Space Tycoon
07-20-2006, 09:56 AM
Bummer, man. :(
Paramilitary Raids on U.S. Homes More Frequent (http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/7/17/222729.shtml?s=al)
WASHINGTON -- The last 25 years have seen a 1,300 percent increase in the number of paramilitary raids on American homes. The vast majority of these are to serve routine drug warrants, including for offenses as trivial as marijuana possession, according to a just-released study by the Cato Institute.
"These raids, 40,000 per year by one estimate, are needlessly subjecting nonviolent drug offenders, bystanders, and wrongly targeted civilians to the terror of having their homes invaded while they're sleeping," writes Cato policy analyst Radley Balko, "usually by teams of heavily-armed paramilitary units dressed not as peace officers, but as soldiers."
The use of hyper-militarized, heavily armed police units to carry out routine search warrants has become increasingly common since the 1980s, concludes Balko..... (more)
Paramilitary Raids on U.S. Homes More Frequent (http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/7/17/222729.shtml?s=al)
WASHINGTON -- The last 25 years have seen a 1,300 percent increase in the number of paramilitary raids on American homes. The vast majority of these are to serve routine drug warrants, including for offenses as trivial as marijuana possession, according to a just-released study by the Cato Institute.
"These raids, 40,000 per year by one estimate, are needlessly subjecting nonviolent drug offenders, bystanders, and wrongly targeted civilians to the terror of having their homes invaded while they're sleeping," writes Cato policy analyst Radley Balko, "usually by teams of heavily-armed paramilitary units dressed not as peace officers, but as soldiers."
The use of hyper-militarized, heavily armed police units to carry out routine search warrants has become increasingly common since the 1980s, concludes Balko..... (more)