The ... person ... in ... the ... cabin ... was ... shooting ... at ... them. Repeatedly.
If you can spin that away, there is no further point in discussing this.
Eventually he would run out of ammo.
And how many more cops would have to die in the meantime to satisfy your warped sense of due process? It sure is easy for you to demand that they put their asses on the line. It ain't yours being shot at.
Everyone is brave when someone else’s life is on the line.
“Why didn’t the police knock on the door and ask him to come out to talk to them? Buncha cowards.”
If he had shot down that chopper while the cops waited to talk to him, the cop haters would be calling them impotent and incompetent.
“Why didn’t they burn him out instead of standing around with their thumb up their azz?”.
I’m surprised no one has complained about the lack of a warrant.
I'm sure you aren't an "idiot." And I am sorry for saying that.
Please accept my heartfelt apology.
I sometimes get emotional and speak before thinking.
That being said, Y you are however emotional and reactionary and you should stay far far away from any kind of position of authority.