As a Prosecutor, I/we were right there in the “War on Drugs”. And while police tactics have evolved to this para-military nightmare since I practiced, be assured the War on Drug is a joke. It benefits almost no one except those who make money on said war.
When the government is banging on our doors to take us conservatives to concentration camps, these people will be chanting “It’s about drugs man, I’m telling you, man, this is about the war on drugs”
But it sure makes some sick bastards all giddy when they get to see some thick necked goons dressed like armored ninjas beatin' down some potheads or little kids getting burned in their cribs. Because, you know...there's a law, and all that.
TotALLY AGREE.
DARTH VADER is here!
Just as the JBT's use these no-knock raids and profit off of the WOD, surrender monkeys use these "baby's face is blown away" stories to argue for legalization.
There is a better solution. Wish I knew what. But waiving the white flag and surrendering in the WOD is NOT the answer.
Hopefully this will be a shakeup call to judges who routinely sign “no knock” warrants without performing their due diligence. Take away their immunity from civil liability or at least limit it and I’ll bet incidents like this and raids at the wrong address decline in number.