No, use the RICO statues to prosecute the deputies and officers, and the chief/sheriff as well. They certainly meet the definition of “Corrupt Organization”.

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One of these days we will be conducting the “Drug War Crimes Tribunal” in the high school gym in Nuremberg PA. We’ll start with the jackoffs who murdered Donald Scott on go on from there.

The mind boggles, reels, tries to regain balance, then boggles again.

I’ve said it many times but oh it bears repeating:

Fuck. Tha. Po. Lice.

Further, deponent sayeth not.

I actually think that the reason the unwritten policy is “Shoot the dogs first” is twofold:

First: They are aggressive, control obsessed bullies. That’s why they joined SWAT in the first place. It seems that’s why most cops join the force, and these guys are the most aggressive of the aggressive.

Second: They know full well that there will be no ramifications to their actions. They have full immunity from prosecution. The only ramifications they DO face are departmental discipline, which is easily circumvented by claiming “I was threatened by the dog” knowing full well that the OTHER officers will lie through their teeth to back them up.

If you’re an officer that has worked hard to make the SWAT team, you’re going to want to stay there. As such, you’re not going to make yourself out to be an ‘attitude problem’ that ‘Isn’t a team player’ by ratting out a team member that gunned down a dog in cold blood. You’ll just hide behind the “Blue wall of silence” and back up what’s in the report.

Along the same vein… a SWAT team member isn’t going to second guess the authority of the mission once it’s underway. Sure, that looks like the home of a law abiding, middle aged guy in the suburbs, there is no way they can destroy 32 pounds of weed, and there is no reason to think any violence will ensue. But what SWAT guy is gunna say “Wait guys! Is this a good raid? Perhaps we should just knock first and be nice?” NO! It’s “Get in there and hold the Mayor hostage for several hours!” … after shooting the dogs.

It’s a military mentality that we do not need on our streets.

In all seriousness, what was the genesis of this kind of paramilitary raid of homes? Were they really losing that many cases to drugs being flushed? Were cops really getting killed when serving warrants?

The cynic in me believes that this is more about the cops wanting more power as an organization, and – as is the case in all organizations – the ability to exercise that power in highly visible ways.

Because it’s certainly done fuck-all when it comes to stopping the drug trade.

After reading about this when it occurred, I did some research, which led me here.

This was a serious wake up call for me.

I can’t look at law enforcement the same way now, I now see why inner city types are leery of, and won’t cooperate with, police. They know full well that these “heroes in blue” are too often just adrenalin jacked thrill seekers with guns that are immune to prosecution.

The utterly cavalier attitude of ‘detective’ Kim (And by ‘detective’ I mean ‘Uncaring Jack Booted Thug’) is … well, it’s appalling.

Then the astounding attitude of County Prosecutor Robert F. Horan in the Salvatore J. Culosi case, where no amount of negligence on the part of police will result in prosecution.

Horan strikes me as a prosecutor for whom ‘justice’ means nothing. Only the conviction of those he has already deemed guilty seems to matter to him. He brags about obtaining convictions in cases with the skimpiest of evidence, then refuses to hold his precious police responsible for any wrongdoing.

These SWAT raids to serve non-violent warrants has to stop. There must be full transparancy and responsibility in the police departments. This attitude of “We’re just executing a raid, we can’t be held responsible” has to stop.

They were trying to limit the freedom that the government took away. I know that it’s best when government IS the protector of the freedom of one person against another that would take it away, but government, by its nature, is generally the ones who take that freedom away. And when you have efforts by all branches of the government to ignore the Constitution, that’s what’s going to happen.

And I’m not just talking about the Drug War, althogh that’s a large part of it. Can anyone remember a piece of legislation passed in the past year (or even 10 years) that gave freedom instead of took it away?

In response to criticisms regarding this crime committed with the US taxpayer’s dime and time, then-Represntative Porter Goss (R) said:

“”It’s a shame what happened. But this is a war and, unfortunately, there are casualties.”

Chiming in, we also heard from Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R):

“While not excusing or minimizing the tragedy, we must bear in mind that nearly 16,000 Americans lose their lives each year from the use and sale of illicit drugs, many of which originate in the Andean region.”

I s**t you not. They said it, it’s a matter of public record. Thus was the aerial butchery excused.

This is the kind of mentality harbored by the DrugWarriors, which makes everyone they come into contact with a potential ’statistic’. This is why we don’t hear an apology from those who were so clearly in the wrong. Hizzoner and his wife are bloody lucky to be alive, for the DrugWar is in indiscriminate killer…and those who support it don’t care how many innocents die to achieve their drug-free utopia.

Why are private citizens held to standards orders of magnitude higher than those who are sworn to protect us?

Yup, many orders of magnitude. And Citizens lose their freedom and sometimes lives for acting rationally when surprised by police violence, whereas the police rarely lose anything for knowing and intentionally violating the public they are responsible for serving.

Join the f’ing service if you just want to shoot stuff. There are way too many Barney Fifes in law enforcement now. Join the Marines, travel to far off lands, meet interesting and new people, and kill them. Stop shooting Americans and their dogs.

It’s clear that the “Chief” doesn’t feel that investigation is a part of his duties, either before or after the fact. It’s unfortunate that our legal system all but removes any criminal and civil liability in such cases of gross negligence. Why are private citizens held to standards orders of magnitude higher than those who are sworn to protect us?

“When I heard about this, all I could think of was, my goodness, this could have happened to anybody,” said Sen. Jennie Forehand.

I’d like to think she means that out-of control police raids could happen to anyone, but the annoying little pessimist in the back of my mind thinks she means: “…drug dealers using an innocent’s address for their evil plans could have happened to anybody.” There’s a difference. Does she “get” the real tragedy here?

#4 freedomfan
BTW, I am very glad he mentioned those two phone calls. That the calls were made should be verifiable. Woe betide the cop who claims she didn’t make them.

They won’t be verified publicly. That would intrude upon the precious privacy of law enforcement demigods.

This is precisely the kind of retarded self obsessed mentality that takes joy in throwing puppies off of cliffs.