
“Recently, AlterNet reported on the wrongful police raid of an organic farm suspected of growing marijuana in Arlington, Texas. The massive SWAT team raid lasted for more than 10 hours and resulted in the seizure of vegetables and flowers—but no marijuana was found on the premises. This is not the first time police have used paramilitary tactics to raid people’s properties to enforce regulatory laws in the absence of any justifiable threat of harm. Here’s a list of the most outlandish SWAT team raids across the country.”
Related posts:
Chinese versus US Arms Transfers to Autocrats and Violators of Human Rights
A Curious Photo from the Egyptian Riot Front
Shock Surveillance Video Shows LAPD Officers Body-Slamming ‘Defenseless Woman’ Into the Pavement Dur...
Bill Gates: Flip-Flopping IP Hypocrite
Where You Register Your Domain Name May Land You In Jail
Obama wants China to stop copying the NSA's surveillance plans
The history of the requirement that U.S. citizens use U.S. passports to travel
Appeals Court Ruling Throws Wrench in Maritime Drug Prosecutions
Jim Rogers on Lucrative Investments Nobody Else Is Talking About
Police Officers Took 1,196 American Lives in 2015
Connecticut: “No Guns, No Gold”
Bloomberg on NYC drone program vs. street cameras: ‘What’s the difference?’
Why did Charlie Chaplin renounce the America which made him world-famous?
Listen to Patraeus?
Coroner confirms teenager in Asiana plane crash killed by fire truck