Jan
08
2008
SWAT Team Abduct 11-Year Old Boy at Gunpoint
Posted by ThirstyJon in News, Politics, and World Events, tags: America, News Commentary, Police State, Politics“Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family’s home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak.The boy’s parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed in the weekend assault, and the boy’s father told WND it was all because a paramedic was upset the family preferred to care for their son themselves.” [Read More]
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I saw that the other day, too. That is just too scary. Why on earth would you need SWAT to come and take a little boy to the hospital? Good grief!
I think the police way over-reacted on this one. This highlights problems with the mentality that the government has the right to decide what is best for a child’s medical needs over the rights of the parents.
On the other hand, there are lots of crazy’s out there. It could be that the cops were just afraid and made a bad judgment call.
Sad stuff.
ThirstyJon