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>He says seven deputy US Marshals showed up at his home with guns Would I be wrong in thinking all US Marshals would be armed at all times, and the article is
by elthran 11y ago
>He says seven deputy US Marshals showed up at his home with guns
Would I be wrong in thinking all US Marshals would be armed at all times, and the article is trying to make this sound like a SWAT raid?
Not that I condone this method of debt collecting - the article seems very light on details. I want to assume that they wrote letters etc before they sent in federal police in order to collect debts.
(UK resident)
- MrMember 11y agoYou are correct, a US Marshal would almost certainly be armed while on duty.
- fiatmoney 11y agoNot only are they armed, they have a reputation for unusually thuggish behavior, since they know it's unlikely a federal court will discipline their own enforcement body.
- gist 11y agoAgree. Standard protocol to have a certain number of people (7 marshalls in this case) for safety purposes. Now if the story was "man from local government loan office showed up at door nicely requesting payment" it wouldn't have the necessary tv news story impact nor would it get the attention and the cooperation of the debtor.