The basic message in American law enforcement is the same one I see here in Africa (where i am at the moment0. So long as no officers are injured, dead civilians are just a hazard of the policeman's job. Something must be done to restrain unnecessay use of SWAT teams. They are "inherently dangerous" to the civilian population. See Randy Balko's web site for the best scholarly treatment.
Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Henry E Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/05/06 7:48 PM >>> http://www.newsobserver.com/1419/story/518014.html An 18 year old (along with some others) was suspected of a robbery (robbing people of a Playstation 3 unit, and hitting one on the head with a "blunt striking object"). Police found a photo on the internet which appeared to be of that suspect and two others clowning around with firearms. They used this to justify showing up at the suspects' home with an "elite, highly trained and heavily armed emergency resonders unit" (quote from above article) and kicking in the door. Apparently the subject went towards the door, possibly with a game controller in his hand - and the police shot him and his dog to death. I'm wondering about the use of such a photo (the newspaper says, "The warrant did not identify the three men [in the photo], say whether the guns are real or whether the picture was taken where the shooting happened." in justifying the type of entry. -- --henry schaffer _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
