[Citizen Blade]

There are cases where knocking is too dangerous. Thats when you call SWAT. Not when you have an old lady, or a middle-aged couple padding around in their pajamas. I think the burden should be on the cops to show that overwhelming force was required.

In this case especially, there was no reason for the cops doing what they did. They charged in like a bunch of aggresive cowboys.

In this case, they should have left a unit to observe the mayor's house, gotten a warrant, and sent uniformed and plainclothes cops to knock on the door to execute the warrant.

Instead, they barged in and shot this guy's dogs like a bunch of candy-asses because they felt "threatened." Cry me a river- what little candy-asses.

[marron]

One case that irritated me was Columbine, where SWAT sat outside for 3 hours until everyone was dead, then marched the survivors out as if they were the criminals.

I’m sure they were just following some kind of policy, but it irritated me to no end.