rambone
08-16-2013, 06:31 PM
Lieutenant Harry Thomas breaks down the transformation of law enforcement in the past 40 years. He rips the no-knock raids, the corrupt Drug War, the forfeiture racket, the militarization of police and the overt violence of the process.
How to serve a warrant: 1972 versus today, by Lt. Harry Thomas | Police State USA (http://www.policestateusa.com/archives/144)
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I well remember the first time my agency pulled one of these stunts and scared an innocent old lady damned near to death. Our chief did the one thing in his career that I actually admired. He sent down word that if any of our personnel ever again kicked down an innocent citizen’s door, that they should send back the search warrant return with their badge pinned to it since they wouldn’t be needing it anymore. It never happened again.
How did this happen? How did we go, in a few short years, from a beat cop knocking on a door to a full scale military assault reminiscent of Iwo Jima, over somebody selling somebody else a bag of weed?
It’s because of the biggest failed social experiment in this country’s history, the Drug War.
P.S. I am looking for pro-liberty bloggers for policestateusa.com (http://www.policestateusa.com/). My site is backed by a facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PoliceStateUSA) with 100,000 fans. You will have an audience of thousands.
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How to serve a warrant: 1972 versus today, by Lt. Harry Thomas | Police State USA (http://www.policestateusa.com/archives/144)
http://www.policestateusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/SWAT_Entry-200x300.jpg
I well remember the first time my agency pulled one of these stunts and scared an innocent old lady damned near to death. Our chief did the one thing in his career that I actually admired. He sent down word that if any of our personnel ever again kicked down an innocent citizen’s door, that they should send back the search warrant return with their badge pinned to it since they wouldn’t be needing it anymore. It never happened again.
How did this happen? How did we go, in a few short years, from a beat cop knocking on a door to a full scale military assault reminiscent of Iwo Jima, over somebody selling somebody else a bag of weed?
It’s because of the biggest failed social experiment in this country’s history, the Drug War.
P.S. I am looking for pro-liberty bloggers for policestateusa.com (http://www.policestateusa.com/). My site is backed by a facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PoliceStateUSA) with 100,000 fans. You will have an audience of thousands.
If interested, contact me at admin@policestateusa.com. (I may not see RPF emails for extended periods)