No-Knock Raids - A special report on the militarization of law enforcement and the dramatic rise in the use of paramilitary police units for routine police work.
That's some background information that you might appreciate.
The Calvo family isn't the first...and it won't be the last. Your family could be next. My family could be next.
Law enforcement agencies don't just kill innocent dogs in such 'raids.' Every year, more than 300 innocent Americans are killed and/or severely injured by law enforcement agents in these "mistaken" raids. The lives of thousands of other innocents are permanently disrupted, their reputations and livelihoods damaged beyond repair. Most of these SWAT teams are breaking down doors to serve warants for non-violent crimes. They're serving a simple bench warrant. Most of these SWAT teams are not breaking down the doors of violent criminals such as murderers, armed robbers, rapists or even child molesters. Federal, state and local governments have by-passed the Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act and have militarized Federal, state and local 'civilian' police departments.
Be assured that more than one family in your state has had this happen to them, which can be said of every state in the Union. Had Mayor Calvo not been who he was, living where he lived, and had he not known exactly what to do and say to protect his rights, you would have read and heard an entirely different story from the media, if you had read or heard about it at all.
Imagine more than a dozen Waco or Ruby Ridge-type events happening each and every day in America...and you'll have a grasp of the reality of what 'freedom' in contemporary America truly means.
This is not an issue about left vs right, Republican vs Democrat or religion vs atheism. This is not about race or nationality or even about the poor vs the wealthy. This is about Freedom.
Governments are about control and tyranny. Aside from controlling you, governments don't care who you are. The bigger the government, the worse the tyranny, the worse its abuse of those whom it is sworn to protect and serve..
- Warren "Bones" Bonesteel
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
http://www.cato.org/raidmap
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
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