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Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they’re private corporations, immune from open records laws
Washington Post ^ | June 26 at 10:27 AM | RADLEY BALKO

Posted on 06/26/2014 11:51:06 AM PDT by maine yankee

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To: maine yankee

the key is who signs the paychecks of the SWAT members - a government agency, or the 501c.


61 posted on 06/27/2014 8:01:50 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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No, the key is what kind of activity are they performing and under what authorizing identity. A private business has no authority to execute arrests or serve warrants.


62 posted on 06/27/2014 8:37:58 AM PDT by LevinFan
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63 posted on 06/28/2014 4:40:31 PM PDT by Velveeta
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being employees of a corporation, doesn’t that make them ‘security guards’ and not police?

if a member of a company kills a ‘customer’, wouldn’t there be massive aw suits?

does this mean we can now sue the cops for anything and everything, just like corporations?

and exactly why are they 501c3? employees are making plenty of ‘profit’


64 posted on 06/28/2014 4:48:27 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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