Long time readers may recall the case of Anthony Diotaiuto. The police raided his home looking for drugs, based on loose facts that he was a drug dealer. It was a no knock raid and the police went in with full ninja gear because Diotaiuto was supposed to be dangerous because he had a handgun […]

You may recall my past coverage of this case. If not, it’s here. The Cliff’s Notes version: Police get warrant to arrest Diotaiuto for selling drugs. They get a no-knock warrant because Diotaiuto has a concealed handgun permit, he is therefore automatically dangerous. Police bust down door. Something happens and we’re not sure because the […]

Anthony Diotaiuto was a 23 year-old with a handgun carry permit (past posts here). Police busted his door in early one morning because he was allegedly dealing drugs. The put 10 rounds of 9mm in his chest and he died. They found less than an ounce of marijuana. Now, the latest: Seconds after a SWAT […]

A piece on the one year anniversary of the day Anthony Diotaiuto was killed by 10 rounds of 9mm to the chest for having less than an ounce of marijuana and a handgun permit in a pre-dawn raid. This bit of info is new to me: A year later, only two new details have come […]

In the case of Anthony Diotaiuto, a kid who took 10 rounds of 9mm in his chest because he had a handgun carry permit and less than ounce of weed, Radley notes: …the grand jury investigating the raid has been cancelled twice now, meaning that as we approach the one-year anniversary of the raid (August […]

I’ve covered Anthony Diotaiuto before. He’s a casualty in the war on drugs. In a pre-dawn raid, he took 10 rounds to the chest for less than one ounce of marijuana. Now, the police act as if they’ve got something to hide: Attorney William Scherer III wrote in Tuesday’s lawsuit that the city of Sunrise […]

Pete says: It appears that this story is one that is not going to go away quietly (and I’m going to do what I can to make sure we continue to talk about it). Indeed. As will I. This article gives a run down: Andrew Diotaiuto has returned repeatedly to his grave at North Haven’s […]

Anthony Diotaiuto’s family has lawyered up. Anthony took ten rounds when the police raided his home. He had less than two ounces of marijuana. Police state they announced they were police before entering. The accounts of the neighbors refute that claim.

The Sun-Sentinel has a piece on the tragedy: An ounce of pot, 10 bullets and one failed drug war In the annals of drug takedowns, this wasn’t much. Three quarter-ounce bags of marijuana in a bedroom refrigerator, a joint and another loose gram on top. Four grams scattered on a dresser. Six pipes with pot […]

Radley reports the cops’ story doesn’t add up. Anthony was killed in a no-knock raid for drugs in which the cops found 2 measly ounces of marijuana. Witnesses report that the police never announced themselves. Says Radley: What happened to that loaded handgun isn’t exactly clear. So far, the only gun the cops report confiscating […]

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 […]

Can lawful firearms ownership be cause for no-knock warrant service? Yes, they can. Well, they do. Remember Anthony Diotaiuto? Actual dangerous people are usually talked out.

The BBC has a bit on the militarisation (what, Brits don’t like the letter Z?) of the US police: Professor Peter Kraska, an expert on police militarisation from Eastern Kentucky University, says that in the 1980s there were about 3,000 Swat team deployments annually across the US, but says now there are at least 40,000 […]

only better. Now, listen up Pattycakes: Did the libertarians jump the gun? Maybe. But I cannot buy that a small amount of weed justifies busting someone’s door in and shooting them dead. Or that such an amount even justifies busting a door down to begin with. Or that having a small amount of weed and […]

That’s what Chuck is fond of saying. But there are times when they don’t take prisoners. Drug warriors rely on bogus tips from paid informants and raid the wrong house or put on their gay little ninja outfits or use excessive force. And someone dies. Pete has a memorial page for drug war casualties. Well, […]

Terry Frank takes issue with the Marijuana Policy Project [I bet they don’t get much done – ed.] and their new ad campaign: A potentially controversial new ad campaign from the Marijuana Policy Project names prominent public officials, including President George W. Bush, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Vice President Al Gore, and Supreme Court […]

A kid, who smoked weed recreationally, was thought to be a drug dealer. Police raided his home and killed him because he possibly pointed his gun at police. Personally, I think we need more than possibly to justify killing anyone. However, here’s the part I found odd: Police thought there was drug dealing going on […]