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In reply to the discussion: Open Letter to all you ultra-liberal wimps whining about Dorner being torched. [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Document the number of people who were outright killed, or die as a result, of a SWAT team arriving at their property because they don't get the correct address of their quarry. There were people who ran to the door as police were busting in, and since they had a weapon at their side to defend themselves, they were shot. There were little old ladies and gentlemen who died - nothing like a concussion bomb to go through your front door, start a fire and then with a squad of Nazi Storm Trooper types entering, all at 4 in the Am, the inevitable heart attack followed.
This reporter managed to put together the names of 400 people. And it was a difficult task - often a news media will ignore anything bad the police in their area due, but only report the good they do.
Even last year in Indiana, the local Swat team in Indiana arrived at the wrong address for their drug bust. The activity scared the bejesus out of the teen who had played hookie from school that day. (I venture to say she won't be playing hookie any time soon, not after that!) The news media reported on the police drug bust that occurred later in the day as being successful, and it was only because a neighbor's video of the original attack going viral that the wrong address incident became known in the local media.