[Vision2020] Drug Thugs rampage again

[Mike Finkbiner]

I can see where there might be very rare occasions where it would be helpful 
for the police to be able to break in a door without giving the occupants 
time to respond.  Unfortunately there have been quite a few problems with 
the practice.  While the vast majority of police officers are decent folks, 
it appears that there are a few of them who get a thrill out of 
paramililitary style raids.  Many of the raids I have read about don't seem 
to have any other justification for a heavy-handed approach.

Because of that I think we need to sharply curtail or eliminate the 
practice.  Police officers should knock on the door, clearly identify 
themselves and present a legal warrant before entering a house or apartment.

I have no idea if this map of botched paramilitary style raids produced by 
the Cato Institute is accurate, but it is sobering.

http://www.cato.org/raidmap/

Does anyone know how often this practice is used locally?  The map only 
shows one botched raid in North Idaho


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If this incident had happened to Ordinary Joe Citizen, not the mayor and his 
family, I doubt we'd even hear about it.

Ellen A. Roskovich

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Mike Finkbiner
mike_l_f at hotmail.com

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those 
who create it.

Milton Friedman