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Police: 'Threat matrix' dictated SWAT team response at Powell Avenue home
Courier Press ^ | June 22, 2012 | John Martin, Mark Wilson

Posted on 06/26/2012 10:19:42 AM PDT by Altariel

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1 posted on 06/26/2012 10:19:49 AM PDT by Altariel
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To: Altariel

Well, you know, SWAT teams need practice too. Plus, they have to justify their existence by knocking down screen doors. Presumably the family didn’t have a pet dog since none were reported killed.

Sarc


2 posted on 06/26/2012 10:26:15 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Altariel

Now that we have thousands of examples of false IP address associations, via “SWATing” political opponents, isn’t it time LEOs update their execution criteria?

File a lawsuite, walk into court and demonstrate that there is ample evidence to cite that IP address associations ARE UNRELIABLE!!!!!


3 posted on 06/26/2012 10:28:40 AM PDT by G Larry (There's no hope of a safe landing when you hire a suicidal pilot!)
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To: Altariel
The leftist SWATTING "joke" or tactic at work again?

I am really getting sick of the lefts depraved humor and intimidation tactics.

4 posted on 06/26/2012 10:32:12 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: Altariel

This has got to be satire! Not even the SWAT thugs are this bold.


5 posted on 06/26/2012 10:32:47 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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“I think it was a show of force that they are not going to tolerate this,”

gee almost like a police state


6 posted on 06/26/2012 10:32:52 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Altariel

“I think it was a show of force that they are not going to tolerate this,”

gee almost like a police state


7 posted on 06/26/2012 10:33:23 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Jack booted thugs


8 posted on 06/26/2012 10:34:33 AM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: Altariel

And these scum wonder why they get death threats.


9 posted on 06/26/2012 10:34:51 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Another day. Another small provocation. Another step closer.)
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To: G Larry

That is, unless, you have a static IP, like I do.

In that case, it’s likely that these people had a wide open wireless Internet connection, used simple WEP encryption on their wireless router, or simply didn’t change the defaults, like so many retail-level, non-technical people fail to do.

Using programs such as KeePass (search KeePass on SourceForge.net) to generate complex random passwords or entering some numbers and symbols into your standard passwords makes cracking your wireless network that much harder.

If you don’t know how to secure your wireless network, either abstain from having one or hire someone to do it for you.


10 posted on 06/26/2012 10:35:34 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

I imagine you just might get a visit from these thugs.


12 posted on 06/26/2012 10:39:16 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Another day. Another small provocation. Another step closer.)
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To: rarestia

While my connection is secure, I have a lot of trouble with blaming those that don’t. If the police receive a threat through the mail with a return address on the envelope, are they then allowed to storm the house bearing that address???
Welcome to the New America, where we are all presumed guilty until proved innocent!


13 posted on 06/26/2012 10:43:29 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: rarestia

Yep. Wander into any subdivision.....and how many 192.168.0.100’s or 192.168.1.104’s you think you’d find?

Dozens.


14 posted on 06/26/2012 10:44:46 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: backwoods-engineer
"Any police force that throws flash-bangs into people's living room is a domestic enemy of the Constitution. The Founders warned us about standing armies. Well, every big city has one now. "

I have to agree. These local armies are an unconstitutional threat and it's time to end them for good. They are far more dangerous than ANY criminal element out there.

SWAT teams and everything associated with them must be outlawed.

Revolver, Radio, badge and brain. Can't do the job with those tools, find another line of work.

15 posted on 06/26/2012 10:45:06 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: RightOnline

That’s the IP range of the router, not the IP of the service the router is connected to.


16 posted on 06/26/2012 10:46:33 AM PDT by PT57A
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To: Altariel
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke said Friday he spoke to Bolin about the incident and was satisfied that police were justified in forcibly entering the home.

JBTs strike again. Pigs...every one of them.
17 posted on 06/26/2012 10:53:33 AM PDT by rottndog (Political Correctness KILLS...)
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To: precisionshootist

As the great Eazy E said.
“With out a gun and a badge what do you got,
a sucker in a uniform waiting to get shot”!
How do people stay so calm. I would be throwing down on the fools after the dust settled. I mean my temper would get me beat.


18 posted on 06/26/2012 10:56:05 AM PDT by crazydad
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To: RightOnline

Or even scarier - so many people with 127.0.0.1 it’s almost like people don’t care any more.


19 posted on 06/26/2012 10:57:41 AM PDT by Rammer
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To: PT57A

If it’s unsecured, I can latch onto it.....and know everything I’d want to know. Way too easy. I obviously skipped the “pick an open SSID” step out of my reply above.

The bigger point is that very, very few have unique static IP’s.


20 posted on 06/26/2012 11:00:42 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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