We were talking about this yesterday. Even as a JBT I think SWAT is HIGHLY overused.
If this was due to fraud, then I hope they catch her... but even if she had lived there, sending in a SWAT team to collect evidence of loan fraud is way beyond the scope of what I want my gubment doing. If the student aid program is that rife with abuse, then perhaps they need to implement some better measures to prevent it in the first place as well.
I agree with you completely but the title of the thread is misleading in the extreme: Pay your student loans or get raided!
It's a criminal investigation, not a debt collection.
There probably aren't any good guys in this story.
The guys wife, and possibly him too, are likely involved in defrauding the federal government and the federal agency enforced a search warrant with unnecessary tactics.
...only because the initial story reported it as a debt collection and I stated in the OP that there hopefully was more to the story. And now there is.
Still doesn't change the subject of why the Department of Education needs to have LEOs that conduct raids. If they have some evidence of criminal activity, why not turn it over to the DOJ? Does every federal agency have to employ active door kickers?
(I do have to add that when the story broke about them buying shotguns, I was on their side. At least from the standpoint that if you are going to employ LEOs, then they should be properly equipped and trained. That is entirely seperate from the discussion of whether or not you need those LEOs in the first place)
Ya I think when the story broke originally, they didn't know anything more than the interview with the guy. Typicall negligent reporting by the media.
In any case though, I'm just still in disbelief that the DOE has this power on their own and would exercise it in this way.
What do you know Triple A?
I kid, I kid.......
I kid because I love..........
That said, I wish SWAT was overused. I'd be making a lot more overtime.
Michael Brown
Increasingly in our country, some are more equal than others. When any person's rights are violated by excessive and inappropriate use of force by the government, the rights of all citizens are put at risk. SWAT being used inappropriately is just a part of the worsening atmosphere of abusive practices.
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The US Department of Education should not even exist, let alone have any LE authority. WOW.
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