They had a medic with them when they shot that Marine and let him bleed out?
A bunch of low IQ idiots. That is the true and only definition of SWAT.
...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.
I prefer the Mayberry RFD type of policing. Give Barney a bullet and make him carry it in his pocket.
Hahahaha; gotta love the superfatted prose. Pure bunkum, of course.
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.
Wow. Just WOW.
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?
Propaganda machine racheting up a notch for the murdering jackboot thugs... ping.
Either that or they caught the reporter with a baggie of pot.
“..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?
...and I'll kill anyone who says otherwise.
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.
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!