Montecresto
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Mayor Bloomberg boasted yesterday that "I have my own army" in the NYPD and, if that wasn't enough to establish the city as a worldwide power, added "I have my own state department" as well.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls the NYPD his 'own army' during MIT speech - NYPOST.com
As technology and the democratization of power continues, police have to evolve, too.
Democratization of power?!?!
A sheriffs deputy or two knock on the door and deliver a warrant. It's always worked. But I knew there would be supporters of this INSANE way over the top heavy handedness. Nice.
Yeah. Anyone can build a bomb. It's 2013, you can learn about it and get the parts for it completely online. This isn't 1963. Cops can't act like it is, either.
Nice.
What part of this story is confusing you?
Wtf! THIS story IS about both militarized police (full battle armor, AR-15 rifles and vehicles all of which caused residents to believe the army was on their street) and way over the top, very heavy handedness for a trivial routine issue of serving an administrative warrant. This story is yet another example of the militarization of the police and overkill in policy. And it should be of concern to all constitutionally minded Americans, and is.
Yeah. Anyone can build a bomb. It's 2013, you can learn about it and get the parts for it completely online. This isn't 1963. Cops can't act like it is, either.
Nice.
The number of no-knock raids has increased from 3,000 in 1981 to more than 50,000 in 2005
No-knock warrant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I read somewhere that it is now 80,000 raids a year. Do you know how many innocent people are killed by these no-knock raids? If you start to research you will probably be shocked.
Okay?
Where and what is the justification for no-knock raids that result in the deaths of innocent people?
SOUTH COUNTY, MO (KTVI)– Residents were alarmed after a SWAT team lined a South County neighborhood Tuesday night.
The quiet South County street was crawling with SWAT officers, an unnerving situation which turns out to have been the relatively routing service of a warrant.
An unidentified man pulled up around 8:15 p.m. was frisked by police and then detained for questioning, but what got neighbors here very upset happened a few minutes earlier. It was the presence of a SWAT team, complete with officers wearing armor and carrying assault rifles surrounding the man’s home as police went to the door. One woman frantically told her husband, the army’s here.
Police says using SWAT (in full battle armour) is routine procedure. Well it certainly is becoming so, but most definitely has not been so historically, hence the very upset citizens!
What is surprising is the yawns or outright support for this that will follow.
I don't know. Why are you asking me?
You seem to be defending the raids... saying it isn't 1967 or whatever and that cops can't act like it is either. I guess that is why.
OldWorld. When the police are up against a guy hold up in a house with hostages and he's armed with you don't know what, that's one thing. We are talking about serving warrants, eviction notices, code violation citations. Still don't know why your having difficulty with this.
I'm talking about the militarization of the police, it's why I posted the thread.
The police are conducting law enforcement like the military and you think the times warrant it. Even for minor, routine business. You injected bombs when bombs have no part of the op.
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