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SWAT Team Raids Home, Kills Man Over $2 Worth of Pot – Informant Exposes Police Cover-Up
Free Thought Project ^ | Jay Syrmopoulos

Posted on 08/30/2015 3:28:02 PM PDT by Sir Gawain

Tampa Bay, FL – A Florida family seeks justice after their son Jason Westcott, was killed by members of a SWAT team, during a “drug raid” on his house which yielded only $2.00 worth of marijuana.

An ‘internal investigation’ absolved officers of any wrongdoing though police only found .02 grams of marijuana in Westcott’s home.

“They have IA, they have internal investigations but when you police yourself, you have that veil of concern by the outsider,” said attorney T.J. Grimaldi.

On Tuesday, attorney T.J. Grimaldi, representing the family of Westcott, informed the city that family would be filing a lawsuit, after finding numerous “glaring inconsistencies” in police statements in the aftermath of the killing.

“We have developed and seen what we view to be significant inconsistencies with the way that the police department portrayed this case from the get-go all the way to its conclusion,” he said. “We have put the city and the police department on notice that we are going to be filing a lawsuit,” Grimaldi said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; florida; swat
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To: Sir Gawain
"Officers claim they announced the warrant and proceeded to clear the house, when they encountered an armed Westcott pointing his gun at police. Officers proceeded to fatally shoot him."

No, Westcott wasn't killed over $2.00 worth of pot. He was shot because he aimed a gun at a policeman.

21 posted on 08/30/2015 3:55:20 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Subhuman!


22 posted on 08/30/2015 3:56:01 PM PDT by Salamander ('Cause We're All Kinds Of Animals Coming Here. [Occasional Demons, Too])
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To: DJ Taylor

Allegedly. If he did he was merely pointing his gun at illegal home invaders.


23 posted on 08/30/2015 3:57:43 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Eagles6

How about they arrest these people when they leave their homes instead of playing Seal Team 6?


24 posted on 08/30/2015 4:00:23 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Sir Gawain
"An ‘internal investigation’ absolved officers of any wrongdoing ...."

And why are we not surprised?

25 posted on 08/30/2015 4:02:05 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: DJ Taylor

If the dogs start warning me and I get a weapon whoever comes crashing through the door is going to the morgue. I hope folks here will remember that. I don’t grow drugs, have drugs or sell drugs. There is no reason for the police to be coming round here. I suppose I would not do anything different if there were.


26 posted on 08/30/2015 4:02:30 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: DJ Taylor

He was killed because the police acted as though they were entering Pablo Escobar’s house. Arrest him when he leaves the home, then execute the search warrant.


27 posted on 08/30/2015 4:03:09 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Sir Gawain

Reminds me of the Richard Pryor routine about Leon Spinks:

Here’s a n****a get busted for a dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine.

Do you hear me? A dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine!

Have you ever seen a dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine? A dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine melt before you open the paper! You got to have a ballistics expert on the spot to examine that kinda ****.

And people say ‘well how did he get busted for a dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine?’. I have a theory:

If you buy a dollar and fifty cents worth of cocaine from any cocaine dealer in America, he gonna tell on yo ass. Ain’t no dealer in America facing life in prison for a dollar and fifty cents alone.


28 posted on 08/30/2015 4:04:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: chajin

Were they in uniform or in plain clothes? Unless they were in uniforms it could be a home invasion for all the victim knows.


29 posted on 08/30/2015 4:05:00 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: chajin

What would your reaction be to your door being kicked in by u know assailants?


30 posted on 08/30/2015 4:07:03 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Sir Gawain

$2.00 worth of marijuana. That must be some great stuff.


31 posted on 08/30/2015 4:08:35 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

In some cities that is certainly true. The larger the police force the more likely there will be these deviants among the men in blue and the more likely the Department will cover it up. they don’t like to fire people for these little things. It makes new employees harder to find.


32 posted on 08/30/2015 4:10:52 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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To: DJ Taylor

He was shot for protecting his home.


33 posted on 08/30/2015 4:14:30 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Salamander

Untermensch! Der Vaterland must be kept pure!


34 posted on 08/30/2015 4:15:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: EEGator
Said I wasn't absolving the police. I am very concerned about this type of stuff.

On the other hand if the person is dangerous you may be putting innocents at risk trying to apprehend them in public.

I generally don't make stand on a single news story. We saw what happened with George Zimmerman and Darren Wilson.

35 posted on 08/30/2015 4:15:20 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: z taxman
That hooligan was smoking the pot...

Comeon! .02 grams! He was a major drug dealer.

36 posted on 08/30/2015 4:15:55 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: longfellow

Three seeds and a stem.


37 posted on 08/30/2015 4:15:59 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Michael.SF.

I thought just one roach and some stems.


38 posted on 08/30/2015 4:19:31 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: arthurus

This also raises the question of what type of psychological screening these people are given at time of application.
I would offer psychological screenings be held randomly along with lie detector tests as fitness for ability to continue the job. It’s only my opinion but it is a shame to even think that. NSA employees are subject to same all the time even low level employees but with differences in both screening.


39 posted on 08/30/2015 4:38:51 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (Shrimp Egg Foo Young- A tasty dish! gravy on the side please)
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To: LostInBayport

on the tagline? lol..... i even found out how to make it home & who doesn’t love a chinese omlette? iwatched a video on yt & copied their technique but you know, when somebody else makes the dish it always tastes better


40 posted on 08/30/2015 4:41:45 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (Shrimp Egg Foo Young- A tasty dish! gravy on the side please)
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