I hope this incident dampens enthusiasm to use SWAT teams to serve routine warrants in the future. They could have just waited until the suspect left the house at any time and searched the home. I believe this guy was placed in a situation where he thought he had to defend himself and his girlfriend. I do not see anything wrong with what he did when faced with a bunch of unknown men busting into his abode during hours of darkness. The authorities need to stop using SWAT teams to handle routine situations.
The police are no longer just police but gestapo like militarized mechanized storm troopers. I fear we are losing our freedom and the police seem to like being aggressive beyond their civic responsibility.
They could have merely waited until 6 AM or so when it was light, thrown a rock against the door, and yelled "Police". He could have looked out the window and surrendered--or if he wanted to fight (which seems unlikely), he would have been at a terrible disadvantage.
The no-knock invasion only serves the ego of the arresting team in a situation like this.
You know things are very screwed up when home invaders yell "Police" to confuse and help overwhelm the residents. In this country, the residents should know (and used to know) that the policed don't behave like that.
It won't unless the guy is found not guilty. One jury I'd like to be on.
No, they will just double down. “We need better tools to do the job. We hear toe DoD is giving away MRAP’s!”