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Man killed by Sunrise police in drug raid had 2 ounces of marijuana
http://www.newsday.com/ ^ | August 10, 2005 | Brian Haas & Kevin Smith

Posted on 08/11/2005 1:12:44 PM PDT by freepatriot32

SUNRISE -- Police seized 2 ounces of marijuana at the home of Anthony Diotaiuto after shooting him 10 times, according to information on the drug raid released Tuesday.

Also Tuesday, while many friends and relatives of the 23-year-old bartender and student mourned him at a Davie funeral home, others appeared at a Sunrise City Commission meeting to demand an explanation for the fatal raid

"Do 2 ounces of marijuana constitute a death warrant?" asked Sunrise resident William de Larm, a friend of Diotaiuto's.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


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To: Sir Gawain

I'm glad you have identified yourself as an anarchist, it clears the air!


61 posted on 08/11/2005 1:49:17 PM PDT by 7thOF7th (Righteousness is our cause and justice will prevail!)
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To: 7thOF7th

not to justify the kid or the cops. but there is the fact that, altho i don't engage in illegal activity, someone could "report me" and cops, knowing i have guns, would come in the same way. if i hear the door get smashed in, i'm going for a gun, and i may have a gun in hand before a cop identifies himself. now, if i'm in the act of putting it down, is the cop ok to shoot me just because he sees that gun?
if the cops identified properly and gave him a chance to disarm and he didn't- good cops, glad they came thru safe. if not, if they didn't do it right-sue the crap outta them.
i wasn't there so i don't know. but i want to know what really happened.


62 posted on 08/11/2005 1:49:29 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: Terabitten
The SWAT team knocked on Diotaiuto's door and "announc[ed] their presence" before smashing in his door about 6:15 a.m. They found Diotaiuto in his living room and ordered him to "freeze" and get on the ground.

Instead, Voss said, Diotaiuto fled to his bedroom and "armed himself" with a loaded handgun. Voss said it is unclear whether Diotaiuto pointed the gun at officers.

I doubt you would have responded in this way.

63 posted on 08/11/2005 1:50:02 PM PDT by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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To: Sir Gawain

Well, considering he was a drug dealer felon, yep he gave up his rights.

Was his choice entirely to be involved in this, and he paid.


64 posted on 08/11/2005 1:50:16 PM PDT by G32
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To: Sir Gawain

I think one lesson here is, this guy should have only sold pot to his friends, and not to undercover narcotics officers.


65 posted on 08/11/2005 1:50:22 PM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: 7thOF7th

I'm an anarchist because I don't swallow the "official" story hook line and sinker? Glad you've identified yourself as a gullible sheep. It clears the air.


66 posted on 08/11/2005 1:50:31 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: 7thOF7th
you need to resign from your job yesterday.Anyone with your kill them all let god sort em out mindset does not deserve the honor of gun ownership or of having a badge.

If you think it is right to break in to a house at 4 am covered from head to toe in black so no one can tell who you are do you also agree with your fellow jbts that assest forfiture is a noble tool to use against americans? you know that little thing where any cop at anytime can deside that any money you carry is to much so they can just steal it and say hey it must be drug related and keep ot for themselves without ever havingto prove it came from drug related activity.

67 posted on 08/11/2005 1:50:32 PM PDT by freepatriot32 (Deep within every dilemma is a solution that involves explosives)
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To: 7thOF7th
He wasn't served anything. They kicked in his door a 6:15 AM.

Of course, that doesn't matter to you WoDdies. The more blood the better right?

68 posted on 08/11/2005 1:50:49 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)
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To: flashbunny

That may be a decent strategy if your gun isn't in the back bedroom.


69 posted on 08/11/2005 1:51:09 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (When can we stop pretending that the Left doesn't by and large hate America?)
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To: Dead Corpse

In the WOT and the WOD, we have to break a few eggs for the meal.

Sometimes a lot of eggs.. Oh well. Don't be into drugs or be a terrorist. Easy enough.


70 posted on 08/11/2005 1:51:57 PM PDT by G32
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To: freepatriot32

No-Knock Warrants are a travesty.


71 posted on 08/11/2005 1:52:12 PM PDT by Junior (Just because the voices in your head tell you to do things doesn't mean you have to listen to them)
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To: All

as usual the media is cutting out the part of the story which this "victim" was probably either on probation OR had such a long record that a mandatory jail sentence was in the works.

It is very hard to have sympathy with regards to sunrise FL where whole families are involved in the drug trade.


72 posted on 08/11/2005 1:52:44 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: ContemptofCourt

2 oz. is a good amount but within a reasonable range to be a one-person supply.


73 posted on 08/11/2005 1:52:50 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Free Michael Graham!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
2 ounces is a LOT of pot. A dealable quantity, even if he didn't have his baggies and scale out.

They should've shot him 20 more times, huh? /sarc

74 posted on 08/11/2005 1:53:33 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: G32

Carrying on Henry Anslingers little agitprop crusade I see. Thanks for doing your part to help kill the Constitution.


75 posted on 08/11/2005 1:53:59 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)
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To: Sir Gawain
God forbid we give sworn police officers the benefit of the doubt. To you the whole lot of them must be corrupt. What a moron!
76 posted on 08/11/2005 1:54:29 PM PDT by 7thOF7th (Righteousness is our cause and justice will prevail!)
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To: G32

Disgusting. You are damaged goods.


77 posted on 08/11/2005 1:54:36 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)
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To: G32
"Easy enough."

Except one is a violation of another's rights and one is not.
78 posted on 08/11/2005 1:54:58 PM PDT by KEVLAR
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To: Dead Corpse

Go do a Sheehan for your fallen comrade, the druggie..

It's amusing.


79 posted on 08/11/2005 1:55:02 PM PDT by G32
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To: 7thOF7th
This person chose the wrong path of action and he lost and thank God he did because it could be a couple brothers being put to rest with taps playing in the background. Nuff said!

Typical cop attitude...Jar head...

80 posted on 08/11/2005 1:55:14 PM PDT by antaresequity
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