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Published 6 years ago by AdelleChattre with 3 Comments
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The Cops Were Chasing a Shoplifter. They Ended Up Destroying an Innocent Man’s Home

The outcome of this case may bring clarity to the property rights of Americans living in the shadow of police militarization. By Jay Stooksberry.

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  • drunkenninja
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    A suspected shoplifter had barricaded himself inside the house after a chase, sparking a 19-hour standoff with a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team. Unleashing a display of force commonly reserved for the battlefield, the tactical team bombarded the building with high-caliber rifles, chemical agents, flash-bang grenades, remote-controlled robots, armored vehicles, and breaching rams—all to extract a petty thief with a handgun.

    Holy shit!

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    • leweb
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      Do you remember the scene in Idiocracy where they find the car where the main character was escaping and then shoot at it with guns, rifles, shotguns, and rocket launchers, accidentally hitting a passing airplane, and all the while cheering and jumping up and down in idiotic glee?

      That movie is a documentary, not fiction.

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      • drunkenninja
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        A documentary that had been written and filmed based on the experiences of a time traveler that came from the near future :D

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