Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018619460?DEA%20Nails%20NYPD%20Officer%20For%20Armed%20Robberies%20Netting%20$1%20Million#ixzz0nNNybMJh

It includes the full video of the raid, please spread the word on this!

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/may/03/drug-raid-inquiry-is-ongoing/

This is an important, and often overlooked, point.

It has been pointed out several times on this blog that LEO is not even among the most dangerous jobs statistically.

Yet, the police unions and their sycophants universally cry for “safety this” and “safety that.” Reading this blog one could easily conclude that there is not one possible human behavior that could not be rationalized as necessary for “officer safety.”

This proves their cowardice. Police are unable to accept that danger is a part of the job, and since they are in denial, they will stoop to any level of immorality necessary to preserve their lives.

Of course, their very existence as tax-feeders establishes them as immoral from the start. This is the gateway to the special hell-zone of randomness that now engulfs the US.

You said it more succinctly than I, Dante. Thanks for saying what needed to be said.

The district attorney says: plead guilty to the possession charges or we’ll take your house, take your cars, drain your bank accounts, and put your kids in foster care. How can you fight that unless you are wealthy and politically connected?

The only way to fight is via non-legal means, which is of course very costly. So in the end there is no fighting it. It will get worse and worse, and the government will continue to grow fat off of the citizenry. If you think like Robert Higgs you hope that this will lead to the death of that specific government as it can no longer sustain itself once it gets too bloated.

I’m a bit more skeptical in that the ruling class might opt for lower standards of living, but so long as they are still in charge. This more pessimistic view can be summarized by the following, “There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.”

I don’t care about these things anymore if they happen more than 100 miles from where I live.

Simple fact is, in a State of 300 million people that covers millions of square miles, these sorts of things are going to happen at least once a day.

It’s the shocking tip of the statistical iceberg. What is unseen is the great submerged mass of the statistical iceberg — the countless trillions of peaceful interactions that occur all around us. But we only really notice the shocking stuff. Shock sells.

These State-sanctioned crimes will never go away as long as the State is with us. I’m not playing the game today, I’m just going to murmur a prayer to the God of the State to spare my family. I’ll let you know how that works.

The reason to watch is that if we don’t know our rights we cannot protect ourselves from violations of them. The link takes you to a clear description of the 4th Amendment. As talked about in this video, lawsuits against violators of one’s Rights (any of them) is absolutely the way to get things to change.

Seems this DA Eddie Jordan is but another paragon of virtue, or really just another Nifong in Training. How bout that Boyo!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_%28attorney%29

“But they didn’t see a videotape made by the DA’s office in 2007, while Eddie Jordan was still district attorney, in which Williams says she wasn’t on the crime scene until 6 a.m.”

As the pressure built against him, Jordan resigned as District Attorney.

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The item InMD brings us is very interesting. Seems that in at least 50% of the SWAT used raids, they were for nonviolent crimes.

Cops do not understand the term NONVIOLENT! Well to them that would be tazering or using rubber bullets or a night stick across your face I suppose.

But what is now interesting is the many questions you desire to ask about the reason for the warrants. The methods used to obtain them and other desired information required to evaluate the need of such show of force to serve them. Oh and most useful would be the actual results of the raids!

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Child endangerment….. just another in the long long long menu of shit we have allowed the Legal industry to foster upon us. Any contact with cops you are subject to their laundry list and menu of items they will pick over and bust a cap in yer ass over!

Remember cops are only required to have the equivalent of a GED education. No matter the rank.

Think about that the next time you get pulled over for something.

Cowards, all.

Plussing you for the Ted Sturgeon reference.

A Corgi is a small, ankle-biter dog, with legs about 3-4″ long, and a rather small head and small jaw.

Is that what this rampant police shooting of dogs is really about?

Terrorizing the citizens?

Desensitizing the citizenry to oppression?

1. As commenter ‘Cynical in CA’ cautioned, be careful before reading the item. Do not have your mouth full. Do not be holding a hot liquid.

2. It’s a letter to the editor, not an editorial.

3. The author, Lawrence Schweinsburg, spent most of his career in the Prince Georges Police Department. He then became the Crofton Police Chief before moving up to Town Manager.

4. Neither the Baltimore Sun nor Schweinsburg’s letter to the editor revealed his police background. His wording made me suspicious enough to google him.