But no one was arrested and nothing was found in this paramilitary type raid, according the the story. Exactly how dangerous are they?
Does having past issues with the law, excuse this type armed, nazi like paramilitary operation on the family farm house, to the point where even the pet dogs are shot to death?
Criminal history would be taken into account when predicting likely risk levels. If the possibility of confrontation was high, then a fast, hard ‘shock and awe’ strike would minimize the occupants’ reaction time, with the goal of avoiding turning the search into a firefight.
I’m not saying this as an excuse for how the raid went down. I’m saying that the people serving the warrant are more interested in completing the objective safely than making sure they avoid looking mean in your eyes.
As for the dogs, I have absolutely no idea if they were shot out of hand or were perceived as a threat to the officers. The only first hand accounts are from the owner - hardly an objective source.