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    Post A SWAT team tore down a women's house and left her with a $50,000 bill...

    We have had this discussion before. The article discusses the law a bit. A SWAT team tore down a women's house and left her with a $50,000 bill... Police blew open her garage door, shot her house full of tear gas canisters, and drove an armored vehicle over her fence.


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    Vicki Baker had an unusual plea for police officers in McKinney, Texas, when she learned an armed fugitive had holed up in her home: Do not destroy the property. It didn’t work. During an hours long standoff with the man and a 15-year-old girl inside, SWAT officers shot approximately 30 tear gas canisters into Baker’s property, blew up her garage door, and drove an armored vehicle over her fence.

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    Here's the discussion: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdw...llar50000-bill
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    We have had this discussion before. The article discusses the law a bit. A SWAT team tore down a women's house and left her with a $50,000 bill... Police blew open her garage door, shot her house full of tear gas canisters, and drove an armored vehicle over her fence.


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    Vicki Baker had an unusual plea for police officers in McKinney, Texas, when she learned an armed fugitive had holed up in her home: Do not destroy the property. It didn’t work. During an hours long standoff with the man and a 15-year-old girl inside, SWAT officers shot approximately 30 tear gas canisters into Baker’s property, blew up her garage door, and drove an armored vehicle over her fence.

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    Here's the discussion: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdw...llar50000-bill
    Yep, they stiffed her...............She'll have to sue to recover and it better be a damned good attorney.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stjames1_53 View Post
    Yep, they stiffed her...............She'll have to sue to recover and it better be a damned good attorney.
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    Why bother with moderation and patience in resolving a situation when they've given you an armored vehicle and an unlimited amount of tear gas?

    At least they didn't do what Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies did back during the Arpaio regime - set a house on fire while trying to serve a misdemeanor warrant and shoot at the family dog when it tried to escape the flames.

    The militarization of civilian police forces, combined with a complete lack of financial responsibility; what could possibly go wrong?
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