Pubdate: Sat, 10 Feb 2007
Source: Baltimore Chronicle (MD)
Copyright: 2007 The Baltimore Chronicle and the Sentinel
Contact:  http://baltimorechronicle.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/975
Author: Stan White

NO SWAT TEAMS ENTERING PRIVATE HOMES

Editor:

Dear Editor of the Baltimore Chronicle, When reading "The Empire 
Turns Its Guns on the Citizenry" (Jan. 24, 2007), I'm reminded of the 
Nazi swastika, and the resemblance makes me associate SWAT with the 
newly-coined term SWATSTIKA.

America must stop using SWAT military-style power for the war on 
drugs. SWAT has a history: using Gestapo tactics and entering private 
homes to conduct drug war warrants, including too many raids at wrong 
addresses, with too many innocent citizens killed in as little as 11 
seconds. Police are to serve and protect; SWAT is primed to kill.

SWATSTIKA; If the shoe fits and police doesn't like it, they should 
change shoes.

Stan White

Dillon, CO