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Recently, during a discussion with a local group of citizens (just the average, run of the mill, law abiding citizens) I learned that many of them believe our Police Departments, Sheriff Departments and Highway Patrol throughout the country are taking greater action against generally law abiding citizens. Is it true?

The definition of law abiding would be “citizens who believe in upholding the law, regardless of personal desires, because it’s the right thing to do”.

Given that description, I understand the issue of occasional lapse in judgment and getting a speeding or traffic violation, but seriously, there are greater issues here.

One young man was locked out of his apartment for about an hour with his child in plain view (everything okay, just locked out) and was arrested for child endangerment, because he was locked out? HUH?

Citizens are being harrassed on a daily basis because their properties don’t look like the mayor, the city inspector, or a police officer believe they should look. Is there a focus here?

Whatever happened to the right to property ownership and doing what you want on your own property?

All while illegal aliens (those saints of the sand from Mexico and the Middle East) take up residence and terrorize our nation? What’s with that?

This land is your land, this land is their land, This land is free from sea to sea… What ever happened to MY LAND?

SWAT Raid in Lamar?

I hesitate to ask this question, but it’s a question that must be asked. If this minor issue required SWAT to come in and take over, who will they call in if we have a major big event happen? Over the past several months, the City Police Department has expanded to include a new Police Chief and many new officers. The drug busts have increased, traffic violations are no longer an issue, they’re a standard. The police department no longer actually fills out any vandolism reports unless they can find the criminal (is this to increase their standing on crime to solution based data?), and there are issues outstanding that are ignored. But…

It’s all good! We have SWAT to the RESCUE!

However, as a lifetime resident of this fair community, I hazzard to guess what the response will be if a major event takes place.

SWAT wasn’t handled in any way effectively in this raid. Can you imagine pulling up to a crime scene, guns blazing in a terrorist event. Where oh where is Bruce Willis? We may need his “kill ‘em all and blow the building to hadies” Die Hard tactics before this is all over.

Will there be any real residents left? That is the question.

I wonder if this will go down in History alongside the Fleagle Gang at the Big Timbers Museum?