Comments on: Wrong Door Drug Raid

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:14:32 +0000

Seems like a similar incident in Houston that ends with a dead child.

Bad guys went to wrong house first.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7746785&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

By: PFJO

PFJO — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31:27 +0000

Stunning isn’t it? That criminals still retain enough of their humanity to be embarassed by making a mistake whereas the police, emboldened by a righteousness embrace of the states power and a profound sense of arrogance, are not.

My distaste for the coercive power of the state is reinvigorated once again by reading the agitator.

Thanks a lot Mr. Balko…

By: FWB

FWB — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:15 +0000

Fire the cops and hire these guys to carry out the raids.

By: Red Green

Red Green — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:28:03 +0000

Already got the message. Mr. Tony C is not a SWAT member…sorry for…

By: Red Green

Red Green — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:14:49 +0000

Is it not true ,that Tony C is also a San Diego SWAT member himself ?( he got stomped by a different breed) Anyone know what #bad bust this one is? Lost count awhile back…

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:11:47 +0000

Took a little digging:
Here is Tony Creed’s tale of woe

Wow that’s messed up. But it doesn’t really surprize me at all

By: klesb

klesb — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:12:30 +0000

This, and the comments, should be all be read by our elected “representatives” at all levels, and by the law enforcement community also.

We the People are obviously p’ssd!

BTW, BATFE needs to be disbanded with prejudice. Waco was, and is, just the tip of the iceberg!

By: tarran

tarran — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:55:11 +0000

Took a little digging: Here is Tony Creed's tale of woe If his tale is true, the America hating thugs in the anti-drug/gang task force are just begging to be sent to jail.

By: TBoneJones

TBoneJones — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:00:18 +0000

Radley observes…”The people who got raided by these criminals were actually treated better than most of the people wrongly raided by the police.”

BINGO! And, besides treating people horribly jack booted thugs are never held accountable for anything (ie Waco, Ruby Ridge etc)

Google “tony creed task force raid”

By: Cynical in CA

Cynical in CA — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:46:27 +0000

Perfect example of how one has infinitely more to fear from the State than non-State actors.

Creating a privileged class of people drawn from the same imperfect population as those to be ruled is insanity.

By: Tim Mayhugh

Tim Mayhugh — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:22:09 +0000

Dave Krueger hit it right on the head. The criminals have more fear and respect of the populace than the po-po does. Ask any crim who he fears more, the po-po or citizens. They fear the citizens more. The po-po will just lock them up. The citizens might kill their asses. The uniformed criminals however, do not fear the citizen. Maybe we should take a lesson from this and make them pay for these kinds of “mistakes”?

By: Eric Cope

Eric Cope — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:19:40 +0000

No one mentioned the detention time length. Did the thieves take four hours to determine they had the wrong house?

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:09:26 +0000

Thieves have to be nicer than cops. A thief risks repercussions of he pisses someone off. Cops usually risk nothing. They’re part of the privileged class.

Or, maybe the thieves just had a conscience, whereas…

By: claude

claude — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:56:49 +0000

What complete frauds. Everyone knows that if you want people to take you seriously, you have to shoot the pets. Anything less is merely blowing smoke.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:56:14 +0000

with all the guns available, the big question should be, “Why aren’t more people shot?”

it can’t be that hard- stay the fuck out of my house!

By: John Jenkins

John Jenkins — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:53:14 +0000

The real question is whether they went through the motions of drafting a fake warrant. I mean, even the cops do that.

By: Michael Chaney

Michael Chaney — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:48:05 +0000

Radley – you missed #4 – they also didn’t trash the apartment and tear up the front door.

By: Legate Damar

Legate Damar — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:33:24 +0000

Damn, my fake tags got eaten.

By: Legate Damar

Legate Damar — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:32:12 +0000

Point number three isn’t actually an example of how the victims were treated better. It’s an example of how far above the law the police really are.

Excellent (and depressing) reporting as always, RB.

By: max

max — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:30:31 +0000

what punks, don’t they know when you got to the wrong door in a drug raid you are supposed to search the place anyway and NEVER NEVER APOLOGIZE? Argh, with criminals like these no wonder the cops get so upset, they don;t know at all how to handle a wrong door raid, I bet they didn’t even do thousands of dollars in property damage.