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Comrade Grumpy

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2. This is the second time this year multiple cops have been shot in a drug raid.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:46 PM

Apr 2012

In Ogden, Utah, in January, Officer Jared Francom was shot and killed and four or five other officers wounded.

The Ogden raid was over a personal marijuana grow. This one appears to have been over steroids.

Maybe the police need to rethink how they go about this. This gung-ho, paramilitarized policing doesn't only kill citizens, it also kills cops. Whatever happened to "The place is surrounded. Come out with your hands up"?

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New Hampshire Suspects Found Dead After Killing Police Chief in Shootout [View all] Blue_Tires Apr 2012 OP

Another horrible story. The police chief was retiring in 2 weeks. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #1

This is the second time this year multiple cops have been shot in a drug raid. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2012 #2

See, I think people will take away the opposite lesson. Renew Deal Apr 2012 #3

They're already using SWAT tens of thousands of times a year. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2012 #4

Right Renew Deal Apr 2012 #6

We also had a similar high-profile drug raid here a couple of years back Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #5

Generally, in a drug raid, they need evidence more than suspects. Mopar151 Apr 2012 #7