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magical thyme

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46. Nobody says there shouldn't have been a visit, but they never gave them a chance to reach the door

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 06:12 PM

Aug 2014

let alone open it.

There was no reason or excuse to damage the house like that or to terrorize those poor people. If they have the ability to ID and trace the IP address, certainly they should be aware that addresses can be hijacked by neighbors.

Thank goodness they didn't have a dog or they would clearly have a dead dog now.

I had an "unannounced visit from the cops" when a registered sex offender filed a complaint against me (for yelling at him to shut up at 11pm quiet hours).

Yes they pounded on the door and yelled open up this is the police. Then they waited a few minutes for me to respond, and we had a nice conversation in my doorway (during which they advised me I needed to get out of town because they couldn't protect me from him), and after which they visited the registered sex offender and warned him.

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Indiana BLACK grandmother suffers violent SWAT raid after a neighbor uses her wireless internet [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 OP

your link isn't working... pipoman Aug 2014 #1

works fine with my browser Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #3

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. corkhead Aug 2014 #2

Good thing they don't have tanks. Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #4

Aha! Caught them in the act! Shankapotomus Aug 2014 #5

"gun-wielding assailants" ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #6

Nope..... the video shows some armed scary assailants. Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #8

NOT an example of police overreaction. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #10

No, not when you judge by todays standards. zeemike Aug 2014 #12

Yeah--that's life in a fascist police state. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #39

Great point. Inkfreak Aug 2014 #54

You make no sense. If one commits no crime, one does not expect anything of the damn sort. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #13

No, it's YOU who makes no sense. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #16

NOT to the house's inhabitants!! Would YOU expect a police raid based on what a thieving neighbor WinkyDink Aug 2014 #26

Obviously your "logic" is flawed. Trillo Aug 2014 #15

Sorry, but that's just silly. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #17

You continue to make the same logic error in your analogy! Trillo Aug 2014 #19

No, no, no, no! ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #25

You now contend a house is a person? Trillo Aug 2014 #28

I think the police response was OTT, but I also think you are wrong. MADem Aug 2014 #31

It appears there are a number of court cases that have ruled an IP is not a person. Trillo Aug 2014 #35

The poster did not say an IP address was a person. MADem Aug 2014 #36

Yes, he did! I'll quote him for you in this post. Trillo Aug 2014 #37

He didn't say a house was a person. MADem Aug 2014 #40

A house is a fixed location. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #44

The accused woman DIDN'T DO IT!! To CORRECT your analogy: The arrested would be NOT YOU. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #27

Maybe they should have taken an additional two seconds of research Heather MC Aug 2014 #18

They didn't do that, and it could have been a MADem Aug 2014 #33

So worried about explosives Politicalboi Aug 2014 #30

"Knock, knock, this is Officer Friendly! Go ahead and push your detonator-- I'll just wait here." ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #45

Nobody says there shouldn't have been a visit, but they never gave them a chance to reach the door magical thyme Aug 2014 #46

Did the RSO who called also tell them you had explosives and wanted to kill cops? n/t ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #53

I don't know what he told them but yelling at somebody to "shut up" hardly merits a cop visit magical thyme Aug 2014 #55

" ...You seem very invested in protecting the police "right" to forcibly break down doors...." ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #58

Why did you change the headline? Jenoch Aug 2014 #7

Jeesh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #9

like I said not very tech savvy Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #11

Sloppy police work TransitJohn Aug 2014 #14

I doubt it. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #41

Great idea! Or the home of an elected official. Lessons would be quickly internalized. Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #20

"It's coming from inside the station!" n/t SwankyXomb Aug 2014 #29

Hey, I like that Politicalboi Aug 2014 #32

great idea! Let's hope Anonymous gets on it right away magical thyme Aug 2014 #47

we need a TV show called America's dumbest cops whereisjustice Aug 2014 #21

Do we have the time Politicalboi Aug 2014 #34

What did Smedley Butler term it, "Gangsters for Capitalism" ? marmar Aug 2014 #22

Ichingcarpenter Diclotican Aug 2014 #23

I'd rather have a Norwegian-style police force than what we have in America. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #42

I like the no-weapon thing, Diclotican. The NRA would never allow it in the USA. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #43

Enthusiast Diclotican Aug 2014 #60

Three-year university-level education to learn to properly treat a scene. woo me with science Aug 2014 #48

woo me with science Diclotican Aug 2014 #61

Double Plus Stupid. GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #24

The grandmother should sue the Evansville police department for repairs plus emotional distress. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #38

She is suing. nt LiberalElite Aug 2014 #50

And meanwhile the right wing loonies LiberalElite Aug 2014 #49

Hey wait a minute! Brigid Aug 2014 #51

If you're signed into Google+, Facebook, a few others... then it knows who you are. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #56

I'm old enough that this sort of thing creeps me out. Brigid Aug 2014 #57

Please take note, Senator Levin, what rises to the use of a SWAT team, not quite a gang indepat Aug 2014 #52

The cops in this country get way too much money. JEB Aug 2014 #59

not really a new idea of a neighbor "borrowing" a neighbors wifi dembotoz Aug 2014 #62