Posted on 01/16/2002 6:58:17 AM PST by Joe Brower
Howdy, folks;
I'm engaged in educating/debating some friends and neighbors about the increasing miltarization of our local and state police forces, and could use some references to articles, essays, etc. regarding this sad subject. I'd like to get this info off of websites so I can readily print these items out.
I've already downloaded and printed an excellent essay off of the CATO institute's website, titled "Warrior Cops". I have also culled some articles via the "donut_watch" ping-list (thanks, harpseal!), but I am looking for additional data.
A few incidents I'm aware of (I'm sure there are others), that I could use some news-pointers to include:
1) The Lubbock, TX raid where the SWAT team dumped around 300 rounds into a guy's house (who was later released with no charges), and managed to kill a fellow officer.
2) The 11 year-old kid who was shot in the back during a drug raid in Modesto (I think), CA.
3) The Santa Clarita, CA shootout from last year where the local PD dumped about 60 rounds each into the two houses adjacent to the house where the perp was hiding.
4) And incident in Florida (I think) where a police sniper shot a woman hostage when going for the perp.
5) Etc., etc. The list goes on.
Please do not mistake me -- I know there are a lot of good cops out there and SWAT can and does good work. Unfortunately, they also have a large number of bad stories to tell as well, a number which seems to be increasing.
I could also use examples of ATF and HRT raids, since this all falls under the same category of the increasing and ominous militarization of our police forces.
Thanks in advance.
Sarah foster report on Dept of the Interior militarization and arming, DE 2001
Armed and Dangerous- Sarah Foster's kickoff WND article
80,000+ federal police- the *Standing Army* our founding fathers warned us about
Joe Farah's 1997 column on federal agency militarization
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The 11 year old boy was Alberto Sepulveda. A Google search will give you all sorts of information on that one.
The Santa Clarita incident involved a fellow by the name of James Beck. Type "James Beck" into the FR search and, again, you will get all sorts of articles.
Not sure about the Florida sniper, can't find anything on that one.
Stay safe, and keep your powder dry.
Orlando; the woman killed by the police sniper was Andrea Hall, 40, . Here's a starter with some of the names that should take you to additional reports.
CNN report: Orlando hostage shot by police sniper [with several links to other hostage/SWAT/sniper stories]
*Orlando SWAT competition- shoot the wrong person, claim to be *a professional....*
*More Orlando Swat Games bad press, from St Petersburg.
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