In this day, I presume they are lying if they don't have video. The lack of video in this case pretty much establishes premeditated murder.
But, but, but, cops!
Back to this again indeed. I think its a cycle.
You have a rash of criminal activity by the cops. No knock raids like this, cops shooting dogs, cops shooting blacks on the street for no reason, cops even shooting innocent women from Australia, and so on.
Then what follows next are assaults on cops. Cops getting shot and killed. Cops being ambushed as they sit in their cop cars. And so on.
This is a sick societal problem trying to balance itself out. I wish we could return to normal days. But Im afraid the good old days are gone.
It was called SWATIng.