[sourcery]

If the police don't announce themselves, they leave themselves with no legal protection against righfully being shot and killed by the residents of the abode as they break and enter. The residents would be able to successfully argue self defense against unknown intruders, with reasonable justification to assume that the unknown, unannounced entrants had harmful intent.

[sinkspur]

If the police don't announce themselves, they leave themselves with no legal protection against righfully being shot and killed by the residents of the abode as they break and enter. The residents would be able to successfully argue self defense against unknown intruders, with reasonable justification to assume that the unknown, unannounced entrants had harmful intent.

Yeah. A jury's going to take the side of a bunch of scummy meth dealers when they kill a cop.

Are you high?

[SaveUS]

"righfully being shot and killed by the residents of the abode as they break and enter."

So, don't knock and announce then enter, you take a chance on getting shot by a great American who didn't know who you were. Do knock and announce then enter take a chance on getting shot by a guy who DOES know who is there and why. This is why I support the Zarqawi / F-16 "bark" the terrorist method. The Israeli military deliver their search warrants from a helicopter, but they skip trying to save any evidence.

[ctdonath2]

Bingo!

[Wolfie]

The residents would be able to successfully argue self defense against unknown intruders, with reasonable justification to assume that the unknown, unannounced entrants had harmful intent.

Horse-pucky. You kill a cop coming through the door, and you'll be dead or on death row.

[paudio]

At least in this case, the police did announce. They simply didn't knock.

.. Detroit police, who called out their presence at a man’s door then went inside three to five seconds later.

[supercat]

The residents would be able to successfully argue self defense against unknown intruders, with reasonable justification to assume that the unknown, unannounced entrants had harmful intent.

Tell that to Cory Maye.

[jeremiah]

Ding, ding ding......we have a winner. This makes it more likely that cops will have to engage in shootings. Someone will begin firing as they enter, the cops will return fire and kill anyone in the house. This signals a turn to the dark side, not more conservatism.

I guess it is more important to catch someone with a bit of drugs, than preserve the status of peoples homes as their sanctuary. The govt has more respect for Iran's embassy, than my property. Iran is seen as a sovereign nation WITHIN our borders, I have sovereignty over nothing.