Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

(64,689 posts) Wed Mar 10, 2021, 10:55 AM Mar 2021

SWAT Team Destroys Innocent Woman's Texas Home Chasing A Fugitive, City Refuses To Pay For Damages

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This is disgusting. #Texans should be pissed.

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SWAT Team Destroys Innocent Woman's Texas Home Chasing A Fugitive, City Refuses To Pay For Damages (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 OP

That's really FUed. Cops need to be held accountable captain queeg Mar 2021 #1

Another chunk of government that is unfamiliar with the Fifth Amendment. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #2

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

1. That's really FUed. Cops need to be held accountable

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 11:03 AM

Mar 2021

I think in the wake of 9/11 people started giving them way too much latitude and “hero” status. If they’d had been chasing someone into a rich neighborhood (firstly they’d have acted completely different) you can bet there’d be compensation for damages. Two justice systems in the US.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,650 posts)

2. Another chunk of government that is unfamiliar with the Fifth Amendment.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 06:04 PM

Mar 2021

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