well, despite all the ways a situation like that could have been defused, and since this boy was not in any position to harm anyone...he wanted to be alone in the room....despite the availability of water hoses, tear gas, or other non-lethal weapons, as this boy brought his gun down...only witnesses of course were the cops....they blasted him into smitherins and left him criticall injured, and although he lived, he is forever physically disabbled now and disfigured as well....
why?
of course, the cops in CYA mode, had numerous awards for the "courageous" shooters who ruined this kid for life...
the use of unrestrained force has gotten to epidemic levels and until some rich guy or some powerful guys son or dtr gets killed, it'll just be business as usual for the swat teams and cops in general....
Waco....Ruby Ridge...the case I just mentioned plus hundreds more....over zealous cops going overboard....
its because cops feel their first obligation is to take care of themselves, saving other people's lives is nice but plainly secondary...( eg.....Columbine)
I don't blame the cops on the line as much as I blame the air of impunity that the police chiefs have......
I have worked in Law Enforcement as a civilian and it is very neccessary tool because when you take away the right to bust down the door you put LEO's in grave danger.
I agree in the past there has been several accidental raids but that should fall back on the investigating officer and the judge or magistrate that allowed the search warrant to begin with.