Comments on: Radley Balko on No-Knock Raids

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:39:41 +0000

Perfect? No, and you missed the point. Its there, its pretty obvious, try looking again.

no dint miss the point i was making one->

If you had nothing to hide you wouldn't be worried about armed paramilitary thugs breaking the door down and barging into your house in the wee hours of the morning, waving guns around, and shooting any loose pets that look "intimidating".

By: Herb

Herb — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:08:59 +0000

Yeah, Sam, I'd say you're right on that one...I totally misread the tone of that comment.

Apologies, Gustopher. The glibness, it seems, was intentional.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:44:25 +0000

Uh, Herb, I think your irony detector needs recalibrating.

By: Herb

Herb — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:37:07 +0000

If you had nothing to hide you wouldn't be worried about armed paramilitary thugs breaking the door down and barging into your house in the wee hours of the morning, waving guns around, and shooting any loose pets that look "intimidating".

Tell that to the family of Ismael Mena, who in 1999 was killed in a no-knock raid in Denver.

His crime?

The police went to the wrong address.

I doubt you would be so glib if you were the one getting killed because the cops had the wrong paperwork.

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:46:24 +0000

anyone who puts their life on the line everyday for others, a lot of whom don't deserve it, have to be perfect......

No, they can't be perfect. Which is precisely why we should avoid deliberately precipitating situations where even the smallest error can result in innocent people getting killed.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:15:19 +0000

Steve-

This subject is something I can really get behind you on. What can we do to stop this trend?

-Franklin

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:21:51 +0000

And unfortunately, due to the stupidity of the "war on drugs" not all of the good guys are good guys, some are every bit as scary as the bad guys.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:07:58 +0000

The good guys make mistakes too.But I forgot, anyone who puts their life on the line everyday for others, a lot of whom don't deserve it, have to be perfect......

Perfect? No, and you missed the point. Its there, its pretty obvious, try looking again.

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:59:09 +0000

The good guys make mistakes too.But I forgot, anyone who puts their life on the line everyday for others, a lot of whom don't deserve it, have to be perfect......

By: Gustopher

Gustopher — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:09:17 +0000

If you had nothing to hide you wouldn't be worried about armed paramilitary thugs breaking the door down and barging into your house in the wee hours of the morning, waving guns around, and shooting any loose pets that look "intimidating".