SWAT - The War on Guns

A SWAT team conducting a no-knock, military-style raid while looking for a meth lab in the middle of the night exercised less care in confirming the address than a pizza delivery driver. [More]

Until punishment is commensurate with injury to freedom, expect the offenses to continue.

[Via Michael G]

Camera Obscura

Arkansas AG demands answers, bodycams from ATF over fatal SWAT raid [More]

And some legislators are also joining in.

Funny… everyone concerned is a Republican. I guess Democrats don’t care about ATF ninjas killing citizens and trying to hide evidence.

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Tracking Enough

Lawsuit alleges Apple tracking led SWAT to wrong location [More]

They can track you through your ear buds now?

And people buy them?

To become intentionally oblivious?

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Approximate Enough

Detective Gary Staab had wrongly obtained the warrant to search Johnson’s home because he did not point out that the app’s information is not precise and provides only a general location where a phone could be, the lawsuit said. [More]

Guess what the very first thing was that popped up when I went to check out the technology:

That’s some police work, fellas.

[Via Michael G]

We’re the Only Ones Instrumental Enough

Hours after he posted the joke, a SWAT team descended on Bailey’s Louisiana home. According to court documents, officers with guns drawn ordered Bailey to his knees. He was placed in handcuffs, told he was under arrest, and instructed that his next Facebook post should tell readers “not to f*** with the Police.” [More]

The law of the instrument writ large.

[Via bondmen]

His Name was Duncan Lemp

…Duncan Lemp was wrongly killed in his own bedroom thanks to the same policies that President Biden champions for the nation. [More]

I’m not often left with nothing to add, but the brilliant writer James Bovard has pretty much said it all here.

This is the evil we face at the personal level from “our own” government.

Be outraged, be horrified, and be warned. This could have been me, this could have been you. And the DSM would have parroted the state’s narrative as the prohibitionists high-fived themselves on X and made small d!ck jokes.

Today’s Five-Minute Activism project after reading this: Share the link with everyone within your sphere of influence and urge them to do the same.

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