Discussion: Stone Lawyer Complains About 'SWAT Team Arrest': 'There Was No Need' For That

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Florida is the Stand Your Ground state. No reason that a SWAT team should take any chances.

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Stone Lawyer Complains About ‘SWAT Team Arrest’: 'There Was No Need’ For That

Agree, these raids have become all too common. The use of those state funded assassins should be limited to situations when actual hostages have been take.

Don’t tase me bro!

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Sorry Stone attorney Grant Smith, but the SWAT team is the only FBI team that is still funded, thanks to your clients bestie shutting down the government. How would it have looked if your client “stood his ground” and shot at, or wounded an unpaid FBI agent during the arrest?

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Yes. There was a need for that:

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To be fair, when you’re taking in a Batman Supervillain, you can’t be too prepared.

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Maybe he can tape this photo on the wall in his cell.

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The SWAT team was to ensure Stone had no time to destroy evidence.

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Maybe not, but it was very satisfying from where I sit.

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We were thinking the same thought! See the Riddler I posted.

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Ahhh, white privilege…

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Who’s the drum majorette standing next to the second-rate Oswald Cobblepot?

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Feels like our posts should be reversed in order…heh.

“there was no need” for the “SWAT team” to show up at his home.

What a Fun Friday - and it’s early. More please…

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It was a practice run for Mar-a-lago…

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Stone got the same treatment as his old business partner Manafort. I think it was too gentle.

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Hey, there was never a need for all those showy, expensive Make A Gaffe Again rallies, either. So let’s let bygones be bygones.

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Maybe the show of force was to emphasize to this supremely unserious man that this shit is serious.

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