I do not want to start a JBTfest, cop-bashing thread but I am going to pose a question here since the topic was locked over on THR. In this thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=150679
chopinbloc made the following statement.
perhaps this has something to do with the fact that as we acclimatize the public to scenes of heavily armed, psuedo military types smashing in doors, they are less likely to resist. today a coke dealer, tomorrow a child porn distributor, next week it'll be paladin press.
With all that in mind, has anyone else here seen the commercial on TV where a groups of LEOs in all-black are performing a dynamic entry on an upstairs apartmet/motel room? It's an insurance commercial or something like that and it is supposed to be light humor. Makes my blood boil everytime I see it--so much so that I cannot even remember what the hell they are trying to sell.
People see this and eventually it becomes the norm, rather than the exception, that black-clad men in helmets with SBRs are knocking down people's doors for stupid, nonsense (most likely) drug offenses.
Comments, speculation? I am interested in comments from LEOs and everyone else alike.
Greg