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That's a fascinating map. One of the interesting things it shows is that the density of botched raids is not correlated to population density. What that sugge
by chillingeffect 12y ago
That's a fascinating map. One of the interesting things it shows is that the density of botched raids is not correlated to population density.
What that suggests is that the raids are the results of authories in some areas not knowing what they're doing while authorities in other areas do.
- jdcarter 12y agoAlso note how many raids are the result of a single informant. I was browsing raids in my area and most of them were from a single informant; in one case even an informant who had a known antagonistic relationship with the subject of the raid.
- ufmace 12y agoWhat's disturbing is how many of them are based on a single informant and also look like not the slightest effort was made to verify that information. Literally picking up a guy off the street for some minor crime, telling him you'll let him go for a bigger fish, getting an address from him, and sending in the goons without another thought. If it's a big enough crime to justify a SWAT raid, then surely it's big enough for just a little bit of investigation. It seems dangerous in two ways. Both that most of these tips are probably for completely innocent people who may now be subject to extreme levels of violence with no justification, and that once in a while, one of them might be for something much worse than they thought, putting the officers themselves in a lot of unnecessary danger because they didn't do any investigation.
- aestra 12y agoIf you are a small(ish) town cop and you get fancy new military gear then you're going to want to use it no matter if you need to or not. People like playing with toys.