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July 30th, 2008 by OutInMN | Posted in General Interest |

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan and Mayor R.T. Rybak have given medals and commendations to members of the SWAT team for their bravery in nearly killing an innocent family, whom they mistook for gangsters.

In handing out the medals, The Chief says:

The easy decision would have been to retreat under covering fire. The team did not take the easy way out. This is a perfect example of a situation that could have gone horribly wrong, but did not because of the professionalism with which it was handled.

In ridiculing this madness, Reason magazine says:

This is really beyond outrage. The city of Minneapolis is commending and rewarding its police officers for firing their weapons at innocent people. A family of eight was terrorized, assaulted, and nearly killed, and it’s the “perfect example” of a situation that could have gone wrong?

Read more about this criminal incompetence here and here.

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