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NutmegYankee

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10. "Whatever happened to 'We have the place surrounded. Come out with your hands up!'?"

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 29, 2014, 12:37 PM

Jun 2014

The War on drugs. The view is that the suspects would flush the drugs down the sinks or toilets, so the police say they must go in in force to not give the suspects time. So while the old approach of knocking on the door got almost all suspects out peacefully, the War on Drugs has required police to go in fully armed like soldiers because they are performing home invasion on every drug related arrest.

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ACLU Report On U.S. Police "SWAT Teams Are Using The Weapons Of War [View all] damnedifIknow Jun 2014 OP

Can't really blame them Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #1

Listen to the 4:56 mark in the video damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #2

I'm sure promising crime trends are of comfort to police officer's families Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #3

Except that's no what fuel the militarization mania and it's not who the police are targeting. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #12

Get back to me when you've repealed the 2nd Amendment. In the meantime... Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #4

Absolutely Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #7

"Whatever happened to 'We have the place surrounded. Come out with your hands up!'?" NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #10

Yeah, and that's way fucked up. We value a drug conviction... Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #14

Totally agree. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #15

What a crock of authoritarian crap. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #5

Yes, we can fucking blame them NickB79 Jun 2014 #6

End the drug war and the violence in our community and the risk to cops will plummet TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #9

Defund the fuckers, take away all their toys, hammer them on juries, and end the failed drug war. TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #8

Ok there DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #17

Full metal jacket rounds are very common. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #18

End the drug war and there will be little motivation to gun for them and they will place themselves TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #20

Everybody knows our American streets are teaming with TERRORISTS!! lunatica Jun 2014 #11

End the Occupation! Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #13

this guy makes a lot of sense TorchTheWitch Jun 2014 #16

Knock knock damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #19

K&R woo me with science Jul 2014 #21

kick woo me with science Jul 2014 #22

kick woo me with science Jul 2014 #23