At least one Michigan legislator wants to know how often SWAT teams are deployed. (image via wikimedia.org)
SWAT Reporting Bill Filed In Michigan
At least one Michigan legislator wants an idea of what SWAT teams in the state are up to.
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Mexico Drug War Update
The Mexican government appears to be going after the Zetas, which must please the cartel's rivals.
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Virginia Police Kill Old Man in Pill Raid
A creaky, half-blind, 69-year-old Virginia man is dead after shooting at police raiding his home for pain pills.
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Tucson SWAT Team Cleared in Killing of Ex-Marine
Here's a shocker (not): No charges will be filed against the Tucson SWAT team that gunned down an ex-Marine in a drug raid in his home.
Bust after bust... and still no impact besides more violence. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
As prohibition-related violence continues unabated, peace marchers are heading for Ciudad Juarez.
Jose Guerena survived two tours in Iraq, but not his encounter with a Pima County SWAT team.
No Drugs in Home of Ex-Marine Killed By SWAT Team
Police found no drugs in the home of a veteran they shot and killed in a May 5 drug raid in Tucson.
Drug Warriors Gun Down Young Father (Opinion)
James Peron, President of the Moorfield Storey Institute, recounts the recent drug prohibition related death of a young husband, father, and Iraq veteran who was shot at 71 times by heavily armed men who then allegedly prevented medical assistance from being given until he was dead. The heavily armed men were from the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Another drug raid gone bad.
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DEA in New Spokane Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raid
The DEA medical marijuana dispensary raiders showed up again in Spokane Wednesday.
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At Least Seven Police Officers Died for Drug Prohibition Last Year [FEATURE]
Drug prohibition kills cops. At the least, seven more died of drug prohibition last year. There are measures we could take to reduce the toll, but that takes political courage -- and getting the cops on board.
The Pima County SWAT team is under the spotlight. (Image courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Office)
Tucson SWAT Team Kills Armed Homeowner in Drug Raid
In what looks like a drug raid wrong on many levels, a 26-year-old Afghan and Iraq war vet was killed by a Tucson SWAT team after his frightened wife woke him up to say there were intruders in the home and he grabbed a gun.