That won’t ever happen because SWAT wouldn’t get the chance to play dress-up and terrorize the very people they are supposed to be protecting. Nothing like a little pre-conditioning of the US population, Pavlov would be proud. Sit, heel, roll-over, play-dead, never question authority and my favorite give us your money so as we, the state, may continue to oppress your neighbors.

SWAT = Terrorists

End prohibition now!

Often the police have the same personality types as the criminals – they are excitement junkies who work mostly because it’s so much FUN.

There is a freighteningly criminal element to most who seek police work. A family member of mine was into a lot of criminal mischief in their teens and subsequently went into law enforcement. Many of their peers in the Criminal Justice major were also petty (and a few not so petty) criminals. Me, never did much to harm anyone growing up. Also, never inclined to enter law enforcement….

The first one involved a tenant of mine who routinely called the police to complain that someone had broken into his apartment and stolen his underwear. Needless to say, but his apartment was never burglarized and his underwear was secure. On one such call, he informed the police that I was running a meth lab in my boiler room! That’s right, toxic/explosive chemicals in my boiler room. The police battered down one of the blast doors and of course found nothing. No response, no letter, and no apology from the police.

At a different location, a tenant informed me that they suspected another tenant was dealing drugs. I never had a problem with the tenant but as luck would have it there were two officers around the corner sitting in their car. The driver was a young kid who looked like he just graduated. The passenger was obviously an old timer, probably there for training. I told them what the tenant told me and the older officer said, and I quote, “Money is money.”

The biggest problem (imo) is that most stories are so outrageous, most people either dont believe them or thing they are very isolated incidents………until of course it happens to them.

Many officers are chemically-dependent on adrenalin. If they can’t kick a door a day, they go red lights and siren after a half dozen traffic offenders.

Often the police have the same personality types as the criminals – they are excitement junkies who work mostly because it’s so much FUN.

From a local perspective I can tell you that dealing with THIS particular Councilman would be just make make matters worse.
The local libertarian paper has for several years now referenced Mr. Glenn as one of “the three stooges” on city council for his off the wall, nonsensical rants and penchant for getting TV face time. Democracy being what it is, there sometimes is no rational explanation for what a constituency continues to elect. Glenn is a nutcase . I side w/ his indignation over this issue as it stinks to high heaven….but…the guy is STILL a moron.

You caught that the city decided to pay funeral expenses? We’re all waiting with baited breath to hear what the BCI and outside investigation turns up. I for one, however, fully expect the normal “cops were just shooting babies by the book” response.

Thanks for keeping up on the issue.

Wow, that sentence sucked.