Not only is that the case here - it’s probably also the case in 99% of the SWAT raids that occur in our country.
We’ve taken the whole idea of SWAT home invasions lying down. If the Feds/locals need to arrest some drug dealer or other, at some point he’s going to leave the house. For one thing, everyone does at some point. For another thing, dealers need to deal - they are not recluses.
But no, we have basically said it’s OK for an army of thugs to bust down doors in the middle of the night (shooting any poodles that happen to get in the way) in order to arrest drug dealers.
The whole thing defies logic, IMHO.
The warrent was to expire the day of the raid.
ATF shot the dogs as they attacked.
Remmebered the lost footage of Koresh at the door, that is now seemingly gone forever?
And that the Weaver’s sniper was there on the final assault.
And why was Delta force there?
To expand on my earlier point about SWAT teams. I completely get the need for SWAT (used to be called HRT for Hostage Rescue Team) in HOSTAGE situations. Which is how they were first introduced.
Can someone then tell me, short of a hostage situation, (or perhaps where someone has barricaded themselves into a house or building and is firing at passersby which is essentially a variant on the hostage theme) where these GI Joe tactics are justified in domestic law enforcement?