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Knock, Knock. Who’s There? Heavily Armed Agents Here to Seize Your Car. Who Are You With? The EPA.
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/07/163047-knock-knock-whos-heavily-armed-agents-seize-car-epa/
The “new-look” EPA is complete with a heavily armed SWAT team that conducts commando-style raids,,,
William do you believe everything you read? The land Rover was seized #1 because it was illegally imported and #2 It does not meet US Epa guidelines. It seems overseas exporters/domestic importers of the Land Rover Defender are changing the VIN Number to reflect an older model that did meet EPA standards.
ReplyDelete2 crimes involved in this one William, illegal import, wrong VIN for the car. But keep on defending them. It's your right to be mis informed.
http://www.wbtv.com/story/26075071/woman-has-questions-after-agents-seize-land-rovers
this is the local news channel. They probably know more about the case then your rogue website.
And this justifies a Federal swat team to perform repo?
ReplyDeleteYou never know when a person with a Land Rover may have a bazooka in the glove box.
DeleteI would have expected a drone attack instead, EPA must be getting soft.
No William it doesn't but this is the direction all law enforcement has taken. In almost every instance when a group of law enforcement from any source assembles it looks like a swat/military operation. Today's world my friend.
DeleteRegardless. This is no way to treat citizens.
DeleteOver 40 Land Rovers were seized. Here is a more detailed account from an auto enthusiast web site.
Deletehttp://jalopnik.com/the-feds-just-seized-40-land-rovers-imported-to-the-u-s-1605985758
William I agree it shouldn't be that way but the sad reality is that it is. It is one of the things that drove me out of law enforcement. At the time I left the rural county I worked for was preparing to develop a swat team and a K-9 squad two things that they neither had the money for our needed. Ours was a county force of about 25 deputies in a rural county. In 20 years there was 1 murder. There were 40,000 people spread over 400 square miles. 10,000 of those lived in one township. The rest of the place was tobacco and dairy farms. I would venture to say that the need for either one of these squads would arise maybe, MAYBE once in ten years. But they got 'em and the militarization of the dept began. When I first got into law enforcement people still considered us as a service in their time of need not a force to fear. Things have changed a lot in 30 years haven't they.
DeleteI a related story, I had a substitute money guy come to the store the other Saturday. They bring change and pick up our deposits. This guy had on fingerless padded gloves, a flak vest to which was attached at least 6 clips for his gun, hand cuffs, radios even a pocket for his cell phone so he could also use it as a back up radio, and he was rude as hell. A couple of MRE and a canteen and this guy was ready for combat and he is riding around in an armored car all day so this shit is spreading.
I'm so relieved. Now we can all breath easier.
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