{"id":830,"date":"2006-02-05T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2006-02-05T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/history-of-violence-or-lack-thereof\/"},"modified":"2006-02-05T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2006-02-05T14:58:22","slug":"history-of-violence-or-lack-thereof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/history-of-violence-or-lack-thereof","title":{"rendered":"History of violence, or lack thereof"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radley Balko has a piece in the Washington Post about Salvatore Culosi, that unarmed optometrist who was accidentally shot to death by a SWAT team<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Fairfax apparently serves all of its search warrants with SWAT teams. But officials and county residents need to ask themselves if they want to live in a community in which routine police work and vice warrants are carried out by officers armed with gear more appropriate to a battlefield. Their answer may determine whether Salvatore Culosi represents an accident or a trend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Radley Balko has a piece in the Washington Post about Salvatore Culosi, that unarmed optometrist who was accidentally shot to death by a SWAT team: Fairfax apparently serves all of its search warrants with SWAT teams. But officials and county residents need to ask themselves if they want to live in a community in which … <\/p>\n

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