One must wonder at the federal task forces on crime. Are the forces assembled on the spot, just to qualify for federal funding? Do we count as a "fugitive" someone who did no worse than moving without notifying their probation officer?
I encountered a raid a couple weeks back, The officers I spoke to did not fully know what was going on, telling me they were called in and dispatched at the last moment. They arrived knowing little more than that they were told to be there for the arrest of the fugitive.
Speaking to the "fugitive" who was arrested, he told me he had failed to "check in."
So, what? Maybe 20 officers descend on him? The U.S. Marshals call the accompanying agencies at the last moment and have them participate, just so they can justify it as a federal task force raid, and justify their abuse of taxpayer money?
It is an abuse of funds. As taxpayers, we should be wary of this. I will be attempting to make an FOI (Freedom of Information) Act request, asking the U.S. Marshals Service to list how many times the Salt Lake City office has been involved in such raid in 2020, or at least in the the last few months, and to say why the person was being arrested and what the warrant was for in each case.
I will not be surprised if the Marshals Service fails to release that information.
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