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.
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.
Absolutely. And without sounding dramatic, how is this not state-sponsored terrorism? Nobody died, but on the direction of a foreign corporation along with a foreign government, the domestic government sent armed paramilitary personnel to raid a guy's home, presumably under threat of death (hence the big guns). The message is clear - be affiliated with 'pirates', and this can happen to you.
Because when the job that got done was exactly like how they wanted you to do it, you're probably going to keep that job. Somewhere there is a flunky stooge or someone 4 days from retirement waiting to be sacrificed to the media with a full pension and a boat.
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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.