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Wisconsin's Shame, Govt.Sponsored Home Invasions.
National Review ^ | May 4 , 2015 | David Freench

Posted on 06/09/2015 8:05:55 AM PDT by dvan

‘They came with a battering ram.”

Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin’s Act 10 — also called the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,” it limited public-employee benefits and altered collective-bargaining rules for public-employee unions — was jolted awake by yelling, loud pounding at the door, and her dogs’ frantic barking. The entire house — the windows and walls — was shaking.

She looked outside to see up to a dozen police officers, yelling to open the door. They were carrying a battering ram.

She wasn’t dressed, but she started to run toward the door, her body in full view of the police. Some yelled at her to grab some clothes, others yelled for her to open the door.

“I was so afraid,” she says. “I did not know what to do.” She grabbed some clothes, opened the door, and dressed right in front of the police. The dogs were still frantic.

“I begged and begged, ‘Please don’t shoot my dogs, please don’t shoot my dogs, just don’t shoot my dogs.’ I couldn’t get them to stop barking, and I couldn’t get them outside quick enough. I saw a gun and barking dogs. I was scared and knew this was a bad mix.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4thamendment; corruption; intimidation
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This is outrageous! threatening people. In violation of the Fourth Amendment. Warrant-less searches.
1 posted on 06/09/2015 8:05:55 AM PDT by dvan
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To: dvan

And it will continue until the people responsible either get charged with violating Constitutional rights, or someone ends up in a dirt nap under high profile conditions and it makes the news.


2 posted on 06/09/2015 8:11:37 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: dvan

Which LEO orgs perpetrated the SWATings?


3 posted on 06/09/2015 8:12:14 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: dvan

This is that “John Doe” opened ended, no conditions warrant stuff, isn’t it?


4 posted on 06/09/2015 8:17:12 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Darksheare

Political prosecutions. Good article, sickening what the left has done.


5 posted on 06/09/2015 8:19:18 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: dvan

The founders left us the means to deal with this.

It is up to us to employ those means.


6 posted on 06/09/2015 8:23:20 AM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: dvan
you should see what the police did in suburban Denver a couple of days ago. a shoplifter from Walmart was chased into a random house - the homeowners/renters had no connection with him whatsoever - and the shoplifter barricaded himself in. the SWAT team proceeded to destroy the home to get him. the homeowners/renters got no apology and the homeowners' insurance may not even cover the damage due to "incompetent government action" . the police feel that they have done nothing wrong. take a look at the link to see the full damage. it's really outrageous.

http://www.westword.com/news/greenwood-village-blinks-owner-couple-living-in-swat-house-to-get-help-6775572

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/06/05/greenwood-village-homeowner-to-police-youve-destroyed-a-familys-life/

welcome to the police state.

7 posted on 06/09/2015 8:28:15 AM PDT by TangibleDisgust (The Parmesan doesn't go like that.)
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To: JohnnyP

The Founders would be horrified.


8 posted on 06/09/2015 8:29:55 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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Democrats gone wild!

Here's Texas' drunk Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who filed charges against Rick Perry.


9 posted on 06/09/2015 8:32:12 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TangibleDisgust; Alaska Wolf

We had a certain scumbag poster who would have gone to extreme lengths to justify and excuse that.
Who was he?
Oh yeah.. AlaskaWolf.
What was his favorite saying/sayings?
“If you’ve done nothing wrong, you don’t need to worry.” and “COMPLETELY justified!!!1!”*
*Paraphrased.


10 posted on 06/09/2015 8:32:41 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

Concur


11 posted on 06/09/2015 8:43:28 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

What bothers me are the people who excuse the behavior and actions.
This kind of political targeting happened in the Third Reich, China, North Korea, Russia, and every tinpot dictatorship you can find.


12 posted on 06/09/2015 8:45:32 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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It will continue no matter what.

This is the new Fascist Police State we live under.

We are rapidly becoming East Germany.


13 posted on 06/09/2015 8:45:54 AM PDT by Lazamataz (America has less than a year left.)
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To: Darksheare

Oh noooooo. When the SHTF, our police and military won’t take the side of the State against their fellow citizens, nooooo. Of course not.


14 posted on 06/09/2015 8:47:01 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.)
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To: Shimmer1; Lazamataz

Some will, some won’t.
It will be very ugly.


15 posted on 06/09/2015 9:01:58 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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“and every tinpot dictatorship you can find.”

We have a dictatorship now especially when they get TPP through.

This will go national. Here’s what I foresee: bond/stock market collapse, banks closed for a few days or so, msm reports on the economy, but alterative media is shut down. This is the window for widespread red list, dissident extractions.

How far is it to go from no knock raids to government sponsored (contractors, mercs) death squads?

Never thought I would live to see this.


16 posted on 06/09/2015 9:04:43 AM PDT by grumpygresh (My real thoughts have been self censored.)
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Never thought I would live to see this.

Don't worry. You won't live to see that much of it.

September, 2015 is the go-date.

17 posted on 06/09/2015 9:10:58 AM PDT by Lazamataz (America has less than a year left.)
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To: dvan

I find the article convoluted and the time-line difficult to map.

Do you know if this the event that occurred in 2009 (2010?) - or is this something newer?

It’s unclear to me from this report...


18 posted on 06/09/2015 9:18:38 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: dvan
A month-old story, already posted here and here.

Search is your friend.

19 posted on 06/09/2015 9:26:16 AM PDT by Monitor ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Gaffer

Bingo!


20 posted on 06/09/2015 9:36:40 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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