What the cops are doing by using SWAT teams for almost everything is terrorizing the populace. They are making citizens AFRAID of the government and its representatives. That’s it. The interpretation of the Fourth Amendment is totally spurious, just like that so-called “back door” law to remove gun rights. The First Amendment is too clear and too simple to be legally subverted: “…SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.” A Concealed Carry permit being required is Unconstitutional. Period. Making ANY shotguns illegal, forbidding the re-importation of the M1s – it’s ALL illegal, because it ALL infringes on the First Amendment. As usual they’re simply ignoring the law – Constitutional and statue.

Allowing the man to lie there wounded until he died in the presence of his wife was PREMEDITATE MURDER. There is NO way around it. NONE! If these cops – and they are NOT “Peace officers”! – are not tried and sentenced for EXACTLY THAT CRIME, then there IS NO law in that place! Or in THIS place. Amerika.

In the vast majority of these cases, if the police had IDed themselves, actually had a search warrant there in their hot little hands at the time, correctly filled out and signed, they would have found no evidence save evidence of the man’s innocence and that would have been that – assuming that it wasn’t their intent to begin with.

S.W.A.T. should NEVER be used casually. And the way these badge-wearing thugs Run these things, with the wrong addresses half the time or more, shooting family pets, stealing anything not nailed down, assuming the suspect to have long since been convicted… They are CARELESS, MURDEROUS, vengeful, and too often they appear not to give a damn. They aren’t there to protect anyone or anything – they’re there for some ACTION!

That entire community, maybe the whole City of citizens ought to get together, hire some GOOD lawyers and go after the City AND the individual cops. If they are never held accountable, this will only get worse. That’s how bullies always work it, and they always will. They’ll keep at it until they ARE STOPPED!

Ian

GreginOz, that sentence is particularly amusing since you Aussies gave up most of your guns awhile back. You need permission and what, a month wait or so before you can buy hunting rifles. No semi auto rifles (assault weapons, battle rifles right?), handguns, shotguns etc..

By the way, seeing as how this raid was about illegal drugs…how many of those SWAT assholes do you think would test positive for steroids?

Sadly, I suspect most who do already know this.

“whatever happened to the 70′s detective show concept of surveillance?”
It was a TV show concept. But even if it wasn’t, it costs money, requires patience, experience and smarts, and there’s a very real danger that you might not get to show off your tactical gear and the few baggies you score by doing it the no-knock way.

The police are NOT independent to investigate their own actions.

Period.

How could it be an independent investigation when the DA works hand in hand with the police?

“All proper procedures were followed. The officers followed protocol and have been returned to active duty. The incident is closed.”