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Where was the SWAT teams today? (Original Post) Catmusicfan Aug 2017 OP
I'm gonna guess... SHRED Aug 2017 #1
Last night a DUer posted that the governor of VA did call the National Guard. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #2
They were serving warrants for non violent, consensual drug offenses A HERETIC I AM Aug 2017 #3
Marching with the alt-right? CanonRay Aug 2017 #4

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
2. Last night a DUer posted that the governor of VA did call the National Guard.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 07:29 PM
Aug 2017

I don't know where they were today but several sources say that the police who were there initially did nothing to stop the violence and only intervened after it escalated and it was too little too late. They are partially to blame.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,365 posts)
3. They were serving warrants for non violent, consensual drug offenses
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 07:33 PM
Aug 2017

And by "serving" I mean violently busting down doors to arrest small time possession

That's what the overwhelming usage of a SWAT team is in this country

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