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While the officers are typically seeking narcotics, there also have been deaths and serious injuries when warrants were served on people suspected of running illegal poker games, brewing moonshine and neglecting pets. In 2011, officers in Marine City, Mich., conducted a dynamic-entry raid to serve a search warrant for “any and all evidence pertaining to graffiti including but not limited to, spray paint containers, markers, notebooks, and photographs.”
As the police broke down his door in 2010, Todd Blair emerged from his bedroom with a golf club. He was shot to death five seconds after the first ram at his front door.
As the police broke down his door in 2010, Todd Blair emerged from his bedroom with a golf club. He was shot to death five seconds after the first ram at his front door.
Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood
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This comment seems to get to part of the heart of matter.
"In a country where four in 10 adults have guns in their homes, the raids incite predictable collisions between forces that hurtle toward each other like speeding cars in a passing lane — officers with a license to invade private homes and residents convinced of their right to self-defense."
That's in addition to the idea that we are willing to sacrifice innocent citizens lives in pursuing arrests in drug cases. This is a reasonably predictable outcome.
"In a country where four in 10 adults have guns in their homes, the raids incite predictable collisions between forces that hurtle toward each other like speeding cars in a passing lane — officers with a license to invade private homes and residents convinced of their right to self-defense."
That's in addition to the idea that we are willing to sacrifice innocent citizens lives in pursuing arrests in drug cases. This is a reasonably predictable outcome.
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Interesting 6 LEO have Been Shot And killed in the last year here in NC just walking to the doors to ask Questions or serve Summonses or warrants... and folks wonder why LEO's, are a bit on the Itchy side...
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I WORKED NARCOTICS IN DETROIT MY WHOLE CAREER, RAIDING TWICE (2) A DAY EVERYDAY!!! I SAW DRUGS, GUNS, AND MORE MONEY THAN I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE OR PROBABLY EVER WILL. DRUGS WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTED BY ME ILLEGALLY OR LEGALLY. RAIDS LASTED APPROX. 2-3 MINS-PAPERWORK 6 HOURS!!! LOL THANKS GOD NONE OF MY MEN WERE NEVER HURT, WE USUALLY HURT OUR SELVES, CUTS, BRUISES, CAR ACCIDENTS, BUT NOTHING MAJOR.
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MSG Andrew White
I type in all caps on my home computer! If you think raiding twice a day is losing, then you should have been in Detroit from 86 to 94 after that we forced drug dealers to change the methods and most either went to jail or were ran out of the city. The forfeited items were handled by our Forfeiture Unit. Get the wrong people? We conducted surveillance prior to the raid and during the raid!
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MSG Andrew White
Shot were 3, 2 die from ingesting drugs, 5 broken legs jumping out of windows and this is out 58,763 arrest over 25 years by my crew alone!
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