Quote: (10-08-2014 10:06 PM)turkishcandy Wrote:
Quote: (10-08-2014 09:14 PM)Hedonistic Traveler Wrote:
Quote: (10-08-2014 08:55 PM)DarkTriad Wrote:
Quote: (10-08-2014 08:40 PM)Basil Ransom Wrote:
Turkishcandy, you failed to read the article properly.
Sounds like he read it just fine. The police ALREADY knew the guy was meth dealer from a prior investigation. The new guy just confirmed it, and a judge signed off on the warrant based on the facts. The fact that the article calls a judge approved search warrant "another home invasion" shows the article isn't exactly unbiased either.
They didn't know anything. Five years ago another suspect accused the guy of selling meth, but the investigation went nowhere. After searching the house for 44-hours they found nothing, so it seems like he still wasn't a meth dealer.
I can't believe the word of a drug addict looking for a deal can count towards a warrant, I guess they just give them out for anything these days. I wouldn't be surprised if the burglar got hit with a charge here, I doubt anything will happen to the police though. Although according to this article, the SWAT team went in without knocking despite not having a "no-knock" raid.
Really they shouldn't be giving "no-knock" warrants to anyone, except maybe in the case of kidnappings. If the guy has enough drugs to warrant the raid than he won't be flushing them in the time it takes to announce yourself. Of course than the police wouldn't be able to reenact their favorite Call of Duty game, but it'd probably be safe in the long run.
If you want to believe there is an evidence-planting action-hungry G.I.Joe cop behind every corner, go ahead. I believe the majority of these guys are just honest men trying to do their job and protect your society. And this is the SWAT team we are talking about, not a couple of patrol cops. To say that they just wanna storm in and kill everything that moves because they played too much Call of Duty is just irrational. But I guess you are in a better position to call what kind of engagement rules SWAT team is supposed to have.
We don't know anything about this case, the whole article is vague, one-sided and suggesting conspiracy. All we know is that there was a shoot-out between the SWAT team and a drug dealer, and you immediately assume that the cops didn't do things by the book and they should be prosecuted.
I used to think cops where mostly honest too. Until I became friends with one that was a 2 time medal of valor winner on the LAPD.