[Altariel]

Another isolated incident

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Get a nasty-faced lawyer.
They’ll change their tune.

[verum ago]

Gawd. I’m thinking these off-target, damaging, often fatal to pets, occasionally fatal to innocent citizens no-knock raids will continue right up until a Senator gets killed in one. And then those in power will take notice.

[marron]

Brown would have liked police to pay for the $3,000 leaded-and-stained-glass door, lock and frame they broke, to clean up the mess they made, and to apologize. Police say that won’t happen.

Seems like they could knock first, and then smash the door in.

In the absense of a knock, they should have to replace the door and frame. Plus something extra for his trouble.

I would be on the phone with a lawyer about now.

[NormsRevenge]

makes ya wonder who’s really on drugs .

[Navy Patriot]

Life in the liberal socialist USSA utopia.

[Paladin2]

"officers knocked on the door and announced themselves, and waited an unspecified "reasonable" amount of time, as required by law before breaching the door, Sullivan said."

Beware of increasing installations of front porch IEDs.

[SaraJohnson]

Make it a crime to enter raid a house “by mistake.” Mandatory sentencing.

[Altariel]

““I understand when you walk away (without an arrest), that brings up a lot of questions,” Sullivan said. “But there’s a series of checks and balances … to make sure we’re doing everything right. We are concerned about the public as much as they are about themselves.””

Translation: We can bust down whatever doors we want, terrify private citizens, including the elderly 77 year old mother-in-law, and refuse to pay for the damage but don’t worry, we said “checks and balances”, so you can go back to sleep, Citizens, this won’t happen AGAIN!” (turns to his men): “Which peasant are we raiding next?”

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Paul Brown was working on his computer in his north suburban home when police smashed in the front door, pointed guns at and handcuffed him and other family members, and ransacked the house in a search for drugs.

The authorities had burst in immediately after a postal worker delivered a package to the home that they said contained marijuana.

A small price to pay to defend the nation's Cheetos supply.

Sullivan said police have to enter such raids in a rush with overwhelming force, to prevent people from flushing or destroying evidence

Because having to flush the pot you paid good money for isn't nearly enough punishment.

[Altariel]

“The MEG unit worked with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which provided an investigator to deliver the package, Sullivan said.”

Sweet! So now all the State *thinks* it has to do to “justify” raiding you is to arrange for a “suspicious” package to be delivered before the raid, and voila! Probable cause!

The State is pleased with its resourcefulness of its Knights of the realm and Other Employees, Citizens!

[GreenHornet]

I’m surprised they didn’t shoot the family dog as long as they were there.

[TexasRepublic]

We live in the effing Soviet Union! We could have saved the Russians a lot of trouble by surrendering 50 years ago, instead of now.

[OB1kNOb]

The authorities had burst in immediately after a postal worker delivered a package to the home that they said contained marijuana.

Mr. Brown needs to have a little, ahem, discussion with his mailman.

[microgood]

The Drug warriors have done a number on the US Constitution.