The 11 Most Bizarre SWAT Team Raids

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http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/11-most-bizarre-swat-team-raids



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1. Armed agents raid animal shelter in search of baby deer—and kill it.

Shelter employee Ray Schulze was working in the barn of the Society of St. Francis animal shelter in Wisconsin, when a swarm of squad cars arrived with a search warrant for a baby fawn.

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2. Girl’s home wrongfully raided with flashbangs despite door being open.

In Indiana, a SWAT team raided an 18-year-old girl's house smashing her windows and throwing flashbangs inside, despite the fact that the girl had her front door open and was just watching TV. In a case of mistaken identity, someone else in the street had signed onto the girl’s open WiFi network and was making threats about police. Once the police realized their error, they advised the girl to secure her WiFi account.

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3. SWAT team raids DJ’s studio to enforce copyright law.

Federal police in Atlanta used a SWAT team to help the recording industry enforce copyright laws despite the fact that the target was not even involved in commercial piracy operations. The local news reported that a famous mixtape DJ was under investigation for piracy, but supporters say he is not a bootlegger.

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4. SWAT squad invades private poker game.

A low-stakes poker game in South Carolina turned gory after a SWAT team tried to gain access into the home resulting in a 20-minute shoot-out between the players and the police. The game host, 72-year-old Aaron Awty, shot through the front door injuring a sheriff. The players said was hard of hearing and thought the house was being robbed when he began shooting at the door.

[KG]

1. just because citizens aren't being asked 'papers please', doesn't mean we're not living in a police

state.

oh wait, that happens too.

[SamKnause]

2. Raids

SWAT teams=Armed gangs, militarized armed gangs !!!!

They serve as judge, jury and executioners.

They are another group that is above the law in the U.S.

If you are a police officer and break the law your sentence should be triple that of civilians.

If you are a judge and break the law your sentence should be triple that of civilians.

If you are an attorney and break the law your sentence should be triple that of civilians.

If you are a politician and break the law your sentence should be quadruple that of civilians.

Those in charge of writing the laws, enacting the laws and enforcing the laws should pay a stiff penalty when they break the law.

Our prisons are filled with the wrong people.

[Purplehazed]

3. Police raid family farm making maple syrup

[link:http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/02/14/drug-raid-leads-to-a-sticky-situation-for-officers/|

[SwissTony]

4. What is so scary about these raids is that not one required a SWAT team.

Most could have been handled by ordinary police, and only two or three would have been needed instead of an ENTIRE swat team. Others wouldn't even need a police team, at least at first. Stolen koi? Get the ASPCA in - I believe they also have the power to arrest. Unpasteurized milk? Get the relevant food authorities in. Copyright violations? Lawyers.

But the mentality is really scary. What sort of crime against humanity is "barbering without an active license"? but even scarier is the quote from SWAT team supervisor Niemeyer: '“If a sheriff's department is going in to do a search warrant on a drug bust, they don't call them and ask them to voluntarily surrender their marijuana ... before they show up.” '

[Logical]

5. The police have become macho assholes. No accountability, no punishment, no one fired. n-t

[jrandom421]

6. Don't forget this recent one

Armored SWAT Raids Farm After Mistaking Tomatoes for Marijuana

http://beforeitsnews.com/food-and-farming/2013/08/armored-swat-raids-farm-after-mistaking-tomatoes-for-marijuana-2454860.html