SWAT invasion of innocent people's house here in Evansville, Indiana

[IndyDave1776]

“To bring a whole SWAT team seems a little excessive,” says Milan.
Authorities say it should prove their point, though.
“This is a big deal to us,” Sgt. Jason Cullum, a police department spokesman, tells the Courier Press. “This may be just somebody who was online just talking stupid. What I would suggest to anybody who visits websites like that is that their comments can be taken literally.”

EPD goes JBT on grandmother and granddaughter, but BY GOD THEY PROVED THAT THEY TAKE ANONYMOUS THREATS SERIOUSLY! Nice!

 

[HeadlessRoland]

HOLY **** -

Anyone notice that NO warrant can be found?

This new chief is proving himself to be a hothead and if he did this without a warrant, he needs to resign, immediately. The entire mess reeks to Heaven.

He admits in the article that he has not enough evidence to arrest anyone. So WTF is he doing executing a search warrant on ANYONE? This situation is no matter how you look at this.

History will show that someone on the internet MAC-spoofed or otherwise hopped on someone's internet, talked trash, riled the police chief, who then pretended to get a warrant, cleared it with the prosecutor (Nick Hermann needs to be fired too if true), invited the news along for a supposedly-justifiable police raid showing the citizenry WHY WE NEED THEM, and went in hot to make an example of the people/person threatening his family. This stinks to high Heaven and it surely sours the nostrils of God.

 

[IndyDave1776]

HOLY **** -

Anyone notice that NO warrant can be found?

This new chief is proving himself to be a hothead and if he did this without a warrant, he needs to resign, immediately. The entire mess reeks to Heaven.

He admits in the article that he has not enough evidence to arrest anyone. So WTF is he doing executing a search warrant on ANYONE? This situation is no matter how you look at this.

History will show that someone on the internet MAC-spoofed or otherwise hopped on someone's internet, talked trash, riled the police chief, who then pretended to get a warrant, cleared it with the prosecutor (Nick Hermann needs to be fired too if true), invited the news along for a supposedly-justifiable police raid showing the citizenry WHY WE NEED THEM, and went in hot to make an example of the people/person threatening his family. This stinks to high Heaven and it surely sours the nostrils of God.

What do you expect? The illustrious Chief was a desk sergeant who is reaping political patronage.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

What do you expect? The illustrious Chief was a desk sergeant who is reaping political patronage.

Even worse, it looks like Kiely just gave carte blanche in violation of law, they stated that THEY HAD NO PARTICULAR SUSPECT. "Particularly describing, et. al." WTF?! It's one thing to march happily to tyranny. It's another to awaken and find the monster right at one's door. I have no idea who is truly luckier - the homeowners that they didn't wind up with severe cases of lead poisoning - or the police, for the same reason. This is insane. I am fleeing the area as soon as I can afford it, this **** is ******. Totally ******. Completely ******* ******. Winnecke's support of this sort of tyranny means he is to be removed from office. Bolin's actions - if supported by evidence - mean he needs to be removed from office. Kiely's actions - if supported by evidence - mean he needs to be removed from office.

How do we organize one of those STUPID ballot initiative-referendums?
This is unacceptable. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore."

 

[Roadie]

..and to add icing to the cake, they said "If we had to do it over again, we wouldn't change a thing"

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Oh so now they KNOW who it is and they are looking for him, but they just didn't want to put in on the warrant.

At least they used up their second warrant but they know another is just a phone call away...

WFIE NEWS

 

[JetGirl]

Did you enjoy the quote about SWAT is necessary anytime someone MAY have access to automatic semiauto, BOLT ACTION OR LEVER ACTION RIFLES... Give me a break, SWAT is going to bust in because Cletus has a Winchester 1897 in 44-40?

Ownership of "an automatic, semi-auto, or bolt/lever action rifle, or explosives" pretty much includes everyone I know. Even the non-gunowners at this point (who've purchased a ton of fireworks but can't set them off due to burn bans)...

 

[CathyInBlue]

Not to get all conspiratorial or nothin', but what if they get to the bottom of this and it turns out truthfully to be a brother in blue? Maybe a lower level officer pissed about upper management and blowing off steam. Maybe it gets traced back to the EPD and was bootstrapped from there.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Evansville man claims he, friend are suspects in police threat case » Evansville Courier & Press

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I smell another big payday in the works. Those poor taxpayers will be forking over big for this one, too.

 

[CX1]

Ownership of "an automatic, semi-auto, or bolt/lever action rifle, or explosives" pretty much includes everyone I know. Even the non-gunowners at this point (who've purchased a ton of fireworks but can't set them off due to burn bans)...

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Yes, but did you look at the threat matrix? Not knowing if you have any of those items also grants points to the total.
I ran the threat matrix against my 92 year old neighbor lady. SWAT is required should they need to execute a warrant based on her score.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

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Yes, but did you look at the threat matrix? Not knowing if you have any of those items also grants points to the total.
I ran the threat matrix against my 92 year old neighbor lady. SWAT is required should they need to execute a warrant based on her score.

Even a score of '1' dictates a possible SWAT entry

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Here is the backstory of why the EPD thinks that SWATing multiple houses in Evansville are worth it for the public good. This man once defended his home from three burglers claiming to be police and shot one of them with a super scary 'assault rifle.'

Home invasion ends in shooting » Evansville Courier & Press

 

[Rookie]

Evansville man claims he, friend are suspects in police threat case » Evansville Courier & Press

"He was posing with a gun hanging out of his waistband and there's another where he's pointing the gun at the camera in gangster-type poses," Bolin said."

Forget SWAT, call in the marines!

 

[jeremy]

I wish we could legally emplace mines and claymores around our homes...

 

[TaunTaun]

I wish we could legally emplace mines and claymores around our homes...

You mean that isn't legal?



Ooops...

 

[Roadie]

Here is the backstory of why the EPD thinks that SWATing multiple houses in Evansville are worth it for the public good. This man once defended his home from three burglers claiming to be police and shot one of them with a super scary 'assault rifle.'

Home invasion ends in shooting » Evansville Courier & Press

I am confused.. is that the same Derrick Murphy that claims he made the threats on Topix?

 

[Titanium_Frost]

I am confused.. is that the same Derrick Murphy that claims he made the threats on Topix?

No, its Derrick Murray. The guy with the assault rifle is the one EPD thinks is making the threats, he denies making any threats on Topix.

 

[Roadie]

No, its Derrick Murray. The guy with the assault rifle is the one EPD thinks is making the threats, he denies making any threats on Topix.

OK, Murray, lol.. but the same guy that defended himself against burglars posing as cops, is also a suspect in the Topix postings..

 

[Titanium_Frost]

OK, Murray, lol.. but the same guy that defended himself against burglars posing as cops, is also a suspect in the Topix postings..

Yes.