I did not say I beat anyone, I said a little rough, as in snatching someone from a couch, chair, or bed and putting them on the floor quickly. Most people fought back out of instinct so you have to force the issue.
I am sorry you and others are too myopic you get the point. I will stop trying to educate you and let you all revel in your "oh lets disband all police departments and do it ourselves" crowd. If you can do it better have at it slick. One reason I quit because of people like you second guessing every thing we did from the security of you computer.
Oh, far be it from us, mere citizens, to second guess our heavily armed para-military police force masters.
We're just too myopic to understand.
Judging from your attitude, the public is much safer with you at a computer.........
It is excellent that the entire public got involved in these discussions, not just the "experts" like you. It is excellent that you quit finding that you were not up to the public expectations.
And if you can't do it any better than you described above, then it's a good thing you quit, Bud.
There were TWO houses and they failed to find out which one was the one to hit.
That should have been clarified or the raid called off/postponed until they knew which one it was.
There is no call for "flip a coin' cop work in this case.
They roughed up the wrong people, likely tipped off their target, and compromised the informant (if the target has squat for brains) as well.
Real friggin' genius, and frankly inexcusable.
This foulup was preventable. Someone did not do their homework.
I am no fan of dynamic entry because a little slop in the paperwork and someone busts down my door, I will shoot first and ask questions later, assuming that anyone breaking into my house does so with malicious intent.
Then what?
Lesson: Do not resist your overlords even if you are completely innocent.
The British may have entered colonial homes without a warrant, prompting the 4th Amendment, but I believe they did generally knock first.