SWAT raids should only be used when innocent lives are in jeopardy; it’s long past time that police officers return to policing and stop playing soldier.
Absolutely.
Remember Waco?...
These no knock warrants need to be illegal. Also no knocking on doors before 9 o’clock. Most of these are drug violations. Who cares about predawn drug warrants. This doesn’t help the police reputation at all.
Local law enforcement said the same after the Waco massacre; they knew David Koresh and could have picked him up easily. The ATF budget was up for review so they staged an incident (killing more children than those murdered in the Oklahoma City bombing).