[robertpaulsen]

"Thank you Drug Prohibition."

This had nothing whatsoever to do with drugs.

[Jabba the Nutt]

It didn't? Where did no knock raids come from? Why did that practice start? The perp they were looking for, based on the word of his girlfriend, a police informant (now probably in the witness protection program), was hitting her, was a gang member and probably had guns in the basement.

To me, this chick sounds psycho already. She pals up to the biggest, toughest gangs around, first with a gangbanger, then with the cops. She tells big daddy (cops) that another boy (gangbanger) is hurting her. She manipulates one guy to attack another guy. This is like high school folks.

Now, what to gangs form around? Mostly, it's the drug business. Now these guys aren't geniuses, how can they compete with Procter & Gamble in the drug business? They can't. First have the government prohibit some drugs, then leave it up to the most brutal to compete for the illegal business. Voila, you end up with Al Capone or MS-13 or this particular gangbanging lowlife. They can't compete with P&G in drugs, but they sure can compete in violence. And THAT's the history of prohibitions. Prohibitions of anything, there's nothing special about drugs that causes this violence. After WWII, the German's banned coffee, cigarettes and other luxury goods and ended up with the same gang violence.

Jeesh, man, it's basic economics.

[neverdem]

This had nothing whatsoever to do with drugs.

Au contraire! Hudson v. Michigan in comment# 29 is just for you. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

[TigersEye]

This had nothing whatsoever to do with drugs.

It has everything to do with drug prohibition. Ronald Reagan approved of no-knock warrants specifically to aid the WoSDs.

Usually you just stretch things beyond recognition. This time you're outright lying.

[saganite]

No knock searches and the advent of these storm trooper tactics has everything to do with the war on drugs.

[elkfersupper]

This had nothing whatsoever to do with drugs.

Sure it did, the WOD enabled this and emboldened the actors (and it is theatre).

[arthurus]

Yes it did. It is the”Drug War” that spawned the need for SWAT teams in every jurisdiction and gave the police the excuse for slipshod raids on wrong addresses. Sometimes I think they just chalk it up to “practice.” I am sure the police chief has reamed these guys for being shot at and not managing to kill everyone in the house with their copious return fire. It’s like the homeowner making sure the dead burglar is inside the window-CYA. If you make a bad raid it is best to not leave any witnesses. Lawsuits happen. If they are dead then you claim it was a drug house and, of course, produce the crack or whatever that you brought along.