[papertyger]

The dead Mexicans were the entire reason for the operation. So please, don't tell me how it's just awful for me to compare SWAT Teams to death squads. That is just the next step on the continuum, if these black-clad Ninja cops are not restrained now. Power unchecked, is power abused.

What steps and preparations could a private citizen legally take to make a "mistaken" SWAT raid more expensive, in the Solzhenitsyn sense?

[Travis McGee]

I guess one thing would be the biggest, brightest lights you can buy. Light them up, because it’s the police way, and they will think it’s their own buddies making a mistake. They won’t shoot at a bright light, with a voice saying, “Police! Freeze! On the ground”

It’ll go like the scene in EFAD. They’ll think it’s a mistake by their own side. “Put out that light, you moron! We ARE the police!”

But I really doubt they’ll shoot at the 700L light that is blinding them.

Now, their sniper, half way up the block.....I’m not so sure.