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Terror by Night: Who Pays the Price for Botched SWAT Team Raids? We Do
“We’re all potential victims.”—Peter Christ, retired police officer Sometimes ten seconds is all the warning you get. Sometimes you don’t get a warning before all hell breaks loose. Imagine it, if you will: It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re …
SWAT Team Raids Innocent Elderly Couple, Destroys Their Home Because Their Power Bill Was Too Low
“The deputies believed the defendants were stealing power to grow marijuana because their power consumption was low.” Riverside County, CA — Even in states with legal marijuana, law enforcement’s addiction to the drug war still lingers like a dark cloud over over the land of the ostensibly free. Even in California, who …
SWAT Team Raids Unarmed Man’s Home and Kills Him Over Two Grams of Pot
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Tampa, FL – Another life was taken by cops in the senseless war on drugs, this time an unarmed man sitting in a bedroom with two grams of weed. A military-style raid took place at the home of Levonia Riggins, 22, by …
VIDEO: Innocent Man Stands Up to Entire SWAT Team Raiding His Home With No Warrant — He Wins
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Odessa, TX — On Thursday morning, an Odessa man and his family were rudely awakened by a dozen militarized DEA and SWAT officers with AR-15s at their front door. Instead of cowering to the men who were clearly not authorized to be …
Charges Dropped Against Florida Dad Who Shot At SWAT Team During Raid In Which Cops Injured His Baby
Pensacola, FL — As TFTP reported in February, Corey Marioneaux Jr., 24, is a father of two, church-going community member with no criminal record who defended his family from armed intruders. Because the intruders were cops, however, Marioneaux was charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. He was completely innocent. …
Texas: Cops Refused To Safely Arrest Man In Court So They Could Get LIVE PD Footage By Raiding Him With SWAT Team
Cedar Park, TX — The controversial reality TV show “Live PD” was recently taken off the air, as the country is beginning to rethink its relationship with police, and how they are being portrayed in the media. Just like the show’s predecessor “COPS,” Live PD has been accused of crossing …
VIDEO: Step Inside a Real SWAT Team Pot Raid — See if You Can Tell Who the ‘Bad Guys’ Are
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Mansfield, OH — If a dozen men armed with assault rifles drove up to your house, smashed out your doors and windows, ransacked your belongings, and robbed you of your hard-earned money — this story would undoubtedly be on news channels across …
VA Police Sued for Carrying Out a ‘Welfare Check’ with a 2-Hour, SWAT Team-Style Raid, Flash Grenade, Wrongful Arrest & Detention
Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have sued Virginia police and other government officials after a request to carry out a “welfare check” on a 58-year-old man resulted in a two-hour, SWAT team-style raid on the man’s truck, a wrongful arrest, and a 72-hour mental health hold. According to the complaint, …
SWAT Raids Innocent Family, Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy in Bed, Covers Up Body Cam—Taxpayers Shell Out $12 Million
“You can’t just shoot a 12-year-old child for literally no reason and do it with complete impunity.” Chicago, IL — In their effort to go after people for possessing and selling substances deemed illegal by the state, US law enforcement personnel will lay waste to anyone in their path. As …
Police Mistake Innocent Grandma for Weapons-Trafficking Car Thief, So a Dozen SWAT Cops Raided Her (Video)
The entire raid was based on a caller’s claim that he tracked his iPhone to her home. Denver, CO — For 40 years, Ruby Johnson lived peacefully in her Montbello home, largely left alone by police. Earlier this year, however, Johnson’s peace came to an end when she was watching …