[driftdiver]

“Remember this came from world NUT daily. There is more to this story.”

WND is a fringe publication IMO. They have an obvious agenda and blur the lines between news and ‘special offers’.

That said there is no reason to use SWAT unless there is imminent threat to a person or excessive danger to the police officer. From the story it sounds to me like the family was reasonable and the jackbooted thugs were out of control. In this case the thugs arent the swat team, its the judge and the child welfare system.

[LIConFem]

"In this case the thugs arent the swat team, its the judge and the child welfare system."

Doing something so completely immoral (unwarranted application of force) because you were just following orders is still immoral. Police aren't robots, they're human beings with free will and, as such, responsible for their own behavior.

[ninonitti]

They have an obvious agenda and blur the lines between news and ‘special offers’.

That site is loaded with all kinds of spyware cookies etc......so much so that I have to turn off pop up cop to even get to it

[Washi]

In this case the thugs arent the swat team, its the judge and the child welfare system.

I disagree. Every government actor in this episode was wrong (provided the report can be taken at face value.)

I used to fool myself that there were good people in law enforcement (and the military) that would refuse to act on unlawful orders from above.

[miliantnutcase]

Then Hitler defense? I agree the judge who authorized this crap should be kicked out, but the LEO’s should know better than to play SEAL team 6 in that situation.