>> No, they did not deserve to die.
Here in Texas, if you kill a cop wrongfully kicking your door down, the law considers that they DO deserve to die.
I don’t do drugs and I don’t commit crimes. I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is no reason for the police to swat me. If they kick down MY door and I am at all able to defend myself against them, they WILL die. And as a Texas citizen I’ll be justified and exonerated.
Anyway, the idea that these cops somehow were not responsible for double checking their information — HOWEVER they obtained it — is asinine. Would you have me believe that they were just handed a written order to capture or kill some random homeowner and they knew NOTHING of the supposed perp, or the supposed crime, or the informant, or the court order, etc?
Bullshit.
That is the way the story reads. And no, I am not aware that police officers are in the habit of second guessing their assignments or the addresses they are given.