[dragnet2]

There was a dozen cops with multiple weapons there...Why did they not just tase or pepper spray the homeowner holding the golf club?

[hoosierham]

Because the SWAT guys are keyed up ,andrenalin pumping,and so focused on shooting something,anything, that I seriously wonder if the resident had frozen in place empty-handed and naked from the shower ,he might not have been shot anyway.

Remember the Eagle Scout shot in the face for trying to undo his seatbelt in order to comply with the order to get out of the car? Or the miliatry man shot multiple times while lying on the ground unarmed

Amother theory might be these SWAT people are just so cowardly they really,really fear being shot even while encased in heavy body armor and bullet resistant masks the homeowner wouldn't have access to; and they shoot out of their fear?

[Apogee]

See my post to freedomwarrior.
OTOH - if some guy swings a golf club at me - I’m gonna call it a lethal threat and respond accordingly.
It’s a no win situation once the decision is made to enter, ergo, the decision should not be made.
I would think we should apply the same reasoning we do to drunk driving: you decided to drink when you probably “had” to drive. You decided to drive while in a state not conducive to good decision making. You are at fault.
By analogy - the person who decided on a no knock, essentially warrantless, raid, ought to be responsible for everything that followed.
But he won’t be.