PM PDT by dashing doofus
EW YORK -- Mary and Cornelius Jefferson were turning in for the night last June 24 when they heard the deafening boom of a battering ram tearing the front door of their Bronx apartment from its hinges.
"They kept on banging until the whole door had splintered," said Mrs. Jefferson, 63. "I thought they were coming to rob us, coming to kill us."
When the door gave way, it was not robbers but police officers who burst in, armed with pistols and a search warrant. The warrant -- based on the word of a paid confidential informer with a criminal record -- told of a young Hispanic man who was selling cocaine from the apartment. Instead the police found a terrified couple in their 60s, living in a meticulous apartment where plastic slipcovers protect the sofas and diplomas and awards line the walls
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After the lawsuit, maybe the Jeffersons will be moving on up to the East Side?
I think Pissant posted a thread that had that quote.
Pissant, does this sound familiar? I think it was on the thread about confiscating the cars for suspected DWI....if I remember correctly.
Check Flashbunny’s profile page.
They ALWAYS say that BULLS***! Damn them! Fricking low IQ licensed thugs!
An “informant” can get you eliminated. By giving the police false information. The police then do a “no knock” raid, actually a “break the door down and shoot anything that moves, including the dog and the cat” raid.
This should not exist in a “free society”.
This sort of thing does not override the right of self-preservation. If someone breaks down your door you have a right to defend yourself by deadly force.
Unfortunately, the innocent citizen has no chance. The intruders are armed and trained to use the arms. Later there will be an apology to the survivers.
I can tell you that I will vote for the Republican nominee, no matter who he or she is.......
Dashing, check flashbunny’s profile page.
Thanks pissant!
How do you arrest a corpse?
You don't. You just break out the steel-mesh-reinforced body bags for the subjects that're three times their live weight in lead and send 'em to the morgue.
Or the armored cops with automatic weapons would have slaughtered these innocent people for trying to defend themselves. It's happened, many times. The cops almost always get away with it: criminal charges not brought, civil suits dismissed.
This is starting to remind me of the old European witch hunts, where people would turn in their neighbors as witches so they could take the land.
Say, my neighbor's got a nice house, and his dogs piss me off barking all the time ...
(just kidding)
Factors differ, granted.
Washington and NYC are both bastions of gun control. Crime for the latter did not go down until more policemen were implemented, along with tougher measures.
As a whole, crime is lower in states with less-restrictive gun regulations. You can even see this overseas, where gun control-happy England has higher crime rates than the US, whereas Switzerland - which practically has a gun in every home - has nearly nonexistent rates.
The basic issue is this: considering the historical evidence to the contrary, why should gun control be pursued? Why should our RKBA be infringed?
This should not exist in a free society.
Agreed. Our constitutional protections are under assault by the modern day “revenuers,” like the feds who used to raid the whiskey stills down south. Except now, they get to seize the stills and all property related to the crime. The asset forfeiture is the incentive.
That is a really tough one, Axel. I see so little difference between Hillary and Rudy that I have taken to calling them Hillarudy.
I hope I don’t have to make that call. I have always voted, and don’t think I’d stay home. I hope that Rudy is exposed and derailed in the primary.
Thanks!
Most of the crime in Miami happens in a few ghetto areas. The ethnicity and level of education is more of a factor in violent crime than the level of gun ownership.
police then do a no knock raid, actually a break the door down and shoot anything that moves, including the dog and the cat raid.
This should not exist in a free society.
The insane WOD should be terminated immediately. The WOD is dangerous to all citizens not just users and sellers.
The WOD has far too many negative consequences. End it now.
“The WOD has far too many negative consequences. End it now”
Agreed. We have serious security problems in this country, and the paramilitary cops are running around busting into homes in the middle of the night to find some drugs.
Oftentimes, innocents are gunned down. Sometimes the cops shoot each other. Sometimes evidence gets planted, warrants are illegally obtained.
Someone already posted the Cato map earlier — really a must read, IMO. But that shows only what Cato has been able to document. I’ll bet its the tip of the iceberg. Asset forfeiture is a mighty powerful incentive.
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