When I first saw this video, I thought it was done by a critic of cops. Explosions, night raids, “Thunderstruck,” — seemed like the kind of thing a critic might throw together to show the cowboy mentality of the Eufaula, Alabama SWAT team (Eufaula’s population: 13,463).

I then saw that the video was made by an actual member of the Eufaula SWAT team. Which sorta’ puts the scary footage and ass-kickin’ music in an entirely different perspective, doesn’t it?

Note also the quotes on the guy’s My Space page. “I liked kicking down doors & buyin dope,” describing his first stint on the SWAT team, and “I missed buying dope and kickin down doors,” describing why he returned.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 25th, 2006 at 10:00 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Police Militarization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.