I was talking with a friend of mine today who is a well respected LEO in a small town near here (in NC).
I mentioned something about the latest screw-up by his former dept.,that he left when he discovered the higher-ups were crooked.
It was all over the local news about an "armed standoff" with a gunman who was barracaded in a house. Tac-team, snipers, 'bout 40 cops in riot gear carryin' M16s, and an evacuated neigborhood made the scene!
After a 6 HOUR standoff, they discovered the house was EMPTY!!!
Anyway, my friend said "that's nothin', let me tell ya' what they did a few weeks ago".
Seems about a month ago there was a guy who yelled at a neigborhood kid to get off his lawn, kid's parents called 911, and 30 minutes later the guys house is surrounded by 49 police units, 20 Sheriff's dept units, SWAT team, snipers, and an armored car!
While the guy's out back grilling a steak, they cut his phoneline so nobody can warn him. A couple of hours later, the break the door in, and shoot him deader than he!!
He was UNARMED, and the warrant was for "Communicating threats"!
Needless to say there was nothing on the news about this one, and there are a LOT of P.O.ed people around there.
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Happiness is a tight group!
I mentioned something about the latest screw-up by his former dept.,that he left when he discovered the higher-ups were crooked.
It was all over the local news about an "armed standoff" with a gunman who was barracaded in a house. Tac-team, snipers, 'bout 40 cops in riot gear carryin' M16s, and an evacuated neigborhood made the scene!
After a 6 HOUR standoff, they discovered the house was EMPTY!!!
Anyway, my friend said "that's nothin', let me tell ya' what they did a few weeks ago".
Seems about a month ago there was a guy who yelled at a neigborhood kid to get off his lawn, kid's parents called 911, and 30 minutes later the guys house is surrounded by 49 police units, 20 Sheriff's dept units, SWAT team, snipers, and an armored car!
While the guy's out back grilling a steak, they cut his phoneline so nobody can warn him. A couple of hours later, the break the door in, and shoot him deader than he!!
He was UNARMED, and the warrant was for "Communicating threats"!
Needless to say there was nothing on the news about this one, and there are a LOT of P.O.ed people around there.
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Happiness is a tight group!