9 Responses to “Good Start”

1. #1 |  Whiskey |  December 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am

   Well, the next question is what reforms are they making to their system of usage of informers, but I think I’ll be cynical and guess that it’s going to be nothing.

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2. #2 |  Mike H |  December 20th, 2007 at 10:59 am

   It seems to me that without the organized, vocal support of the city’s “Hmong community”, this apology wouldn’t have materialized.

   All politics. No remorse.

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3. #3 |  Bill |  December 20th, 2007 at 11:13 am

   This article seems to have the “facts” a little different than the “facts” reported previously: this article says that the Kangs heard gunfire and that the husband and father “returned fire”. So who or what were the police shooting at?!?!?

   (Incidentally, this would seem to shut down those who claimed that the incident was the result of Mr. Kang’s inability to understand English: if these people came in shooting, I’d be shooting back regardless of whether they said they were the police, the League of Women Voters or the Pope and the college of Cardinals–assuming I could hear them over the gunfire!)

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4. #4 |  PJ Doland |  December 20th, 2007 at 11:35 am

   The Hmong in Laos were recruited and trained by the CIA during Vietnam. That’s how so many of them ended up in the US as refugees.

   You don’t screw with these people. They know how to fight back.

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5. #5 |  Pat Lynch |  December 20th, 2007 at 3:00 pm

   I am still waiting for an answer from Sgt. Garcia as to how the SWAT team of 7 rounded up 6 kids in 3 rooms on 2 floors, shielded them from gunfire while trying to blow away dad? Sgt. Garcia either created this himself, or as he said in a voice message to me, someone who was there (SWAT MEMBER) told him that happened. There is no way they were able to sheild the children or would even try. What really bothers me is Sgt. Garcia’s lie was designed to fog the truth, not get to it which is what law enforcement is all about.

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6. #6 |  CTD |  December 20th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

   Bill is right. If (and granted, it’s a big if) this report is correct, the SWAT team opened fire first (at god knows what) before the homeowner was even awake?! What the hell?

   If that’s true, their conduct has gone from negligent to overtly criminal.

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7. #7 |  Persona non grata |  December 20th, 2007 at 8:54 pm

   
   There is so much damage to Vang Khang’s north side home that he’s now lost count of the bullet holes.

   ~Janel Klein, KARE 11 News
   

   Professional? More like amateur hour at the O.K. Corral. Its amazing no one was killed or seriously injured.

   The cowboy ya-hoos masquerading as the MPD SWAT team need to be disiplined and removed from service.

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8. #8 |  TC |  December 21st, 2007 at 7:42 am

   “The Minneapolis chief of police has apologized to the Kang family.”

   He just remembered what the last Mong’s reaction to such discrimination was! He went hunting!

   Well not the same at all, sans the mong connection, but fact remains, the can and do hunt!

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9. #9 |  Sue Denim |  December 21st, 2007 at 9:34 am

   They won’t be disciplined. If you think that the Teamsters are a tough union, square that, and you’ll begin to see the MPD Federation. The top union boss, John Delmonico, has a de facto veto over all judicial appointments in the metro, and his main consigliere, Bob Kroll, is the SWAT supervisor.

   They are in CYA mode, and “Stop Snitchin’” is the unofficial MPD motto.

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