Video of Swat raid in Columbia MO

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Originally Posted by ronaldrwl

911. BS. That's good for when you need a police report started. So they can start finding a way to blame you.

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No doubt ... most of my negative attitude toward the police comes from calling 911 and then dealing with the schmuck sent out to "help" me.

Last time I dealt with the police was for a stolen gun ... the cop spent all his time investigating ME for "filing a false complaint" ... even had me come in and take a poly (which I passed with flying colors) then he decided to actually investigate the crime of a stolen firearm (even then he never talked to the prime suspect). Oh well, the paperwork he spent a few minutes scribbling together was useful in getting my insurance claim processed so he wasn't COMPLETELY useless.

The actually officers are put into a tough situation in scenarios like this. I don't know how it works, but I'm assuming that they can't just tell their boss, "Nah, I'm not really into doing raids." They are told to do a raid, then, they pretty much have to treat it like it is a big deal because there is always the chance that it WILL be a big deal, and thinking twice about niceties and stuff could get them or their buds killed. Kind of like how it doesn't matter if you agree with the war you're in, you still protect your fellow soldiers however you can.

The article DID say that the SWAT team was all volunteer (which was a TERRIBLE excuse for the tardiness of the warrant by the way), but still, you do what you are told in order to keep your job. Of course that doesn't mean that there aren't guys who are jerks like people are describing. I'd guess the quiet ones are the ones who wouldn't go about it that way if given the choice.

Big difference, IMO, between SWAT Teams and Terror Teams. The latter seems to be taking over though.

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Originally Posted by nogaroheli

Here's an update from the local newspaper:

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/st...view-policies/

This may be my ever increasing pessimism kicking in, but I have a little doubt that the pot they "found" was even his. It wouldn't be the first time cops jacked up on adrenaline planted evidence.

This pisses me off. They take someone else's word as truth, wait 8 days, break in and kill the family dog in front of the kid and they police chief says "Yep, that's what we do, we shoot dogs. We wouldn't have to deal with this headache if we'd just shot a person (based on incorrect info, because our power is completely unchecked)..."

[Mad]

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Well I think the planting evidence comment is a little out of control and offensive to all the cops on here.

Next I am not saying they should have done this, however they may have had little control from whomever ordered them to do this. I also don't necessarily agree with the dog getting shot, however, I didn't see if the dog was biting any of the officers or not since it didn't happen on the film. Yes, I absolutely would be pissed off at any organization who beat down my door, and if it was a wrongful warrant raid you can bet your ass that I would be suing the crap out of that city. If it was me it would be known as Kevinville, MO after I was done...but once again, I have no idea what their warrant was for, and what information came before that. Those officers may have been going off of really good information to get the warrant, everyone here does understand that warrants have to be approved by a judge right?

What a god awful sound that poor dog made[Help]... My two boys(2 black labs) came rushing into the room with major concern. There must be another way to restrain animals... Ten SWAT members VS. 1 dog, shoot the dog. Come on gentleman.[Bang]

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Originally Posted by KevDen2005

Well I think the planting evidence comment is a little out of control and offensive to all the cops on here.

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Didn't mean to get "out of control" there and I'm not trying to bash on all cops. LEO's on here please forgive me if that's how it came across. However, if these cops have prepared to start shooting just after entry I wonder what what else they prepared for.

Like I said I have "A little" doubt, maybe you read that I have "little" doubt which would be completely different?

This is what made me think the weed *may* not have been the father's...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6aOM...layer_embedded