These SWAT guys want you to believe that they are God’s gift to gun fighting, but they’re just cops playing with toys at the expense of our liberties. If I read the article correctly, the untrained perp shot better than Mr. Ramboswatcop.

Any honest “post action” report of this raid will compare the perp’s bullet “accountability” with that of all of these “specially trained” SWAT cops.

You and I had the same thought. This was just a chance to execute a search on the neighboring apartments without a warrant. Because, you know, chances are that if you live next door to someone with weed, you probably have weed too.

They sure as hell were not the slightest bit worried about whether or not they may have killed an innocent person through those walls. If they were, they would have evacuated them before entering.

But then, something might have tipped off the target and they would have had a chance to flush their weed. And the cops decided a long time ago that they are willing to sacrifice innocent lives to make sure they get a bust. We are nothing more than acceptable losses and collateral damage in the drug war. And we have to be willing to die, at the hands of the pigs, to keep us safe from something that you can’t even kill yourself with by overdose.

Hunt said high-risk warrants are conducted on a regular basis. They are classed as high risk because there is a chance of violence or it is known suspects may be armed.

So… if you elect to exercise your second amendment rights, that’s enough to have the police kick your door in and gun down your family rather than, say, knock on the door?

On what grounds can the risk presented to innocent people by raiding a multiple dwelling building in this manner be justified?

The cops should be regrouping and seriously question if marijuana is worth losing THEIR lives over.

Until that happens its only going to get worse.

#17 DamnthatDE

I just said to my wife and friends, what would have happened if someone had died?? What then?

It would have just been another tragic consequence of drugs use.

I somehow doubt that in the minds of LEOs there is any distinction between posession and distribution. Why should there be? Any amount over a pre-determined (totally arbitrary) weight can’t possibly be for personal use. Yeah thats it. A bunch of folks sitting around in a circle, doing bong hits and watching cartoons is a drug “ring.”

So why is it considered a good idea to evacuate ppl AFTER the fact again? as opposed to just not starting a gunfight or evacuating them beforehand?

What would happen if a million armed citizens marched on Washington? I mean, they had a million there before, just unarmed. (At least a million is what was said, although I think actual reports put it at 200K. I don’t know.) What if they all had a rifle? Would the military intervene? I bet half of them at least would join in. Doubt the secret service or fed marshals could withstand that kind of assault. Then it would just be a matter of finding all the politicians and bureaucrats–with certain exceptions such as Dr. Paul–lining them up and mowing them down.

(DISCLAIMER: For all you NSA types out there, I have no plans to do such things, nor do I or have I ever owned a firearm. Just a nice little daydream in my mind…)

Fixed that for em.

Hell, it might just be that the druggies were watching Saving Private Ryan on a nice surround sound setup, and the cops thought they were getting shot at so they fired back indiscriminately. Thats my guess.

- As soon as they approved the tax hike they were fired upon.
- As soon as they approved a huge bailout they were fired upon.
- As soon as they announced the huge bailout failed and AIG would go into bankruptcy anyway they were fired upon.