[AlmaKing]

All your questions are actually answered if you took the time to read the article.

The second half of your post is agreeable.

[CitizenUSA]

From the article: "It (the police report) also conceded that in hindsight sending a SWAT team after an unarmed man accused of a nonviolent crime probably was a mistake, although it did not fault the department for doing so."

My questions were rhetorical, as in what kind of police department would send SWAT without first asking those sorts of questions?