Ninth Stage

New Orleans must be some kind of cesspool that Katrina did not cause but rather revealed. NO cops stealing from stores is an image we remember. That was impersonal burglary. We also remember NO cops and their proxies stealing the tools of protection from the survivors of Katriana. Badged robbers are [...]

Stop using swat teams on civilians. That’s a reasonable request. One that will go unheeded of course.
There’s an old saying, if you don’t use it you lose it. That is the primary reason that SWAT teams being used for routine search warrants will not go away.
Another reason is that being on a [...]

When someone invades your home, shoot to kill stop.  I don’t care what they say - the sons of bitches should have knocked and announced.  There ought to be a registry where you can list your home as a knock and announce home. F^(ker got off easy.

I have a tip for the Chicago Police Department (Anti-Gun Enforcement:(877) CPD-GUNS/(877) 273-4867) about a man with a cache of arms. This arsenal belonging to Richard Mell includes powerful banned automatic handguns. Mell is ,obviously, armed is also powerful, and well connected. I highly recommend using SWAT and a dynamic entry team [...]

Murderous cops go unpunished as a matter of course in Chicago. Best excuse:”Come on. This is Chicago.”
On the street, when a shooting is inappropriate, autopsies can help reveal the contradictions in a police officer’s version of how it occurred. But it’s up to police and OPS investigators to make that connection and follow up.
Edmund [...]

Even their dogs are better than you.
“A police dog is a police officer. There is no difference under the law,” [the judge] tells KDKA. “They are not pets and they are trained in the purposes of law enforcement and anyone who would taunt a police officer can be considered a threat to the community.”
Via Balko.

Click on image to get the remainder of the tale.

…that they’re better than you and on the ground muthaf**kah. now.

The family of Neftaly Cruz said police had no right to come onto their property and arrest their 21-year-old son simply because he was using his cell phone’s camera.

I can think of no punishment too severe for Cops who do this sort of thing.
Via Coals [...]

Bill Frist is “concerned” that the cops entered his house err Senate.
…they are disturbed by the raid. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said that he is “very concerned” about the incident and that Senate and House counsels will review it.
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) expressed alarm at the raid. “The actions of the [...]

Childproof locks needed for Leominster police guns. From The War on Guns we learn of a shot fired, in a police station, from a cop’s weapon, by the cop’s seven year old son.
The [unidentified] officer was reportedly showing someone a demonstration model of a holster for his semiautomatic gun.
At some point, he put [...]

Swat team member (violating rule 3. Keep your finger off the trigger unless your sights are on the target) accidently shoots and kills guy he’s about to arrest. Read this and pay close attention to the D.A.’s statement.
A SWAT team member, identified by the Washington Post as Deval V. Bullock, approached Dr. Culosi to [...]