Have a gun, get the SWAT team
In a scary trend, that militarized raid I mentioned yesterday was done because an occupant of the home had a carry permit:
Finally, think of the implications if this were the policy everywhere. It would mean that if you’re a gun owner, the police could cite that fact in and of itself as justification for them to violently tear down your door, rush your house with guns and point those guns at your family — even if their warrant is for a nonviolent crime, even if it’s for a white collar crime, even if you’ve dutifully registered your gun with the government. In fact, given that Ross’s permit is how the police knew he was armed in the first place, especially if you’ve dutifully registered your guns with the government. If I were a gun owner in Des Moines, I’d be asking some questions.
See, they couldn’t just knock because the guy had a gun permit. And, you know, permit holders commit more murder than police. Oh, no, wait.
Long term readers will remember the case of Anthony Diotaiuto, who took several 9mm rounds from a subgun in the chest because the police knew he had a gun permit.
February 6th, 2014 at 8:04 pm
Just another SNAFU day in po po world.
February 6th, 2014 at 8:30 pm
I have the policy document for serving a warrant from a certain police department. SWAT is to be used in way too many instances. Outdoor security camera? SWAT! Guns in the house? SWAT! People might give early warning of police arrival? SWAT!
I don’t have permission to publicize the document or I would.
February 6th, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Wow that is scary. Until more and more cops stop coming home because of illogical raids, they will not stop.
February 7th, 2014 at 12:18 am
I can’t get the cops to even start investigating my case of identity theft where $5300 was stolen from me. And I have a picture of the person who did it because she wasn’t smart enough to cover her face at the ATM. But it’s good to know they go full SWAT on the cases they do take.
February 7th, 2014 at 8:37 am
So, what exactly is J. Random Inhabitant’s motivation for *not* shooting first now? –This sucks.
February 7th, 2014 at 11:39 am
There was a case in Minneapolis around 2007 where the swat team kicked in the wrong door. Homeowner responded with multiple shotgun blasts hitting several officers. Thanks to armor, bird-shot and police accuracy no one was killed in the resulting gunfight.
Standard procedure for that team and several of the other entry units in the area was changed to a “surround and call out” method unless very specific circumstances are present. Gun in house is not one of them, so they can be taught.
February 7th, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Oh yeah the Vang Khang bullshit.
Did you guys know the cops involved all got Medals for Courage for that very raid?
Somehow two cops firing blindly into a room with 2 adults and 4 children inside is what they call bravery…
So in all actuality these cops were rewarded for kicking in the door of the wrong house, taking fire for it, then attempting to kill 6 of the inhabitants of the house? Outstanding!
Fortunately the family got a nice house out of it.
February 7th, 2014 at 4:02 pm
With registration, licensing, data mining, and information sharing in “fusion centers” (yeah; look that up) all over the country, we are essentially all wearing yellow arm bands already. It’s just that we’re not Jews, per se, but we are “gun Jews” now.
February 7th, 2014 at 5:10 pm
Is the Department saying it can’t look in to theior member’s behavior because they have no policy in place covering the serving of warrants?
And the [seeming] strong-arm [SWAT?} tactics were because someone possibly in the house had obeyed the law and registered? What, a rraid on a meth lab would be done by one cop knocking and asking to come in and arrest everyone because no meth manufacturer or distributor could possibly have an unregistered firearm? Very safe.
February 7th, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Some good news:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/grand-jury-wont-indict-man-who-shot-texas-deputy
“A local grand jury declined Wednesday to indict Henry Goedrich Magee for the Dec. 19 death of Burleson County Sgt. Adam Sowders, who was part of a group of investigators executing a search warrant for Magee’s rural home.”
February 7th, 2014 at 7:36 pm
Sort of reminds me of Waco on a smaller scale.