... and militarized police swat teams would never be used to, say, raid a barber shop and enforce up-to-date barber licenses. Oh, wait. http://reason.com/archi

... and militarized police swat teams would never be used to, say, raid a barber shop and enforce up-to-date barber licenses. Oh, wait. http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/13/the-swat-team-would-like-to-se http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/13/the-swat-team-would-li... That's right. Floridian police raided several barber shops, with a warrant to ensure the barbers were licensed practitioners, and while they were at it they handcuffed people, held them at gunpoint, and even arrested several for unrelated crimes (coincidence?!). And if only such an event were an outlier ... sadly, it's become common, around the country.