Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
03 August 2010
Good Guys 3, Bad Guys, 0.
I just love good news, and this time it comes from from Alexandria, Louisiana. Interestingly, the police did not release the names of the wounded, alleged suspects because the cases were "under investigation", but did release the names and addresses of the victims who defended themselves.
03 July 2010
A Study In Ignorance.
Radley Balko notes that ignorance of the law is no excuse - unless you work in law enforcement. Watch the video.
Three questions come to mind here:
Three questions come to mind here:
1) Who's the hell is grading the IQ tests for admission to Miami-Dade law enforcement?Hattip: Tamara at View From The Porch.
2) Since when does a police officer get to declare a person, on the spot, banned-for-life from a public facility? Um, isn't there a teensy thing called due process?
3) Miami-Dade has amoney losing, do-good project that almost no one usesmetro-rail system? Who knew?
12 May 2010
Was This Warranted?
A very disturbing video of a recent police SWAT raid. (Warning: Strong language and violence.)
It isn't the first time a cop has gone trigger happy on a dog, but note that in this incident they discharged weapons in close confines with women and children present. Shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later cops are as dangerous to the public as pistol-packing drug dealers, and can destroy the public's trust in their law enforcement forces. If I were the Colombia, Missouri, Police Chief, a few folks would be looking for a job right about now.
I understand we need to get violent criminals off the streets. I want them off. And if some punk wants to resist with force, the police should have overwhelming force at their disposal to deal with him (or her). But that overwhelming force should be used only when absolutely necessary. Not every initiated contact with the public should be presumed a potential CQB firefight, and where a violent response is not likely this type of 'commando' raid is unnecessary. It is - no pun intended - overkill. I have been uneasy with for some time with the ongoing militarization of our civilian police forces, and the default use of military tactics in dealing with crime. (Does SWAT really need ot be decked out in military camouflage? I mean, really??) This kind of thing proves my worries are justified.
Hattip: Reason Magazine via Instapundit.
It isn't the first time a cop has gone trigger happy on a dog, but note that in this incident they discharged weapons in close confines with women and children present. Shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later cops are as dangerous to the public as pistol-packing drug dealers, and can destroy the public's trust in their law enforcement forces. If I were the Colombia, Missouri, Police Chief, a few folks would be looking for a job right about now.
I understand we need to get violent criminals off the streets. I want them off. And if some punk wants to resist with force, the police should have overwhelming force at their disposal to deal with him (or her). But that overwhelming force should be used only when absolutely necessary. Not every initiated contact with the public should be presumed a potential CQB firefight, and where a violent response is not likely this type of 'commando' raid is unnecessary. It is - no pun intended - overkill. I have been uneasy with for some time with the ongoing militarization of our civilian police forces, and the default use of military tactics in dealing with crime. (Does SWAT really need ot be decked out in military camouflage? I mean, really??) This kind of thing proves my worries are justified.
Hattip: Reason Magazine via Instapundit.
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