If the cops get the wrong address, then tey are risking beng treated as home invasion criminals, and the penalty for that is getting blasted by gunfire. If four or fiv copsgot wasted every time they got an addres wrong, maybe one f those morons would actually take the time to do their jobs correctly.

Citizens have an absolute right to enjoy the security of their homes, and when armed and masked thugs( cops) storm a home that isinhabited by the innocent, they deserve to get shot.

The only problem is that the poor innocents will no doubt be gunned down by the other pigs or at least charged falsely despte the innocence of he defenders. Cops want to be able to storm ANY home at ANY time for ANY reason …and expect not to be held accountable in any way. Fix the door? How about the trauma of masked thugs invading your home? Cops who make these kind of ‘ mistakes’ are no better than criminals…and deserve violent retaliation to repel them if they crew p. Why should WE suffer and die because stupid thug cops are too dull of wit to read an address?

Disgusting…and it keeps happening because not enough cops get shot doing this crap and no actions are taken by their superiors, as usual. Cops are the enemy…and that is sad.

I don’t know how they treat the darker-toned among us, although I have little information to go on.

“Of course, that’s partially due to the fact that *I’m white and* I own a house on a street that’s mostly Mexican renters…”

“It’s a simple mistake that could be avoided if people would do their jobs.” Perhaps we can have this made into plaques and put one above the door at every police department in NEON FUCKING LETTERS.

Ahem.

@Omar: this one was GBI, not Gwinnett PD. I currently live in Gwinnett, and while I’m wary of police in general, I’ve actually found GPD officers to be generally be professional and courteous, at least in my personal experiences. Of course, that’s partially due to the fact that I own a house on a street that’s mostly Mexican renters…

Anyway, the Gwinnett story from December is markedly different – GPD made a mistake, and when they realized it, a supervisor came down and apologized while the damage was immediately fixed. It doesn’t make things right, per se, but at least someone in a position of power at least tried to pretend that they give a damn.

In loco parentis. In the State we trust.

If the U.S. Postal Service cuts its delivery days, I wonder if the government will ramp up community outreach programs for police officers. The skeptic in me disbelieves that government will reduce its presence.

“A no-knock search warrant had already been obtained [...] because the duplex was in a known gang area”

OK, so just being in a known gang area is now reason enough to get a no-knock search warrant?!? I’m hoping there was more on the warrant request than that, but can’t the reporter at least show a little skepticism about the process and requirements??

#16 | Omar

“In rural America, the post office is the face of the American government. ”

Well, if the post office gets their way, we’ll soon be seeing that face 1/6th less often.

#15 Cynical In CA

Dave, I’ve thought about why the government defends its monopoly on the delivery of first-class mail. I think it is so that a government official (letter carrier) visits EVERY private residence and business six days per week.

When you put it in those terms, it’s very depressing. It makes me want to stop getting mail.

Personally, I think it’s because, without the mail man, most people would have no visible evidence that government does anything productive at all.

“I think it is so that a government official (letter carrier) visits EVERY private residence and business six days per week.”

Someone agrees with you…He’s the “Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman”, whatever that means.

“In rural America, the post office is the face of the American government. ”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485407,00.html

“Just be glad they don’t let cops deliver mail. Not only would they deliver it to the wrong house, no one’s pets would be safe, either.”

Dave, I’ve thought about why the government defends its monopoly on the delivery of first-class mail. I think it is so that a government official (letter carrier) visits EVERY private residence and business six days per week.

Isn’t it nice that the government leaves us alone one day per week and select holidays?

I could actually see the deputization of letter carriers coming about in the future.

And my answer: “No sir, must have been a mistake. I didn’t mean to uh…yea, no.”

Sometimes your hard lessons are easier than they could have been.

-Cadet Col Omar [REDACTED], Shiloh HS, USAFJROTC (ret)

Do you remember when you thought about joining the Airforce and put on your app that you were African American because your dad is from Egypt to prove a point about race and ethnicity? And that giant black recruiter told you Egypt didn’t really count? I do, and it was fucking hilarious.

Our days dealing with whitey in Gwinnett was just a small taste of the real world.

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=6&ArticleID=55676&TM=386.52

Also, the guy they saw entering the apartment was not identified as Jesus, just a guy matching his description, parked on the street.

Basically, they saw a Mexican go into a building and rolled Code 3 on it.

Then… when the occupants used the Jedi mind trick on them “The door you have dented in not the door you’re looking for… move along” they said “Hey! This door we dented isn’t the door we’re looking for, go to the next one, boys!”

Only when they raided THAT apartment, and found that noone was home did it occur to them to look at the address on the warrant. “Guys! Look at this warrant! This isn’t even the right address! Does someone have a G3 phone with Google Maps?” .. “Not me!” … “Me either!” … “Damn it Jim, We’re SWAT thugs, not mailmen! We don’t know how addresses work!”

Hang on… lemme check to see if these reports are coming from The Onion News… Nope! This is the ‘New Professionalism’ in action, kids! Be afraid.

So the WATCHED HIM ENTER THE HOME and still managed to RAID THE WRONG BUILDING ENTIRELY?!?!?!?!

Wow, that’s an amazing level incompetence.

If this was a wealthy white neighborhood, there wouldn’t be uproar then either…because it wouldn’t have happened.

That’s a nice touch. They only banged on the door and dented it. Happens every day.