https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mudW0O-vIg
Thank God for wannabees. If not for Deputy Rush and Forsyth County SWAT, the outcome would have been tragic. From June at the Forsyth County Courthouse north of Atlanta.
“Thank God for wannabees. If not for Deputy Rush and Forsyth County SWAT, the outcome would have been tragic. From June at the Forsyth County Courthouse north of Atlanta.”
Those same wannabees have hurt and KILLED innocent people because it is just too much fun to strap up. They have left traumatized families in their wake far too often.
Return SWAT to its original role. SPECIAL situations. Not every single warrant, on flimsy information. A recent family got SWATed over TEA LEAVES in the trash. A kid got his face burned because cops have to PLAY with toys that they know are dangerous.
Most SWAT use is not for stuff like this video. There are 80,000 raids a year now. 80+K! Almost all of it is for petty crimes, and often on such little information that mistakes are inevitable.
And yet, they don’t deem themselves professional enough to be held responsible for those mistakes. We’re supposed to ‘understand’ it when they panic and shoot innocent people. Let a citizen make a mistake during one of these raids, like the Texas guy, and we are supposed to get it right or pay.
Most SWAT teams are from towns with no legitimate need. It is keeping up with the Jones’, police style. Then, when they have it, they need to justify its expense. All of a sudden, every petty offense is super dangerous.
Worse, many are poorly selected and trained.
SWAT is nothing more than adrenaline junkies getting their fix at our expense. I cheer every time I hear of one getting it, like that Texas raid. Now that was a happy ending to a SWAT raid.