tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6366381080461026986..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: SWAT Team Report: Snipers in the Bay AreaRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5482722452644697842013-10-31T19:05:55.731-04:002013-10-31T19:05:55.731-04:00Yeah, but.... There are 50,000 swat raids a year....Yeah, but.... There are 50,000 swat raids a year. None of them are this situation. If this was the only use for swat/snipers they might have some justification. Instead, we get no knock raids killing the occupants because of "officer safety".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57132332154913126222013-10-31T01:18:42.869-04:002013-10-31T01:18:42.869-04:00I can see a need for snipers in the event of, for ...I can see a need for snipers in the event of, for example, a hostage situation. If a sniper can kill a kidnapper thru a window and save a life I think that is acceptable. Assuming police have given the kidnapper the opportunity to surrender and he refused, and assuming significant probability that he is going to harm or kill the hostage, then using a sniper would be OK.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14665247545073733112013-10-30T16:22:29.601-04:002013-10-30T16:22:29.601-04:00Did you guys see this?:
Pumpkin Festival Snipers:...Did you guys see this?:<br /><br />Pumpkin Festival Snipers: Part of the Police State or Protecting Citizens FROM the Police State?<br /><br />[At] “The Keene, New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival [...] the deployment of 4 city police sniper teams made headlines across the country.”<br /><br />http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com