Saturday, June 6, 2015

SWAT team destroys man's home to capture shoplifter 'In any civilized nation ... this is the act of paramilitary thugs'



SWAT team destroys man's home to capture shoplifter
'In any civilized nation ... this is the act of paramilitary thugs'
Leo Lech used to be a Denver-area homeowner and landlord, but that was before the local SWAT team, trying to extract a shoplifter who had forced his way inside, turning his investment into a condemned property.

“There was one gunman with a handgun and they chose to turn this house into something that resembles Osama Bin Laden’s compound,” Lech told Denver’s KMGH News.

Lech’s problems began about 2 p.m. Wednesday, miles away in Aurora, when Robert Jonathan Seacat, 33, was spotted attempting to shoplift. Seacat fled, abandoned his car at the local light rail and took off on foot. As luck would have it, Seacat randomly picked Lech’s Greenwood Village property to force his way into to hide.

The home, rented to Lech’s son and his fiance, was occupied at the time only by the woman’s nine-year-old son.

Seacat, armed with a handgun, opened fire on the police when they arrived at the house, setting in motion a 20-hour standoff. Fortunately, police dispatchers and the child’s mother were able to talk the child out of the house and, about 9 a.m. Thursday, Seacat was taken into custody.

According to police, the SWAT team employed chemical agents, flash-bang grenades and a “breaching ram” to punch large holes in nearly every room on the second floor.

A neighbor, whose home was used as SWAT headquarters during the siege, said police also used explosives to breach the wall of the house, the blast breaking a windshield in his vehicle.
“They drove their tanks right though all our fences here,” said the neighbor.

“There are holes just like this one all through the back of the house too,” Lech said. “They methodically fired explosives into every room in this house in order to extract one person. Granted, he had a handgun, but against 100 officers? You know, the proper thing to do would be to evacuate these homes around here, ensure the safety of the homeowners around here, fire some tear gas through the windows. If that didn’t work, you have 50 SWAT officers with body armor break down the door.”

Lech estimates his plan of action might have resulted in $10,000 damage to the house. Instead, police inflicted $250,000 worth of damage and the home may have to be demolished.

“This is an abomination,” he said. “This is an atrocity. To use this kind of force against one gunman,” Lech said.

KMGH sought comment from the Greenwood Village police chief and reported he said, “We did what we had to do to protect human life.”

SWAT team
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams are specialized tactical teams (SWAT) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). SWAT agents are specially trained to intervene in high-risk events like hostage and barricade situations.

Note: William D. Ruckelshaus was a director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and a director at the Energy Foundation.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank), the ClimateWorks Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the American Constitution Society.
Bill Ritter is a director at the Energy Foundation, was the district attorney for Denver (CO), and the Colorado state government governor.
Energy Foundation was a funder for the ClimateWorks Foundation.
William H. Webster is an honorary director for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the chair for the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and was a director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Frances Fragos Townsend was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and a counsel to the attorney general, assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Martin O'Malley was a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Baltimore (MD) mayor, and is the Maryland state government governor.
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Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police.
William J. Bratton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the commissioner for the New York City Police Department, was the police commissioner for Boston (MA), a superintendent for the Boston Metropolitan Police, and the chief for the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department.
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Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to John F. Kerry.
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Eric H. Holder Jr. was a board member for the American Constitution Society, an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, and is married to Sharon Malone.
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Leonard Bernstein hosted a fundraiser for party associates for the Black Panthers, and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams are specialized tactical teams (SWAT) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). SWAT agents are specially trained to intervene in high-risk events like hostage and barricade situations.
William D. Ruckelshaus was a director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and a director at the Energy Foundation.
Energy Foundation was a funder for the ClimateWorks Foundation.
Bill Ritter is a director at the Energy Foundation, was the district attorney for Denver (CO), and the Colorado state government governor.


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