July 18, 2006

• Balko, that is. Administrator, please hope me :(
• Sweet Jesus. One of those was in my home town, which is about as quiet and safe as a city could hope to be.
• Christ, one of those was right next to my hometown too..peaceful.
• Thanks!
• Related: Supreme Court Ruling on Police Raids Endangers Citizens
• Back when S.W.A.T. was all about a cool wah-wah sound.
• This is crazy.
• Overkill Notes
• Puppycide
• SWAT TROUBLES The murderer was holed up in his house, and the SWAT team was trying to get him out. A cop got on the bullhorn and said, "Come on out, or I'm going to come in there and drag you out!" The murderer called back, "I'm warning you. If you don't wipe your feet when you come in, my wife'll kill us both!"
• Botched Raid of the Day
• Police spies chosen to lead war protest
• Man Arrested For Shooting Photo Of Police Activity
• BUSTED - The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters
• Oops.
• Perhaps they didn't realize that setting a house on fire and killing an animal over a traffic ticket was subhuman shitmunchery?
• Probably not.
• SWAT TV
• Two More "Isolated Incidents" in New York City
• The Case of Cory Maye.
• Here We Go Again
• Why The Swat Team Raided My House! Charges have been dropped.
• This blog is open to invited readers only. Now hear this: Bee-lay that!
• This blog is open to invited readers only. Now hear this: Bee-lay that!
• Alright, we heard you! It wasn't like that before, I swear. Please don't send the monkey SWAT team after me.
• Rethinking Aggressive Search Warrant Executions
• You're either with us or you're with the historians.
• nice gut.
• Make Mix Tapes And The RIAA May Send A SWAT Team To Bust Down Your Door?
• The Kathryn Johnston Indictments: A Good Start. A Long Way to Go. Updates this MeFi thread.
• Take a picture in Miami, go to jail
• Supremes to Victims of Wrong House Searches: Deal With It
• Appeals Court Rules Cops Can Steal Cars and Lie to Victims To Conduct a Warrantless Search
• Military and police technology sharing sends shivers up civil libertarians’ spines.
• The Militarization Of Our Police And Raids Gone Wrong
• Copwatchers
• Imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
• Puppycide: The Rules
• Phone Phreaks Use Caller-ID Spoofing to Get Foes Raided By SWAT
• Kathryn Johnston: A Year Later. 92-year-old woman's death has done little to curb the use of paramilitary police tactics around the country.
• "Don't suffer from PTSD, go out and cause it"
• San Mateo Police Raid Small-Stakes Poker Game
• Philly cops raids activists who circulated anti-CCTV petititon.
• Another Police Raid; More Dead Dogs
• Deadly Force: What a SWAT team did to Cheye Calvo's family may seem extreme. But decades into America's war on drugs, it's business as usual.
• As if things aren't bad enough... Swatting Then you get some yahoo makin' it worse.
• Dogs in a Deadly Crossfire: Confronted by the family pet, police often shoot first and ask questions later, reports Radley Balko. Among hundreds of recent victims: Labradors, Wheaten terriers, and a five-pound Chihuahua.
• Federal SWAT Raid Over . . . Orchids
• Yup, this sounds like a typical overzealous SWAT orchid clusterpluck. Actually, orchids really do need protection. The many, many, many varieties are one of the wonders of this world. Orchids have inspired poets, lovers, and murderers. There's an interesting book called Orchid Fever: a Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy
• Paramilitary police don't make us safer: Misused SWAT teams provoke violence rather than prevent it
• Motorcyclist spends 26 hours in jail on wiretapping charge for filming cop with gun
• Video of SWAT Raid on Missouri Family
• A Drug Raid Goes Viral: A violent drug raid posted to YouTube catches fire online. But the only thing unusual about the raid is that it was caught on video.
• Well, what do you expect people? IT'S A WAR! onmygodamuricaisgoingtohellinahandbasketanddrugsaretoblamebetterarrest'emallandsendalltehebilpeopletotheslammer
• *gives GranMa some space* Enough?
• When SWAT Teams Attack Over Your Estranged Wife's Student Debt
• SWAT Team Honored For Raiding Wrong House
• Ninth Circuit to DEA: Putting a Gun to an 11-Year-Old's Head Is Not OK
• SWAT team throws flashbangs, raids wrong home due to open WiFi network: Whoops! Those anonymous Internet threats came from up the block.
• NYT Photos Don't Do Justice to Police Presence at Anaheim Protests
• Ashton Kutcher, Miley Cyrus & Others Terrorized in Dangerous ‘Swatting’ Prank
• The Militarization of Mayberry
• 12-Year-Old Girl Has Second Degree Burns From SWAT Flash Grenade Detonated During Wrong-Door Raid
• SWAT team brought in to evict homeowner
• “Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control. SWAT teams raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking? Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise
• Cecily McMillan's guilty verdict reveals our mass acceptance of police violence
• War Gear Flows to Police Departments
• The Militarization of U.S. Police: Finally Dragged Into the Light by the Horrors of Ferguson