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Old 05-25-2010, 12:30 PM   #1
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Default Swat raids gone bad...in pretty colors

This will make Avatard and Kaneman's head explode.

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Old 05-25-2010, 12:35 PM   #2
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Wow. Thanks for posting that man, good reference page.

I think we may be turning the tide a bit against these military raids on American families, there seems to be a growing backlash.
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Bradbury concluded that, confirming Donald Scott's fears, the L.A. sheriff's department conducted its raid for the purpose of seizing Donald Scott's property through drug asset forfeiture laws. Under federal law, the department would have been able divvy up proceeds from the $2.5 million ranch with the four other agencies joining in the investigation. Bradbury found documents in which the investigating agencies had expressed desire for Scott's land on various "wish lists," and one notation in which sheriff's department officials had taken note of the recent sale value of one parcel of Scott's land.
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During the raid, police seized more than $10,000 in cash, and announced plans to claim the money for themselves via asset forfeiture laws. Police backed off those plans when the Paz family demonstrated proof that the money was their life savings.
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I'm going over this map, and...where are the botched raids on the border?
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I'm going over this map, and...where are the botched raids on the border?
Can't have any of that.......It might "offend" our "ally"
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Old 05-25-2010, 01:21 PM   #7
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Bradbury concluded that, confirming Donald Scott's fears, the L.A. sheriff's department conducted its raid for the purpose of seizing Donald Scott's property through drug asset forfeiture laws. Under federal law, the department would have been able divvy up proceeds from the $2.5 million ranch with the four other agencies joining in the investigation. Bradbury found documents in which the investigating agencies had expressed desire for Scott's land on various "wish lists," and one notation in which sheriff's department officials had taken note of the recent sale value of one parcel of Scott's land.
When was this? Did anyone get fired or charged with anything?
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Man, just seeing that a page of this magnitude exists in reference to this problem gave me an immediate sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Righteous indignation. There oughtta be more of it. This is plain wrong.

In America.
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Old 05-25-2010, 03:43 PM   #9
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Here's where udman pisses everybody off:

Death of an innocent 43 in 25 years
Death or injury of a police officer 25 in 25 years
Death of a nonviolent offender 23 in 25 years
Raid on an innocent suspect 173 in 25 years
Other examples of paramilitary police excess 55 in 25 years
Unnecessary raids on doctors and sick people 14 in 25 years

40,000 raids per year
1,000,000 raids in the last 25 years

333 raids where someone died or questionable excess occurred in 25 years

.0333% error rate
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Old 05-25-2010, 03:54 PM   #10
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Here's where udman pisses everybody off:

Death of an innocent 43 in 25 years
Death or injury of a police officer 25 in 25 years
Death of a nonviolent offender 23 in 25 years
Raid on an innocent suspect 173 in 25 years
Other examples of paramilitary police excess 55 in 25 years
Unnecessary raids on doctors and sick people 14 in 25 years

40,000 raids per year
1,000,000 raids in the last 25 years

333 raids where someone died or questionable excess occurred in 25 years

.0333% error rate
Oh well, since you put it that way.. No problem at all.. Go tell those families of those innocents that they were part of .0333%.. See if that makes em feel better.
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