It does seem odd, doesn’t it ? If they are concerned about meeting armed resistance, why do they not surround the house, announce themselves through a bullhorn, and see what response they get ? They can always perforate the house if the people refuse to come out or start shooting.
This family would have quietly exited the house with no shots fired, no damage, and the kid arrested. Of course, they also had a search warrant, so these cops would undoubtedly have torn up the house anyway. Judges should all have at least one experience of a search warrant being served on their home so they can experience having all their furniture slashed up and destroyed. They seem way too eager to issue search warrants that will destroy a person’s property.
That’s a very good idea but it might be better with a twist - require the judge to supervise the raid.
It’s like those commercials...
When you get a federal anti-terrorism grant, you get a SWAT Squad.
When you get a SWAT Squad, you want to use your SWAT Squad.
When you want to use your SWAT Squad, you make pre-dawn raids for routine arrests.
When you make pre-dawn raids for routine arrests, you terrorize innocent families and kill their dogs.
Don’t terrorize innocent families and kill their dogs.