Police and the 2nd Amendment
- Jered
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
...and...they obviously didn't succeed.Police officers in Southaven, Miss., were trying to serve an arrest warrant for aggravated assault on a man named Samuel Pearman,
I'm willing to bet these two gentleman don't look anything alike.instead they showed up at a trailer owned by an auto mechanic named Ismael Lopez
Heaven forbid they serve a warrant during the day. Seriously. It's summer. They have 13 hours or so of daylight to choose from. But, no, we have to go at night...because reasons.It was nighttime
Imagine that. They scared someone at night and his dog runs out of the house.Lopez opened his door and a pit bull charged out
I bet they were wearing dark clothes. At night. Obviously, they're out collecting for the Red Cross.One officer opened fire on the dog, the other officer fired on the man allegedly holding a gun in the doorway, pointing it at the men approaching his home.
Apparently, it's too much work to actually look at the address before you go pound on the door and wake some guy up at night.it was only after the smoke cleared that the officers made their “heart-dropping discovery: They were at the wrong home.”
Gee. Guess what. If you show up and knock on someone's door, and they flush the drugs down the toilet, oh well. It's still a victory for the war on drugs, because those dealers have flushed their product. Of course, that doesn't look all high speed.First, extraordinarily dangerous and kinetic no-knock raids should be used only in the most extreme circumstances.
If you're looking for some dude, why not just camp out at his house until he goes to leave for work and collar him then? Hey, have someone go through the neighborhood and ask approximately when that guy leaves for work. Catch him then.
There actually is a recourse. It doesn't end well for anyone, though.Innocent men and women are left with no recourse
How hard would it be to figure out what shift a police officer works by sitting outside their station for a couple of days. (It's not illegal to sit on the sidewalk with binoculars and a notebook.) Once you know where and when he works, one could, for instance, obtain a cargo van for less than $2000, construct a shooting platform in it, park, and wait for your target to start his shift.
How long did it take them to catch the DC snipers?
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- Netpackrat
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
I like the irony of using actual investigation against those who couldn't be bothered with it in the first place.Jered wrote:There actually is a recourse. It doesn't end well for anyone, though.
How hard would it be to figure out what shift a police officer works by sitting outside their station for a couple of days. (It's not illegal to sit on the sidewalk with binoculars and a notebook.) Once you know where and when he works, one could, for instance, obtain a cargo van for less than $2000, construct a shooting platform in it, park, and wait for your target to start his shift.
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- scipioafricanus
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
Everyone involved in it should be charged manslaughter.
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
I love how it was a "heart dropping discovery" for the cops that they were at the wrong home. Poor cops. It was also a heart-STOPPING event for the home-owner, but who cares about little things like that.
- MiddleAgedKen
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
I'm sure an internal investigation will show that they followed their procedures (spit).
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- scipioafricanus
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
Wait till they stumble on someone who knows what they are doing. Reminds me of the home invasion of a Grand Master IDPA guy... it didn't go well for the intruders.
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- Jered
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
Wait until they do this to someone with a relative with nothing to lose and some motivation. It doesn't even take someone with a clue. Just motivation.scipioafricanus wrote:Wait till they stumble on someone who knows what they are doing. Reminds me of the home invasion of a Grand Master IDPA guy... it didn't go well for the intruders.
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
It's more about the Fourth Amendment than the Second.
And a few manslaughter convictions would work wonders.
And a few manslaughter convictions would work wonders.
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Re: Police and the 2nd Amendment
They'll be building snowmen in Hell before that happens. No DA will go after a cop, especially for things done while on duty, because that'll piss off the other cops, who will then start mis-handling evidence and causing the DA's conviction rate to plummet.BDK wrote:It's more about the Fourth Amendment than the Second.
And a few manslaughter convictions would work wonders.
It is kinda silly that cops often fail to perform a task my mail-man handles just fine every day, i.e. making sure you're at the right frikkin' house.
My question is why they bothered with a high-speed-low-drag entry on an arrest warrant anyway? Why not just camp outside and grab him when he leaves to go buy groceries? Oh wait, that's not sexy and requires actual police work. Besides, SWAT teams are expensive, you have to USE them for something.....