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Re:SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police by ChuckMcM on Friday August 09, 2013 @03:53PM (#6188005)
It is certainly my issue here :-)
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Re:SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police by anigbrowl on Friday August 09, 2013 @04:00PM (#6188056)
What, that third parties could call in a SWAT team? Why not make that your issue on one of the (sadly numerous) examples of this actually happening, as opposed to one where it seems to have actually been appropriate?
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Re:SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police by jnbiche on Friday August 09, 2013 @04:11PM (#6188140)
For a recent example of a third-party essentially calling in a SWAT team on someone, see: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/the-world-has-no-room-fo...
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Re:SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police by hga on Saturday August 10, 2013 @10:23AM (#6191164)
There's been a recent spate of this for political reasons: https://www.google.com/search?q=brett+kimberlin+swatting+or+...
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