An innocent man was killed in Florida by a SWAT Team because of faulty intelligence:
It all started when a confidential informant lied to police about Westcott. That informant, who approached the Tampa Bay Times in July using the name Coogle, was a 50-year-old felon and drug addict.
Coogle says that he was “the principal Tampa Police Department informer against at least five suspects this year,” according to the Times. He was part of nine undercover operations, with Tampa’s police chief praising his “track record.”
But Coogle says that he repeatedly lied about suspects, and also stole drugs that he used tax-payer money (from police) to purchase. He admits that he completely fabricated everything about Jason Westcott, a young man who had no criminal convictions whatsoever.
But that lie was all police needed – no fact checking or verification of the rumors Coogle spun. They asked for and received a warrant to kick down his door for a drug raid.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/video-swat-team-kills-innocent-man-drug-raid-found-just-2-marijuana/200738/
Get one thing through your head - the police are not your friend. They do not "protect and serve" you or me. It's not clear they are anyone's friend.
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