[CGASMIA68]

For a domestic violence case??? Not for a BOMB MAKING case or MURDER case.....OMG

Not for ANYTHING,Got it?

[Ann Archy]

Got it, however it would make a TAD bit of difference, but just a tad.

[USNBandit]

I think this was for some kind of standoff and I am betting that the cops are going to claim exigent circumstances as an excuse. The search incident to arrest SCOTUS decision might play well for the plaintiffs since it appears they searched the homes after making entry,

The police report citing the multiple plans for dealing with the residents will also play well, as will a good examination of the use of force against the son on the first entry.

One of the huge things that will cost the city a lot of money is picking the wrong guy to contact the victims in the first place. If they were dealing with a barricaded suspect and wanted access to the other properties, it is all in the way you sell it. There are probably several guys in that department that could have gotten access to those home with a smile, a handshake and an expression of concern for the homeowners' safety, but they didn't one of those guys.

I am sure that the legal pleading puts the worst spin possible on it, but there is still a huge WTF factor on this whole event. The saddest part of this story is that they were able to assemble so many officers willing to do something that screwed up, without somebody saying stop and think about this.