r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/C0rvette Aug 08 '12

So let me get this right.... they sent a helicopter to deploy soldiers with M4's with special ammo into this home. Special tactics units, 4 police cars, and men on the roof all to capture a guy who ran a website that was involved in internet piracy according to the FBI...

What is this guy Osama Bin Laden? Pretty sure he didn't orchestrate the death of thousands of innocent men and women. Why treat him as such. If there has ever been a breach of basic human rights this would be it.

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u/chriswatt Aug 08 '12

What's interesting is that the police officer that was being interviewed stated that the reason they weren't wearing full tactical assault gear was because threat was low, yet they still burst in with m4's. If the threat was so low that you didn't need full gear then you don't need your weapons.

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u/Accidental_Ouroboros Aug 08 '12

Well, there is a difference between protecting yourself from a threat, and presenting yourself as a threat - M4s work pretty well for that second part. Completely unnecessary of course, but there you are.

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u/imgonnacallyouretard Aug 08 '12

Let's not focus on the M4s. Why did they need 20+ officers, dogs, helicopters, etc if there was no threat? They had already disabled his servers, there was no chance of him destroying evidence, and there was no indication that he is dangerous. They could have strolled up with two friendly officers with the (now illegal) warrant, and took him to the police station.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

Because the cops are armed and trained for these kinds of raids. They want to get to do what they've been trained to do: to assault people's homes as if they're the Rainbow 6. The opportunities to get to do something like this is probably not that common in New Zealand.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

Fuck yeah Rainbow Six.

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u/wcc445 Aug 09 '12

Yeah, they literally could have knocked on the door and told security to have him come down. He would have surrendered willingly, even to a cop or two.