[verum ago]

And another casualty in a botched no-knock SWAT raid. We’re getting at least one of these stories a week nowadays, aren’t we?

I wonder what kind of shape that girl’s hearing is in. I can’t imagine that she didn’t have some kind of hearing damage.

[DefeatCorruption]

And another casualty in a botched no-knock SWAT raid. We’re getting at least one of these stories a week nowadays, aren’t we

YES, SEEMS LIKE A TREND....Only thing missing is that a dog wasn’t shot.

[Billyv]

Excuse me for askin, but wouldn’t a flash bang ignite the fumes present in an active meth lab?

[Bottom_Gun]

St. John said investigators did plenty of homework on the residence before deciding to launch the raid but didn’t know children were inside.

Did their homework? a simple thermal imaging camera would have told them how many were in there and where they were, we used those in the Navy when I was doing hostage rescue/CQC.

[Nowhere Man]

And another casualty in a botched no-knock SWAT raid. We’re getting at least one of these stories a week nowadays, aren’t we?

I don't think every podunk town needs a SWAT team and if it was up to me, I'd outlaw the use of SWAT. Failing that, there would only be a few regional SWAT teams and they would be tightly controlled. The war on drugs is a loser, not only the idea is a loser but these poor people are the real losers too.

I don't like the idea of no-knock raids and the cops should hold their badges for ID. I do recall an episode of "Picket Fences" where the sherriff (Tom Skerritt) was hosen for jury duty and his case was where a drug dealer shot and killed three cops during a no-knock raid and he argued the case where the perp used self defense since he did not know they were police, it could have been other robbers, etc. At first I thought it was absurd but when I think about other cases like this one and our eroding freedoms, I have to agree with that logic and vote the same way.