SWAT Raids -- No One Is Safe

This video refers to the botched raid on the home Mayor Cheve Calvo, Berwyn Heights, Maryland, to make the case that SWAT teams are being massively overused and endangering the public. It is associated with the web site http://www.swatreform.org.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• SWAT
• police
• drug war
• marijuana
• police militarization
• Cheye Calvo
• Berwyn Heights

[2603cb]

ok what are you goin to do when they do stop and your streets are filled with crime and drugs then how safe will you be?

[drcnet]

That simply won't happen. First of all, drug enforcement only moves the drug trade from place to place. You might get a temporary reduction in crime in one neighborhood, but at the cost of as much or more elsewhere. Secondly, if they are going to do drug arrests or searches, they can do the usual knock and announce. If there's a sniper or a hostage situation, send in the SWAT team by all means. But most of the time, don't use SWAT, it's abusive and dangerous.

[GunOwnerDan]

"Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of American, cannot succeed with any lesser effort."

-- President John F. Kennedy, January 29, 1961

[WitchWindy]

I urge everyone who watches this to sign the petition.

[merleisme1]

It is only inevitable our rights our being bled from us slowly

[PhuckAllYouPeople]

@2603cb

Our streets are ALWAYS going to be filled with drugs, legal and otherwise, but let me ask you a question, no matter how strict you make the laws, no matter if you arrest 7 million dealers, there will ALWAYS be drugs running rampant on our streets.

If a drug user is not harming anyone in any way, then its there body, mind your own business prick, but would you rather have violent gangs and cartels selling drugs, or legally regulated stores that ask for ID and have safety standards?

[steveo9001]

@2603cb rofl you're a tool. Drug prohibition causes kids to get recruited into selling drugs ... there were countless drug dealers in my school i say "were" cause im not in school anymore .... this was 2 years ago ... not much could have changed.

I got offered to buy marijuana on my way to school when i was 12 ... would this have happened if drugs were legal ? would my friends in highschool have been selling drugs in class ?

Please tell me what positive effects prohibition causes.

[GroddGuerrilla]

Fun fact: The majority of nacro-cops have ZERO actual face-time with anyone involved in drug-trade or use unless they plan on busting them.

It's the equivalent of plugging your ears and going LALALA with a gun.

Please, sign the petition.

[liberty2001]

The supreme court ruled that police could conduct no-knock/surprise raids because of the possibility that evidence might be disposed of before. In the Calvo case, a box was delivered to their doorstep that contained 30 lbs of cannabis.

Guys, you can't FLUSH 30 pounds of WEED...

(Which is why I call the drug warriors and the wimpy ass cowardly politicians DOPES!)

[Clifton240Z]

Educate yourself. Tobacco and alcohol are harder drugs than most illegal drugs ( Cannabis, DMT, LSD, ect).

[88arau]

they are going to put fiber glass in Oxycotin so people cant snort it

[Sheryakahan]

drugs are not bad...its just what law makes them to be.Theres evidence thatt 90% of the big drug lords are backed up by the government itself.

The only reason its not legalized is because it will cause the illegal underground busines of government to flop.

[omfgiamhot]

.. ur dying anyway..

just speed up the process.

lol. okay. im sorry. it was just an idea that really amused me. i dont mean to offend anyone =P

[McSpic88]

Wait...so because I smoke pot..i should be poisoned?

So because i choose to smoke a joint every now and then i'm a criminal?

I work 40 hours a week and am a good, honest, hard working individual.Why should i be poisoned?