Militarization of Police gone too far?

[formercia]

WTOV9.com

AMISH ALTERCATION



Sheriff Says Amish Bishop Threatened To Kill Him

POSTED: 2:31 pm EDT September 19, 2007
UPDATED: 4:57 pm EDT September 19, 2007

The Jefferson County sheriff said he and his deputies received several death threats from an Amish bishop with regard to a child custody dispute, prompting him to have the regional SWAT team on standby Tuesday.

Sheriff Fred Abdalla was ordered to take Wilma Troyer's daughters, ages 21 months and 9 months, as part of a domestic dispute with her husband who currently lives with his family in Potter County, Pa.

The sheriff said he and one other deputy went alone up to the school to serve the court order, but said Troyer, an Amish teacher, instead locked herself in the building.

Attorney Bryan Felmet, spokesman for the Amish community, called the incident a raid and said the one-room schoolhouse was the stage for a dramatic showdown between an Amish mother and sheriff's deputies.

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Nobody could make this up....

[yella_dawg]

1. Please, please, please

Please tell me they tasered an Amish school teacher. That would put the icing on this week's news cake.

[tech3149]

2. If you hadn't noticed, this has been going on for decades

Here's one reference from no less than the Cato Institute.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476

It's not just deployment of SWAT teams for foolish reasons but riot squads and the general paranoia of law enforcement. Is there a reason for them to be concerned about their safety? Yea sure, but the threat has been oversold and buying the story is very profitable for a lot of people.