Armed men broke into a man's apartment last night and the resident, defending his family, shot two of the intruders.

https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/ ... g-address/

Did I mention it was police officers serving a warrant for a drug investigation? Did I also mention that they served the warrant at the wrong address and the homeowner was 100% innocent?

Thank God he shot the bastards and is alive to tell about it as most of these cases where the police no-knock raid an innocent man don't end well for the homeowner. He even got he police chief to apologize.

Perhaps it's a bad idea to 1: militarize our police and 2: have them perform SWAT style raids to police victimless crimes, especially when they don't even have the correct address

Breaking and entering into a lawful gun owner's home does have consequences.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Yep.

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So did they find any drugs

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Nailed it, and now we have a prime candidate for the person operating "The Hauk" mult

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

apparently not, but expect them to plant some in the next day.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

According to the more detailed story that links to the article you cite, this wasn't a no-knock raid. The police knocked, announced themselves, and then began entering the premises after no one responded. The resident then shot at the police. You sure this is a scenario you want to applaud?

Additionally, calling drug trafficking a "victimless" crime strikes me as a cliche that holds little, if any, validity. Take a trip through Western Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or Southern Vermont (areas that have some of the highest overdose rates in the country) sometime and you will recognize the misguided nature of your hollow shibboleth. Much of New England has been reduced to a seemingly irreversible state of social collapse and personal ruin by a thriving drug trade.

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Nah...whoever actually has that is going a touch too far over the top.

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The police chief in briefing the media within the last hour himself said it was no-knock and police didn't announce themselves.

The homeowner deserves applause for doing what any armed homeowner should do during a break-in.

and yes, drug use is a victimless crime. What does have victims, is our "war on drugs"

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

If the police illegally entered the wrong address, what's the problem with the homeowner shooting them? I promise they would have done the same to him.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Is it really that bad in the Northeast? I mean you hear those stories about West Virginia and rural Kentucky. Is there a common link, like socioeconomic status? I tend to take alarmism I see in the media as over hyping the problem, but the increase in overdoses is particularly concerning.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Even an off-duty cop would've done the same to him.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

You promise? How is it, then, that none of the other 7 police officers involved in the raid shot the resident?

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So your solution to what is pretty clearly a medical issue, is to put people in jail?

we literally have dozens of cases of no knock raids that have ended in that manner. As I said in the OP, the biggest miracle is that the homeowner is alive.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... -raid.html

Seriously, our police are fucking out of control.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

If putting people in jail for drug crimes worked, we would have solved this long ago.....but I suspect you agree with me on that.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Hardly. But I don't advocate taking down cops after they've identified themselves either. Believe it or not, the best solution in dealing with someone who has made a mistake or been given the wrong information--it's not clear what exactly happened here--isn't to go ahead and shoot him. The dogmatic fundamentalism repeatedly displayed by Ogie and his acolytes simply isn't suited for reality.

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Probably for the same reason the chief apologies to the guy who shot his officers.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

This wasn't a no-knock raid. Read the sources you link to. Isn't this something you routinely mock LTG for?

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it's breaking and entering into a man's home. I'm glad he opened fire on the criminals who broke into his home.

If that man who was tragically murdered in Dallas was likewise armed, he would still be alive as well.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I haven't mentioned anything about "taking down cops". I simply responded to the bold above by pointing out that drug problems are essentially medical problems, and putting the people that supply the drugs in prison, while virtuous on some level, doesn't in any way address the underlying medical issue which is causing the symptoms you identify above.

I thought you are supposed to announce you have a gun and are going to use it before you do,isn't that one of the rules you are taught?

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

What?

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This is funny? I reported this bullshit, BTW. Low lifes like Ogie, IMU, and Boilermaker like to alter things said. It is bullshit that it is allowed.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Two cops got shot due to a mistake and Ogie calls them bastards. As for drug trafficking being a "victimless" crime, tell that to the fathers and mothers of children who have over dosed because of this poison or who have committed violent crimes in order to get drugs. It is amazing how wrong both of these things are.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

We know you didn't post it. It is a joke. It means that you have arrived when someone does that to you.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I don't think it is anything funny. I think that it is pathetic that someone should be allowed to change the text of someone else's post. I think that this stuff needs to stop and the moderators or software person should stop it.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Hawk's Rule:
The more someone decries things that are PC, the more likely he is to be an easily triggered snowflake

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

When did I alter something you said? I'm going to report you for libel.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Cry more, you miserable, geriatric, snowflake.

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