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1 posted on 05/16/2011 4:49:12 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

They had a medic with them when they shot that Marine and let him bleed out?


2 posted on 05/16/2011 4:53:21 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: petitfour

A bunch of low IQ idiots. That is the true and only definition of SWAT.


3 posted on 05/16/2011 4:56:35 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: petitfour
"...Patrick Nottingham, a member of S.W.A.T...."

...carrying on the centuries-old family tradition of heavy-handed, abusive law enforcement. Perhaps he'll run for sheriff when Dupnik's time is over.

4 posted on 05/16/2011 4:57:32 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: petitfour
They are the highly skilled and specially trained to handle every and any emergency.

Actually SWAT teams in this country are poorly trained as indicated by the dead Marine as well as cases all over this country.

There was a girl in Lima, Ohio killed holding a baby because the guy "saw a shadow". Hell, I knew more about pointing a gun and shooting at the age of 5 than that cop will ever know.
5 posted on 05/16/2011 5:00:03 PM PDT by microgood
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To: petitfour

I prefer the Mayberry RFD type of policing. Give Barney a bullet and make him carry it in his pocket.


6 posted on 05/16/2011 5:01:35 PM PDT by Dogbert41
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To: petitfour

Hahahaha; gotta love the superfatted prose. Pure bunkum, of course.


7 posted on 05/16/2011 5:01:52 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (e)
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To: petitfour
Patrick Nottingham, a member of S.W.A.T. explains some of the rigorous training.

They obviously don't do much training in fire control if they had to fire 71 rounds at a suspect that didn't fire at all.

They obviously do a lot of training in lying, because as the facts are coming out they're initial accounts are false.

8 posted on 05/16/2011 5:03:31 PM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: petitfour

Wow. Just WOW.


9 posted on 05/16/2011 5:09:00 PM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: petitfour

Tucson, we have a problem. This is a story of a SWAT team out of control. They are more concerned with how tough they are and how well they are trained for violent action, than they are concerned about respecting the rights of citizens. Serving a warrant is not an assault up Pointe du Hoc, its a legal process that must recognize that those being served are presumed to be innocent and have a right to expect their home to be a safe haven. No doubt police may have to use force in enforcing the law, but that is a last resort, when people have clearly demonstrated resistance.

The Tucson SWAT team should be held criminally and civilly liable for their actions that resulted in the death of an innocent man protecting his family. Instead, we get this cover up nonsense from both LEOs and from their willing accomplices in the media. I wonder if all of this has anything to do with the left wing Sheriff of Pima County who was ready to convict the Tea Party of attempted murder of Congressman Gifford?


14 posted on 05/16/2011 5:12:39 PM PDT by centurion316
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Propaganda machine racheting up a notch for the murdering jackboot thugs... ping.


15 posted on 05/16/2011 5:18:51 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: petitfour
Judging by the language, these guys can walk on water, too.

Either that or they caught the reporter with a baggie of pot.

16 posted on 05/16/2011 5:20:19 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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“..David Ortiz, a Medic with S.W.A.T. says,” The goal for the S.W.A.T. Team really is to save lives.” ...”

Except when they bust in firing their Little German Machine Guns and their Little German Helmets and they kill everything that moves..

But hey...anybody can make a mistake, right?


30 posted on 05/16/2011 6:33:40 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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David Ortiz, a Medic with S.W.A.T. says," The goal for the S.W.A.T. Team really is to save lives."

...and I'll kill anyone who says otherwise.

35 posted on 05/16/2011 6:54:01 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: petitfour

I’m sorry, but I detest what SWAT represents.

Anybody drawing a government paycheck while wearing body armor and a helmet and carrying a full-auto weapon — that is a soldier of the king, not a cop.

I also have heartburn with the whole SWAT mission. Except for a long-ago bank robbery in California that turned into a firefight, I have never seen ONE incident that required SWAT firepower. Riot control does not require full-auto weapons, unless we’ve turned into Syria.

IMHO, your “local” SWAT team is just a paramilitary organization looking for a war to fight. Disband them all and call the National Guard if muscle is needed.


36 posted on 05/16/2011 7:22:58 PM PDT by DNME (There are wolves and there are sheep. Concealed carry makes us sheepdogs.)
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To: petitfour
Rambo training. That's very nice.

But do they get any training on how to peacefully enter a house and serve a Constitutional warrant (assuming they have one) to a legitimate, innocent homeowner with a wife and family rather than break down the door and charge in with guns blazing and mowing the unfortunate, surprised Marine veteran Dad down because he thinks it is a home invasion and is protecting his family?

That would be even nicer. I would prefer that to hearing about their superhuman abilities to run up six flights of stairs, do weight curls, practice shock tactics, and be super-macho!

42 posted on 05/17/2011 8:40:36 AM PDT by Gritty (Judicial evidence is an archaic bourgeois detail - Ernesto "Che" Guevara)
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