The Escapades of the Illinois State Police

BY Herschel Smith
1 year ago

Via WiscoDave, this raid is simply horrendous, both in its justification and execution.  First, for all we know there was never a warrant.  Following the constitution isn’t an option – it wasn’t a justification for the SWAT team member to point into the sky and tell the home owners that a warrant existed somewhere with somebody else.  Without presenting a warrant, they had no right to be there at all.  You can tell that the team knows this and sort of stood around looking all confused in the middle of rolling up, right after they unnecessarily busted down doors to the property.

Next up, observe their equipment.  One has NODs and a battering ram.  The next one has a grenade launcher (presumably for gas) + NODs, combined with an EOTech sitting on top of his weapon (and if I’m not mistaken, no Peq15).  Finally, the third one has NODs, but I can’t tell if he has a Peq15 on that gun.

This is in the middle of the day.  They have NODs.  In the middle of the day.  And if the raid was so dangerous that they needed a SWAT team to pull it off, why do they have the time to stand around jawing with the victims of this absurdity?

Police everywhere have proven over and over again that they can’t be trusted.  They should be disarmed for the safety of the American people.  Only the responsible ones should have weapons, and they should go back to the .38 Spl wheel guns.  Police everywhere ought to be required to wear a uniform, tie and head cover at all times, and carry warrants with them if they presume to enter private property.

Finally, he’s muzzle flagging the victims of the raid.  They have poor muzzle discipline.  I’ve said many times before that you’re never in more danger than when the police are around.  Get away from them absolutely as soon as possible.

For those who don’t notice, this raid was perpetrated under the authority of the Sheriff of Mercer County, Illinois.  One might suppose that they didn’t feel comfortable with knocking on doors and chatting with the homeowners, so they requested the state police to drive up and bust down gates and batter through doors with equipment they don’t know how to use, all given to them by unnecessary FedGov spending after too many foreign misadventures that went on for far too long.  With such fear, how does one function every day in life?  If you follow the links to their web site, you get a WordPress platform ready to be built.  I don’t know how anybody even reaches this office when needed.  This has to be one of the goofiest, most unprofessional operations I’ve ever seen, the Sheriff + the Illinois State Police both considered.  They appear to be a bunch of goobers.

Apparently, the Sheriff does have an email address: dustin.terrill@leo.gov.


Comments

  1. On March 3, 2023 at 10:30 pm, Joe Blow said:

    All orcs must die.
    If you’re a good cop, quit.

  2. On March 3, 2023 at 10:32 pm, X said:

    “Police everywhere have proven over and over again that they can’t be trusted. They should be disarmed for the safety of the American people. Only the responsible ones should have weapons, and they should go back to the .38 Spl wheel guns. Police everywhere ought to be required to wear a uniform, tie and head cover at all times, and carry warrants with them if they presume to enter private property.”

    YESSSS!!!! 110%!!!

    Unfortunately, Hersch, you don’t live in a free country, you live in a corrupt police state! And you want to know who are some of the biggest enemies of freedom? “Conservatives” and Republicans who love nothing more than licking the boots of the cops on their throats.

    The truly “conservative” position is to FOLLOW THE BILL OF RIGHTS to the letter!

  3. On March 3, 2023 at 11:59 pm, george 1 said:

    They sure like their battle dress get ups don’t they. In normal law enforcement work, even when serving felony warrants, what does most of that kit do for you? You have access to all of the same equipment in a standard uniform. They even have LEO helmets with the agency logo on them, if their was a need for such.

    But I guess it looks cool to be in the latest camo. Quite Gucci.

  4. On March 4, 2023 at 6:47 am, Michael said:

    You ever notice SWAT Teams almost never go into the barrios and slums?

    Why? Because they’d get shot to bits by the gangbangers. As much as we talk smack about them, the last police after action report I read about a SWAT Raid in Philly it sounded like the gangbangers were punching firing ports through cinderblock walls and ceilings to ambush the Police.

    Same reason door to door firearms “recovery” never happens there. Plenty of illegal weapons but those folks will use them.

    A Walter Mitty 2Admendment isn’t a threat to the powers that be.

  5. On March 4, 2023 at 9:49 am, Bill Buppert said:

    Coproaches gonna coproach.

    When you dress to kill…

  6. On March 4, 2023 at 10:58 am, xtphreak said:

    The problem is, what DO you do when they show up like this with EXCESSIVE force?

    You aren’t convincing them THEY are in the wrong.

    You WILL get shot if you resist.

    THEY are the people you are supposed to call if somebody is breaking the law.

    WHO do you call when THEY are breathing the law?

  7. On March 4, 2023 at 11:01 am, xtphreak said:

    I hate this Stoopid “smartphone”

    I proof my text, and hit submit and it changes “breaking” to “breathing” before it sends

    It’s a conspiracy!!!

    They know I HATE typographical errors, so they do it to make me crazy!!!!

    AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHGHHHHHHH!!

  8. On March 4, 2023 at 12:24 pm, Dirk said:

    remember when you guys went to the party all dressed to kill, only the party hadn’t started cuz, the FEDs couldn’t keep the lies straight in the affidavit,

    then sadly the battery in the FEDs armored truck died. And and Sadly those criminals couldn’t even find shoes to wear, for the door kicking party

    Remember the time the State Trooper took the time to “remind you” he was only going to shoot your lower extremities with his super bitchen beanbag gun?

    And remember when the FEDs with the affidavit couldn’t make it, cuz the Battery and shit! so us and those darn ol State Police did show and tell.

    Yea was pushing 2200 and the Judge just wasn’t comfortable signing a “ No Knock Night Endorsement Warrant! So those State Police Opted to stick around until 0600 to execute the Warrant

    Yea, so we ended up bbqing hot dogs with those State Police, playing board games.

    I use to fucking hate it when nothing went right, we didn’t get to kick the door in and crush skulls,,,, even after we discovered we were at the wrong house! Who knew . O well forgive,,,forget

    A great way to screw up the op, and god forbid the photo op.

    My attempt at humor sucks, our nation is in decline, I clearly see that law enforcement is circling the toilet at the same speed as our nation falls from grace.

  9. On March 4, 2023 at 12:41 pm, Chas said:

    “And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?” Maybe it’s time to take the fight to them and theirs..

  10. On March 4, 2023 at 1:11 pm, Frank Clarke said:

    Chas said: “Maybe it’s time to take the fight to them and theirs.”

    I’m reminded of a story told by Mike Vanderboegh about the aftermath of the Waco massacre. An FBI agent asked a militia-type whether the militia would roll to the location of another such action, and the reply was “Why would we waste time going –there–? There’s plenty of you guys right here where we are.”

    Mike later berated me for a scene in “Tipping Point” where, after an FBI agent is killed on duty, an assassin team goes to his home and kills his wife and child. That’s not, Mike said, how the Three Percent would operate. I explained that, in war, horrible things happen even when we don’t want them to happen.

    On some day in the future, horrible things will begin to happen. That’s just the way it is.

  11. On March 4, 2023 at 4:23 pm, Phil Ossiferz Stone said:

    I share the common sense of outrage and disgust, but I’m not sure you bolster your case by quoting an obvious queer/trannie Abolish The Police activist. There is no modus vivendi with those people. None.

  12. On March 4, 2023 at 4:39 pm, Herschel Smith said:

    @Phil,

    Who did that, and what is the quote? I only quote myself, and I have no idea whom else you’re talking about.

  13. On March 4, 2023 at 5:29 pm, Chas said:

    Hershel, my guess is Phil is referring to my statement from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I don’t know or care about his sexual preferences, but Russians today are not the Russians of yesteryear.. I have stood side by side with enemies to fight our mutual enemies in my youth and we walked away without killing each other and developed a mutual respect, so if burning bridges with people that have a similar dog in the fight is his wish, all I can say is, when the shit hits the fan, don’t look around for someone to stand beside you.. You are on your own.. Via Con Dios…

  14. On March 4, 2023 at 5:55 pm, SamlAdams said:

    So this was over a civil estate settlement—and items like baseball cards, John Deere memorabilia, 2 lamps….? I read the “seized items” list. Man, a better make sure I don’t forget to pick up my dogs crap. A man could get shot for that.

  15. On March 4, 2023 at 6:13 pm, xtphreak said:

    @ Phil Ossiferz Stone

    That’s a quote from The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn).

    Try expanding your horizons.

    Read a book, whydontya.

  16. On March 4, 2023 at 9:05 pm, Levi Garrett said:

    I believe Phil Ossiferz Stone was referencing the tweet above by the fella with the handle of “Oldmin the Elder”, not Solzhenitsyn. If you look to the right of the guy’s name, there’s a black flag, gay pride flag, and trannie flag.

  17. On March 5, 2023 at 5:00 pm, Grunt said:

    They hate you. You are the enemy. Little boys playing dress up and told that if they don’t get you, you will get them.

  18. On March 6, 2023 at 12:58 pm, Steady Steve said:

    They all have names and addresses. The best way to neutralize these fools is to put a “friendly” into their department to gather personal info on them. And then let it be known that info is out there. They are more likely to play nice if they believe their homes and families are under threat.

  19. On March 7, 2023 at 4:08 pm, Bradley A Graham said:

    …… when the language of your local law enforcement is violence, be fluent.

  20. On March 13, 2023 at 8:04 am, Honey Smith said:

    This vid popped up on my YT feed this morning. I don’t use tiktok, so I googled the topic and I stumbled across this. Hope yall don’t mind if I weigh in. Wish I could say that I’m surprised, that I’m shocked, that this is America blase blah…I hope no one minds but that’s just the problem. I’m not. This mess happens all over the states. Every day. Multiple times to people of all ages, races and socioeconomic status. This sh*t is out of control. I’m positive that every department has their resident warrant application writer who they pass to the crooked judges who don’t care about our freedoms, rights, or well being. At which time someone more often than not gets abused, humiliated and locked up for the night. We all know how this goes! I don’t have the entire story behind this vid but imma do some research on this one. We all need to watch our backs so we don’t get shot in them.

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