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[–] [email protected] 183 points 9 months ago (4 children)

SWAT raid for Airpods seems like a misuse of public money. (among other things)

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

The majority of police departments are a misuse of public money. We need actual public safety and welfare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

In Albuquerque 911 will tell you to find a station and put in a claim lol. These guys brought a whole team out.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He hopes in the course of the lawsuit to better understand how county police decide when to deploy a SWAT team.

“They probably have some kind of analytic multifactor test and they will fight tooth and nail to have that test not be exposed,” Schock says.

There's no shot the decision to send SWAT is anything other than if they feel like cosplaying that day.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Right, their analytical multifactor test is "Do I want to? Does my hunch say I should?".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Is there a donut shop on the way?"

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 9 months ago (8 children)

They could just have... You know... Sent someone to have a look around the place. They'd probably just found the AirPods. Or... They could have... You know.... Acted like humans instead of paranoid power tripping psychos and -and I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out - rung the doorbell and asked questions like "have you seen anything?"

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How is proximity to recovered stolen goods, found in a public area, enough to gain a warrant for a (no knock?) SWAT raid?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Not even recovered. Didn't they find them ditched into the street hours after tearing the house apart?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wauw. American cops are really scared of..everything aren’t they.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This family is lucky they didn't have an oak tree in their front yard or they'd have all been shot in self defense

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

ONE GUY empties his clip into the back of his own squad car with a handcuffed suspect in it because of a falling acorn and now suddenly the whole force is getting an ear full... I'm sorry, but I thought this was America

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the laugh, Randy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I thought this was America

Yeah, that's why everyone is worried it's part of standard police training 😄

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

A fuckin SWAT raid for a damn pair of AirPods bruh ? What the fuck ? Like what in the actual fuck ? Can i get a swat in here because i lost one of my buds somewhere and maybe they can shoot up the cusions to find em ?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Headline is slightly misleading, it was that a pair of carjackers stole a car that had AirPods within it so the police used the Find My location of those AirPods to therefore believe they could sent SWAT around to this lady's address.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Because it is difficult to call in whom lives at a home or see a car.

They picked a random house near the iPod location and assaulted it like a bunch of amateur goons. The headline is misleading, but the police are guilty of multiple crimes and should all be facing ACA charges. Every single one of them.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Maybe you should actually read the article first before commenting.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

Getting told to fuck off by the police, or having them send a swat team for you when your property is stolen.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The bipartisan police state everyone. We need to pass electoral reform so we can choose to be free.

Switching away from first past the post voting makes third parties viable and eliminates the spoiler effect. Just search for videos on FPTP voting if you want an explanation on how and why first past the post voting makes third parties not viable.

Electoral reform is possible in each individual state (for now), we dont need federal reform! Maine and Alaska have already passed electoral reform.

So what’s the hold up with the rest of the states? Consider starring a campaign to chanfe how we vote in your own state! Force our representatives to compete with fresh outside ideas. We deserve the best representation, not excuses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I don't believe voting reform alone will solve the two party problem, since we continue to have single-winner elections. We will need to push through voting reform and add-on some kind of proportional representation (my favorite is Sequential Proportional Approval Voting). Then we'll have a real chance for minor parties to have representation in office, instead of just at the bottom of the ballot box.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Ferguson MO sounds familiar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Feel bad for the Shamily Family

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