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RE: Afroman being sued by police for using his own security camera footage in a video
Why on earth would you need to bring so many guys to look through one person's house and is the militaristic gear really necessary for a person that has no violent history? It's just absurd and dumb.Simple. The war on drugs and war on terrorism have turned local police departments into paramilitary units. They've recreated Operation Phoenix here in the states but instead of busting commies they're targeting any American who deviates from prescribed normalcy. Would they ever do this to a guy who likes to drink Whiskey and smoke tobacco and likes to sing about it or a guy who likes to take prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and sing about it? Of course not. The right monied interests are profiting and the state is getting their cut.
It's all pretty maddening and it is also a waste of money. In a normal society the search warrant would be served by a couple of calm officers or even a team of officers most of whom aren't even armed. Did they seriously expect a terrible rapper who writes music about dumb shit to bell tower them with a 50 cal as soon as they got near the property?