a man in a sweatshirt and jeans jumped out with a gun in his hand

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" That was the end of the story until Mr. Graber posted video of the encounter on YouTube. Then six state troopers showed up with a search warrant, seized two computers, two laptops and a camera. The officers served the warrant at 6:45 a.m. on a weekday, detaining Mr. Graber's family for 90 minutes and forbidding his mother from leaving for work and his younger sister from going to school until the search was complete. Mr. Graber says he was shown a copy of a search warrant with a judge's signature on it but was only allowed to keep an unsigned copy — because the judge's identity is being kept secret.

Mr. Graber, who serves in the Air National Guard, was detained for 26 hours in the Baltimore County jail before seeing a judge to set his bond."
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Note: I think this is why they call it "The People's Republic of Maryland"
Cops in sweatshirts, running around with guns - hey it's a big party! An episode of 24 with every arrest - until they get caught acting like a bunch of jackasses with guns. Insane police up there in Maryland. A Felony? The police are their own worst enemy.

Calif. Police on Alert for Deadly Traps

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"First, a natural gas pipe was shoved through a hole drilled into the roof of the gang enforcement unit's headquarters. The building filled with flammable vapor but an officer smelled the danger before anyone was hurt.

"It would have taken out half a city block," Capt. Tony Marghis said."

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Note: I never thought I'd see this happen in America in my lifetime.
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UPDATE MARCH 25, 2010 Trucks burned in possible threat to Calif. police

Phoenix police raid home of blogger whose writing is highly critical of them

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"A month before the trial, he and a few friends launched the website as a rant against the police department. When he went to trial in May 2008, his charges were immediately dismissed because of lack of evidence, he said.

“We were going to shut down the website after that but then all of a sudden all these good cops started hitting the site and sending us tips,” he said.

He said they would also deliver all kinds of internal documents from within the department exposing everything from a cop with multiple DUIs to another cop whose son was a child molester and was trying to get on the force (and was eventually arrested)."
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Note: Eventually - as long as everybody keeps doing their part - the good cops will outnumber the bad cops. We'll need some changes to the law as well - but that may occur as the good cops move up to replace some of the bad ones in charge - and some of the issues dividing everyone get the exposure required from police who don't have to fear for their lives when they speak the truth.