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Re:50 SWAT officers bombard, destroy bystander’s house with ... by gonational on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:04AM (#15765447)
The US military commonly calls in airstrikes that drop bombs that cost more than houses from aircraft that cost more than entire city blocks, just to kill a single person with a rifle on the side of a hill.
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Re:50 SWAT officers bombard, destroy bystander’s house with ... by craftyguy on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:48AM (#15765738)
They routinely do this. On occasion it's a civilian on the receiving end of this ridiculously expensive exercise.
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