On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:48:11 -0600, RoyJ wrote:



Might have helped to make sure they were at the right house before
forcing their way inside, eh? A small mistake, exacerbated by a large
dose of aggression, nearly got them killed.

Our local cops did that in the middle of the night to some non English
speaking folks. Wrong address, bashed in the door, ransacked the house,
homeowner was barricaded in the bedroom with his kids, started blasting
away with a shotgun. Cops took a bit of splintered wood from the bird
shot but no one was seriously hurt, no one was charged. Police chief
gave the cops medals for their valor under fire. Mayor took the medals
back after folks pointed out that the homeowner was within his right to
blast away and that the cops did not verify the address.


Indeed.

Thats the leading cause of death among homeowners who are approched by
Swat and other "special cops"

The innocent home owner is awakened at 11pm by busting wood and
shouting..grabs a gun and fires on the first armed figure coming through
the bedroom door at a charge.

Sometimes the stupid cops kill both in the bed.

http://www.cato.org/raidmap/

One of my favorite and obvious cluster****s..and attempted rip off of an
honest citizen is that of Donald Scott


http://www.fear.org/scott15.html

http://www.fear.org/victimindex.html


"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the
means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not
making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of
it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different
countries, that the more public provisions were made for the
poor the less they provided for themselves, and of course became
poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the
more they did for themselves, and became richer." -- Benjamin
Franklin, /The Encouragement of Idleness/, 1766