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To: TimF who wrote (6227)9/15/2007 6:37:40 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 13056
 
Wrong house:

A West Philadelphia family says they were terrorized in their own home Sunday night and blame the Philadelphia Police Department. The Narcotics Division was conducting an undercover operation, responding to complaints of drug deals happening on a home on the 5400 block of Summer Street.

"The officers responded to the wrong home," said Inspector Aaron Horne, commanding officer of the Narcotics Division. "They made a forced entry. Once inside they were alerted to the fact it was the wrong residence."

The police department spouted the usual line about how this almost never happens. Except that it's the second incident in Philly this month. Also, this isn't particularly comforting:

In this case, he says surveillance officers didn't give an address of the home they were targetting.

"They gave a physical description, house with a black storm door, in front of the residence was a pick up truck. Unfortunately there was a house 5 doors away that had a black storm door with pick up in front. The officers didn't have time to determine which house was which," said Inspector Horne.

So instead, they just took their chances, knowing there was a 50-50 shot they would end up terrorizing innocent people?...

theagitator.com

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LOL!!!! Keystone Kops found work again, huh? :-)
Isn't this how cities lose suits?

No, Starbucks. Not Yours in San Fran!
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coyoteblog.com;

Love the comments! NOW we need to find out who has exactly 11 coffee shops in SF and we know who bought the vote! :-)

If Starbucks can't see several grounds for suit in this one, they need a new law firm! :-)

Fast food outlets cause gangs!
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To: TimF who wrote (6227)9/15/2007 7:24:12 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 13056
 
That coffee chain that has exactly 11 stores? It's PEET'S!
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Not Martha & Bros.

Peet's is a local SF Bay area chain.

Sneaky b*****ds. Can't win honestly, so they lock out the competition by law. And the taxpayer's of SF get to pay for the defense against the lawsuit that Starbuck's will almost certainly launch. And win.