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by sebasmurphy 2592 days ago
yeah i don't really understand this. Like why do you need a whole squad and feds to break down his door with a battering ram for a single "leaked" document. Could have just knocked and said they had a warrant.
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Police state gotta exercise that power.

There are hundreds to thousands of abuses of law enforcement power like this per year where simple warrant serving is executed by a swat team in order to justify the budget of the swat team.

If you surprise him by suddenly breaking down his door, there's a chance he'll make the wrong gesture. Then you get to kill him saying you felt threatened.