Check out these VIRAL 'all-female SWAT team' obstacle course fails



Can women do anything men can do — better?

Well, no, not really. And the fifth annual UAE SWAT Challenge is serving as a perfect example.

At the UAE SWAT Challenge, 87 teams from all over the world came and competed for the title; but one Chilean female SWAT team stood out — and it’s not for their strength.

In a viral video, five women on the Chilean SWAT team are seen running toward a zip-line over a narrow strip of water. When they reach the zip-line, one woman immediately makes it across.

The rest start slipping backward, and one of them falls straight into the water. Weapons are dropped into the pool below, which have to be retrieved by the women before they make it across.

The scene can only be described as an embarrassment for the team whose favorite phrase is “critical fight against crime knows no gender.”

The women do end up getting their entire team across, but the entire ordeal lasts around six-minutes.

“This is really embarrassing,” Pat Gray comments. “Really embarrassing.”

Keith Malinak is in full agreement.

“I don’t let them back in the country,” he jokes.


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Former SWAT Team Members BREAKS DOWN Deadly Utah raid

Former SWAT Team Members BREAKS DOWN Deadly Utah raid

Utah raid UNPACKED by FBI whistleblower & former SWAT team member



On August 8, Trump supporter Craig Robertson was killed in an FBI raid of his Utah home.

Robertson posted several threats to President Biden and other Democrats on social media, and although the FBI had met with him before, the threats continued.

But was Robertson a real threat? Granted that he was 75 years old and immensely limited physically due to weighing 300 pounds, the answer is likely no.

So why was a SWAT team necessary? Why did they use a flash grenade in the raid? Why is there no body cam footage?

That’s what Glenn Beck wants to know, and luckily Steve Friend, FBI whistleblower and former SWAT team member, is here to answer questions.

“Was this attack on this man's home [meant] ... to send a message? Was it just incompetence? Laziness? What happened?” Glenn inquires.

“I think that it is a result of the fact that the FBI is now viewing their agents as case managers as opposed to the agents who investigate the cases,” Friend responds. “You're called a case manager, and when you're the case manager, you're sort of moving chess pieces around the board.”

“In this case they had a history with this gentleman, and they obviously knew that he wasn't an imminent threat,” he continues.

Although Friend thinks “there were far better options” when it came to Robertson’s case, he acknowledges that “you don't want to be the leader that said, ‘Well, I sent two agents to his house instead of a SWAT team when he threatened to kill the president.”’

Glenn is also curious as to why the SWAT team threw a flash grenade, a non-lethal explosive device used to disorient an enemy, outside of Robertson’s house when the team had already infiltrated his home.

“It could have been an accident,” says Friend. He explains that the team might have been “anticipating needing a flashbang” but didn’t and was forced to throw it to a safe area so that it didn’t “go off in the operator's hand.”

To ascertain the details of what exactly happened, one would need video evidence, but apparently, the FBI doesn’t currently wear body cams.

“There’s a plan in place to implement body cameras,” says Friend, but “I’m concerned that if the decision is made to actually wear them that the FBI will say we don't want to reveal our tactics, so we're not going to have them rolling when we do our SWAT takedowns.”

“If the FBI is going to get involved in all of these local things and their response is to always send in a SWAT team, I think it's important that they have cameras on them,” says Glenn.

“I agree with you on that 100%,” Friend responds.


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Dramatic video shows hostage situation unfold: SWAT team neutralize armed suspect barricaded in high-rise apartment, save woman



An unhinged California man went on a violent crime spree in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. The armed suspect shot a teen and then later barricaded himself with a hostage in a high-rise apartment building. Dramatic video captured the intense standoff between the armed man and police – which ended with the suspect being killed.

The terrifying sequence of events started around 4:10 p.m., when the suspect was on the sidewalk and put a gun to a man's face. He pulled the trigger, and "fortunately the gun did not fire," the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The man then went into a business and pointed the gun at a family. This time the gun fired, and the bullet grazed the head of a 14-year-old. The teen was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.

The suspect left the business and attempted to carjack a woman, but was unable to get inside the vehicle and fled. The frenzied man then got into a physical altercation with a person riding a bike.

Officers attempted to apprehend the gunman, but he ran into an apartment building.

"The officers established a perimeter and began requesting additional resources including K9 and SWAT," LAPD said. "While a tactical plan was being put in place, officers became aware of surveillance footage from inside the apartment complex. They saw the suspect in a hallway armed with a gun forcing a female to come with him. At that point, we knew we had a hostage situation."

Onlookers in the area witnessed the chilling hostage situation unfold in the apartment building. The kidnapper is seen close to the window holding a gun to the woman's head as law enforcement shines a spotlight on the apartment unit.

Suddenly, several loud explosions are heard, which are believed to be flash-bang devices. A SWAT team enters the apartment and multiple gunshots ring out. The suspect was shot by an officer and pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was rescued and taken to a local hospital. Police told KABC-TV that the woman was "OK physically." The tactical team was unharmed.

Content warning: Graphic video

Hostage situation at downtown LA. https://t.co/LYtly4JSy0

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Suspected 'serial killer' busted by SWAT team while allegedly trying to kill another victim



A California tree trimmer already behind bars for attempting to kill someone has been charged with multiple murder counts and dubbed a "serial killer."

Authorities say after the suspect was apprehended by a SWAT team last year who found him allegedly trying to kill a man, they were able to link him to the deaths of several people.

What are the details?

Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, has been charged with three murders, two attempted murders, and other charges after authorities linked him to a spate of victims spanning two counties whose throats had been slashed.

The Associated Press reported that Blinston worked for a tree trimming service in northern California in May and June of 2020. Authorities believe that during his stint at the company, Blinston returned to the homes of clients after work was completed and slashed their throats.

The Butte County District Attorney's office referred to Blinston as an "alleged serial killer," saying that a multi-agency investigation found that he was tied to multiple deaths during his tenure with the tree service.

The first victims were Loreen Severs, 88, and her husband Homer Severs, 91, whose throats were both slashed in their home on May 23 — days after hiring the tree service where Blinston worked. Loreen died in the attack, but Homer survived only to die months later of an illness.

Another client of the tree trimming service, Sandra George, 82, was found dead with her throat slashed after Blinson allegedly returned to her home on June 4 after the job was complete and the rest of the crew left.

The next victim was Vicky Cline, 57, an acquaintance of Blinston's who was last seen with him on June 6. That night, Cline's car was destroyed in an arson fire, and DNA evidence links Blinston to the vehicle. Cline's body was discovered in a river a few weeks later, with her throat slashed.

Then on June 14, the Butte County Sheriff's SWAT team showed up at the home of a 50-year-old man whose identity was not released.

The Butte County District Attorney's office described what the SWAT team witnessed:

As the team approached the motorhome, they heard the muffled screams of a man inside and loud banging on the outside of the motorhome. The banging turned out to be Blinston attempting to get into the motorhome with a hatchet. The motorhome resident later told officers he was asleep in his bed when Blinston suddenly attacked him and cut his throat. The resident was able to kick Blinston out of the motorhome and lock the door, but Blinston was attempting to get back in the motorhome when the SWAT team coincidently arrived.

The 50-year-old man was flown by helicopter to a hospital, and he survived the attack.

Fox News reported that Blinston was charged Thursday, and if found guilty, he faces life without parole.