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Louisiana1976

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42. I'd rather have a Norwegian-style police force than what we have in America.

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Indiana BLACK grandmother suffers violent SWAT raid after a neighbor uses her wireless internet [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 OP

your link isn't working... pipoman Aug 2014 #1

works fine with my browser Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #3

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. corkhead Aug 2014 #2

Good thing they don't have tanks. Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #4

Aha! Caught them in the act! Shankapotomus Aug 2014 #5

"gun-wielding assailants" ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #6

Nope..... the video shows some armed scary assailants. Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #8

NOT an example of police overreaction. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #10

No, not when you judge by todays standards. zeemike Aug 2014 #12

Yeah--that's life in a fascist police state. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #39

Great point. Inkfreak Aug 2014 #54

You make no sense. If one commits no crime, one does not expect anything of the damn sort. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #13

No, it's YOU who makes no sense. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #16

NOT to the house's inhabitants!! Would YOU expect a police raid based on what a thieving neighbor WinkyDink Aug 2014 #26

Obviously your "logic" is flawed. Trillo Aug 2014 #15

Sorry, but that's just silly. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #17

You continue to make the same logic error in your analogy! Trillo Aug 2014 #19

No, no, no, no! ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #25

You now contend a house is a person? Trillo Aug 2014 #28

I think the police response was OTT, but I also think you are wrong. MADem Aug 2014 #31

It appears there are a number of court cases that have ruled an IP is not a person. Trillo Aug 2014 #35

The poster did not say an IP address was a person. MADem Aug 2014 #36

Yes, he did! I'll quote him for you in this post. Trillo Aug 2014 #37

He didn't say a house was a person. MADem Aug 2014 #40

A house is a fixed location. ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #44

The accused woman DIDN'T DO IT!! To CORRECT your analogy: The arrested would be NOT YOU. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #27

Maybe they should have taken an additional two seconds of research Heather MC Aug 2014 #18

They didn't do that, and it could have been a MADem Aug 2014 #33

So worried about explosives Politicalboi Aug 2014 #30

"Knock, knock, this is Officer Friendly! Go ahead and push your detonator-- I'll just wait here." ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #45

Nobody says there shouldn't have been a visit, but they never gave them a chance to reach the door magical thyme Aug 2014 #46

Did the RSO who called also tell them you had explosives and wanted to kill cops? n/t ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #53

I don't know what he told them but yelling at somebody to "shut up" hardly merits a cop visit magical thyme Aug 2014 #55

" ...You seem very invested in protecting the police "right" to forcibly break down doors...." ColesCountyDem Aug 2014 #58

Why did you change the headline? Jenoch Aug 2014 #7

Jeesh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #9

like I said not very tech savvy Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #11

Sloppy police work TransitJohn Aug 2014 #14

I doubt it. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #41

Great idea! Or the home of an elected official. Lessons would be quickly internalized. Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #20

"It's coming from inside the station!" n/t SwankyXomb Aug 2014 #29

Hey, I like that Politicalboi Aug 2014 #32

great idea! Let's hope Anonymous gets on it right away magical thyme Aug 2014 #47

we need a TV show called America's dumbest cops whereisjustice Aug 2014 #21

Do we have the time Politicalboi Aug 2014 #34

What did Smedley Butler term it, "Gangsters for Capitalism" ? marmar Aug 2014 #22

Ichingcarpenter Diclotican Aug 2014 #23

I'd rather have a Norwegian-style police force than what we have in America. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #42

I like the no-weapon thing, Diclotican. The NRA would never allow it in the USA. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #43

Enthusiast Diclotican Aug 2014 #60

Three-year university-level education to learn to properly treat a scene. woo me with science Aug 2014 #48

woo me with science Diclotican Aug 2014 #61

Double Plus Stupid. GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #24

The grandmother should sue the Evansville police department for repairs plus emotional distress. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #38

She is suing. nt LiberalElite Aug 2014 #50

And meanwhile the right wing loonies LiberalElite Aug 2014 #49

Hey wait a minute! Brigid Aug 2014 #51

If you're signed into Google+, Facebook, a few others... then it knows who you are. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #56

I'm old enough that this sort of thing creeps me out. Brigid Aug 2014 #57

Please take note, Senator Levin, what rises to the use of a SWAT team, not quite a gang indepat Aug 2014 #52

The cops in this country get way too much money. JEB Aug 2014 #59

not really a new idea of a neighbor "borrowing" a neighbors wifi dembotoz Aug 2014 #62