Actually, liberalism hasn’t spread up the valley that far. Fear of extreme liberals and right-wing nut cases has. It seems that the posters are overlooking the Search Warrant and Order to Treat, both issued by a judge. In Colorado, both must be supported by sworn Affidavits. The contents of those Affidavits would contain answers as to how the decision to issue the orders was made. The execution of the Orders appears to have been appropriate as no one ended up shot and no one ended up tazed or treated for additional injuries. Had a couple of Deputies knocked on the door it could have ended so differently.
But we will never know as the Sheriff decided to take the law into his own hands and escalate it to a confrontation with out even trying to do it the correct way.