>> If the warraent were for someone involved with weapons - WTF do you think they should have anticipated? Did they think he was going to have jelly doughnuts? <<
I think they should have anticipated the significant possibility of finding exactly what they found. I take it you feel they should have allowed him to kill a couple plainclothes cops first, then send in the SWAT team? Or just send the SWAT team in straight away, but wait until he shot first?
He has his wife and son in the house. It isn’t even an arrest warrant, just a search warrant. He had been talked to by cops before, without violence.
I think the Marine was either involved in crime, or had friends who were. But all they needed to do is go to the door as cops, knock, WAIT FOR AN ANSWER, and then explain they have a search warrant and need to enter.
Based on his previous history, he probably would NOT be a happy camper - but there is no reason to believe he would have pulled a gun on a blue-uniformed cop and started a fight that could kill his wife and son!
However, if you have a crowd of SWAT do a cluster-f$%# at the door (watch the video - if the Marine was a REAL bad guy, he would have shot and killed them from the side window!), gaggle around during 7 seconds of knock/announce before breaking the door down, then yes, you may meet a guy with a gun. After all, you would at my house! I’d be walking into my living room with a 44 in hand, ready to check out the commotion at my door - and then I would be killed for having a gun in my hand.
And if I didn’t die right away, they would keep medical care from coming for 1.5 hours until I did die...
Perhaps you can explain to me why they needed 1+ hours to ‘clear the building’. I guarantee you it would not take the US Army an hour or more to clear a 1500 sq ft house for entry...
Wow - you sure are stupid.
Did you watch the video? What “plain clothes cops” are you referring to? Swat knocked down his door, and started firing.
If I were as stupid as you, I would not post on public forums to advertise.
Don’t post me back - correcting your snivelling ignorance is not my responsibility.