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In reply to the discussion: Police Shoot, Kill 80-Year-Old Man In His Own Bed, Don't Find the Drugs They Were Looking For [View all]Zoftig1
(44 posts)32. The boiling frog syndrome
strikes again. Search and seizure used to be taken seriously. Now, they can serve a warrant while simultaneously breaking into a home, shouting "Get on the floor! Don't move"! The authorities will always get away with exactly as much as they can get away with.
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Police Shoot, Kill 80-Year-Old Man In His Own Bed, Don't Find the Drugs They Were Looking For [View all]
951-Riverside
Dec 2014
OP
The US is getting totally out of control with these Gestapo cops running around. If the states
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#2
They remind me of the SS during WWII and none seem willing to get it under control and from
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#23
Actually the Police power is limited to taking the person to the local psychotric hospital.
happyslug
Dec 2014
#51
Si vis pacem, para bellum, is an old Latin saying and it means train and prepare
happyslug
Dec 2014
#43