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eridani

(51,907 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2015, 06:57 AM Dec 2015

Police raid and utterly destroy home of single mother of 6 in hunt for fugitive who wasn't there

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/18/1461488/-Police-raid-and-utterly-destroy-home-of-single-mother-of-6-in-hunt-for-fugitive-who-wasn-t-there

A single mother and her six children are picking up the pieces after several police agencies, including the Cherokee County Sheriff’s deputies, local Galena, Kansas police, the Kansas Bureau of Investigations and the FBI used all their might to raid her home looking for 40-year-old Doug Alexius, an alleged member of a gang known as the “Joplin Honkies.”

The law enforcement agencies engaged in a 20-hour standoff, despite the homeowner insisting he was not in the house. Neighbors watched as police used military-style equipment to punch huge holes in the house, rip out the family’s Christmas tree and basically destroy destroy everything in the house:

"It's not pretty."

Vonda Maklin picks up the pieces

"It's like the destroying of your dream you know," she says after authorities tore up her neighbor’s home, poking holes in the walls with an armored military vehicle to coax out the suspect, Joplin Honky member Doug Alexius.

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Police raid and utterly destroy home of single mother of 6 in hunt for fugitive who wasn't there (Original Post) eridani Dec 2015 OP

We really do need to have a talk madokie Dec 2015 #1

This is a clear case where militarization of police made a major difference n/t eridani Dec 2015 #2

Justify This...what assholes. Lochloosa Dec 2015 #3

Essentially, this sounds like a slightly modified form of... ret5hd Dec 2015 #4

Folks, MJTFs have been doing this for years: Yep. WOD. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #5

Well ryan_cats Dec 2015 #6

Wait...they stood around for 20 hours and did not raid the house with tear gas and bullets? Rex Dec 2015 #7

did not one of those officers get sick to their stomach IcyPeas Dec 2015 #8

Yay, Cops! Iggo Dec 2015 #9

Nothing has changed since this came out. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #10

The Joplin Honkies? KamaAina Dec 2015 #11

I suspect the department will be buying her a nice mansion with plenty of room for the kids. KamaAina Dec 2015 #12

madokie

(51,076 posts)

1. We really do need to have a talk

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:28 AM

Dec 2015

between those who are supposed to protect us and those of us they're supposedly protecting. We really do need to have this conversation

The police in many cases are creating the start of terrorist right here in our own country. That family and witnesses will never be able to fully trust the police again. That you can bet on.

eridani

(51,907 posts)

2. This is a clear case where militarization of police made a major difference n/t

Reply to madokie (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:38 AM

Dec 2015

Lochloosa

(16,066 posts)

3. Justify This...what assholes.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 09:13 AM

Dec 2015

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ret5hd

(20,501 posts)

4. Essentially, this sounds like a slightly modified form of...

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 10:12 AM

Dec 2015

Israel's policy of destroying the homes of the family of terrorists.

How long till the family simply gets notification to evacuate within 10 minutes then the home is destroyed?

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

5. Folks, MJTFs have been doing this for years: Yep. WOD.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 03:57 PM

Dec 2015

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)

6. Well

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 04:01 PM

Dec 2015

Well, as long as the cops got home OK. I guess that's all that matters...

Rex

(65,616 posts)

7. Wait...they stood around for 20 hours and did not raid the house with tear gas and bullets?

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 04:05 PM

Dec 2015

What was Alexius supposed to be packing? A machine gun? I am surprised they were so scared or is it they just were acking to try out the military toys?

So they lady will get rembursed for her destroyed home? Well at least the cops get to go home at night to a chirstmas tree and warm cup of eggnog!

YAY COPS AND THE WAR ON DRUGS!