[Ron H.]

Thugs with or without a badge come busting through my front door dressed as black robed ninjas brandishing guns late at night especially in this day and age and not wearing clearly marked and identifiable police markings will be in for a rude awakening and it would be a shame if someone should die because the police refuse to act in a clearly responsible manner. I for one will protect and defend at any costs my home and my families safety against unidentified assailants in the middle of the night kicking in my front door.

Chance are everyone involved will get only one chance to get it right from the get go. There is absolutely no excuse for police not wearing proper marked clothing and properly identifying themselves when making a raid. If they don't then they should be fully prepared to accept the consequences of their ill thought out and clearly irresponsible actions. If keeping secret an officers identify is that important then let him/her sit out the raid and let uniform officers do the heavy lifting. Using secrecy is a poor excuse for exercising good judgment and is just begging for a catastrophe to happen.

And if I were chosen as a juror to sit in judgment of my neighbor under similar circumstances in a trial or proceeding then I'll only have one real choice. I'm all for protecting officers in the line of duty but there are lines that must not be crossed in order to protect us against out of control police.

[theDentist]

Obviously that's your call. And when they fill you full of holes, some FReepers will be outraged, others will note that 1 gun against 10 was not a winning roll of the dice.

The question remains: Why doesn't the original author just write a letter or call the police and ask: "Why do police raiding a house wear masks?"