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78. Sean Gregory, “10 Questions for Shaquille O’Neal,” Time, October 30, 2006.

79. Tim Kenneally, “Steven Seagal Lawsuit: Don’t Bring a Tank to a Cockfight,” TheWrap.com, March 8, 2012.

80. See Steve Silberman, “Don’t Try This at Home,” Wired, June 2006.

81. See Naureen Khan, “Man whose home was searched cries foul in koi case,” Austin-American Statesman online, July 16, 2010, available at: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sharedgen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2010/07/16/man_cries_foul_in_koi_fish_cas.html.

82. Radley Balko, “Dogs Caught in a Deadly Crossfire,” The Daily Beast, July 19, 2009.

83. Joseph Pentangelo, interview with the author, July 2009.

84. Norm Stamper, interview with the author, August 2012.

85. Russ Jones, interview with the author, August 2012.

86. Mackenzie Carpenter, “The Reluctant Poster Boy,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 4, 2009.

87. Radley Balko, “Scenes from a Crackdown,” Reason, October 5, 2009.

88. Pat Pheifer, “Few Arrested at RNC Face Charges,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, February 20, 2009.

89. Felisa Cardona, “Undercover Cops Were Among the Unruly at DNC,” Denver Post, November 6, 2008.

90. Ernest Luning, “Denver Police ‘Beat the Crowds’ T-shirt No Laughing Matter, Protesters Charge,” Colorado Independent, September 25, 2008.

91. “Scott Olsen, Iraq War Veteran Hurt in Occupy Oakland Protests, Leaves Hospital,” Associated Press, November 13, 2011.

92. Colin Moynihan, “Three Sue over Pepper-Spraying by Police at Fall Occupy Wall St. Protest,” New York Times, July 31, 2012.

93. Steven Greenhut, “Conservatives Side with Pepper-Spraying Thugs,” LewRockwell.com, November 23, 2011.

94. Jesse Walker, “Report: When Obama Became President, Right-Wing Violence Fell,” Reason.com, January 22, 2013; Spencer Ackerman, “Report: US Muslim Terrorism Was Practically Nil in 2012,” Wired, February 1, 2013.

95. Bill Morlin, “Ruby Ridge Carved Niche in History,” Idaho Spokesman-Review, August 19, 2012.

96. Craig Barrett, “From the Program Manager,” All Points Bulletin 3 (1, October 2011), published by the Law Enforcement Support Office.

97. G. W. Schulz and Andrew Becker, “Free Military Surplus Gear a Boon to Local Calif. Law Enforcement,” California Watch, March 29, 2012.

98. Charles Earl Barnett, interview with the author, August 2008.

99. Scarlet Sims, “The Case of the .50 Caliber Rifle,” Log Cabin Democrat, September 26, 2012.

100. Donovan Slack, “Even Small Localities Got Big Guns,” Boston Globe, June 15, 2009.

101. Avina v. US, 681 F.3d 1127, No. 11-55004 (9th Cir. 2012). See also Mike Riggs, “Here’s How the Obama Administration Defended DEA Agents Who Put a Gun to a Little Girl’s Head,” Reason.com, June 19, 2012.

102. David Frum, How We Got Here: The 70s: The Decade That Brought You Modern Life—For Better or Worse (New York: Basic Books, 2000).

103. Ed Burns, interview with the author.

104. Jim Stewart, “Use of SWAT Teams Up Greatly Across the Country,” CBS This Morning, December 9, 1997.

105. Michael Cooper, “As Number of Police Raids Increase, So Do Questions,” New York Times, May 26, 1998; Al Guart, “‘Spruill Effect’ on Drug Busts,” New York Post, January 25, 2004; Brian A. Reaves, “Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1996”; Brian A. Reaves, “Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2008,” US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics; “Johnston Police Use Military Surplus Assault Rifles, Humvees to Train, Equip SWAT Team,” Providence Journal, December 5, 2012.

1. The Calvo raid narrative is from multiple author interviews with Cheye Calvo, other reporting by the author, and April Witt, “Deadly Force,” Washington Post Magazine, February 1, 2009; Cheye Calvo, “Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo Recounts Errant SWAT Raid,” Washington Post, September 20, 2009; Cheye Calvo, “Should No-Knock Police Raids Be Rare or Routine?” partial transcript of his speech at a Cato Institute Policy forum, published in Cato Policy Report (November-December 2008); Cheye Calvo, “Live Chat with Mayor Cheye Calvo,” TheAgitator.com, February 26, 2009; “Deadly Force” (live chat with Cheye Calvo and April Witt), WashingtonPost.com, February 2, 2009.

2. See Maryland House Bill 577, signed into law May 26, 2005, available at: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2010rs/bills/hb/hb0577f.pdf.

3. Rosalind S. Helderman, “Pr. George’s Officers Lacked ‘No-Knock’ Warrant in Raid,” Washington Post, August 6, 2008.

4. Daniel Valentine, “Prince George’s Council Confirms Magaw as Police Chief,” Gazette.net, July 6, 2011.

5. Ruben Castanada, “Lawyers Find Fault with Pr. George’s Drug Arrests,” Washington Post, October 14, 2008.

6. Marc Fisher, “No Police Work in This Botched Action,” Washington Post, September 14, 2008.

7. Rosalind S. Helderman and Aaron C. Davis, “Pr. George’s Police Arrest 2 in Marijuana-Shipping Plot,” Washington Post, August 7, 2008.

8. “Deadly Force” (live chat with Cheye Calvo and April Witt), WashingtonPost.com.

9. Michelle Gielan, “Mayor’s Dogs Killed in Drug Raid,” CBS Early Show, August 8, 2008.

10. Daniel Valentine, “Johnson: County on Good Path,” Gazette.net, October 23, 2008.

11. Rosalind S. Helderman and Aaron C. Davis, “Killing of Mayor’s 2 Dogs Justified, Pr. George’s Finds,” Washington Post, September 5, 2008.

12. CNN American Morning, August 8, 2008.

13. “Deputies Raid Wrong Address, Kill Couple’s Dog,” WJLA-7, Washington, DC, November 19, 2007.

14. Rosalind S. Helderman and Aaron C. Davis, “FBI to Review Raid That Killed Mayor’s Dogs,” Washington Post, August 8, 2008.

15. Brendan Kearney, “Family Sues Howard County over Dog Shooting,” The Daily Record, July 28, 2009.

16. Mike Santa Rita, “Two County Residents Detail Police Raids,” Columbia Flier, March 3, 2009.

17. Don Markus, “Questionable Force,” Baltimore Sun, March 1, 2009.

18. Cheye Calvo, “Statement of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo on Passage of SWAT Team Reporting Legislation” (press release), April 9, 2009.

19. Peter Hermann, “Numbers Paint Portrait of SWAT Team Use,” Baltimore Sun, February 24, 2010.

20. Ruben Castaneda, “Settlement in Md. Town Mayor’s Lawsuit,” Washington Post, January 24, 2011.

21. Donald Santarelli, interview with the author, August 2012.

22. See “Monks Arrested In SWAT Team Action,” KETV Omaha, February 24, 2006, available at: http://www.ketv.com/Monks-Arrested-In-SWAT-Team-Action/-/9675214/10073774/-/13mbrtfz/-/index.html.

23. Stephen Downing, interview with the author, August 2012.

24. Neill Franklin, interview with the author, August 2012.

25. Norm Stamper, interview with the author, August 2012.

26. Ibid.

27. Neill Franklin, interview with the author, August 2012.

28. Carolyn Carlson, “Email Reveals Shocked Sheriff,” Albuquerque Journal, December 21, 2006.

29. Russell Jones, interview with the author, August 2012.

ABC News, 195, 209

Abolitionists, 20

Accountability, 34, 39, 125, 242, 261, 268–269, 280, 297, 304, 319, 328–331, 334, 335

ACLU, 156, 163, 247, 257, 295

Adams, John, xi, 1, 10, 15

Adams, Sam, 15

Administrative searches, 284–285