"Rather, it's just a matter of luck whether anyone happens to be within maiming or killing range."
I disagree....no knock searches can be very dangerous to police officers. With information they have in advance, they evaluate the potential danger in officers being maimed or killed. The information available to them at that time posed a very serious threat.....multiple weapons is nothing to fool around with. in fact, it has been known that alot of drug dealers and illegal weapons dealers buy dogs to use as a signal should police show up on their door step.....but, they also have the vocal chords of the dog removed so the police don't hear them barking. This leaves the cops open to an attack by the dog when they come through the front door.....and that gives the dealers more time to escape out of the window.
I disagree....no knock searches can be very dangerous to police officers. I agree with that statement, but how does that relate to mine? Police who use flash-bangs on no-knock raids throw them before they can see whether anybody happens to be within lethal range of where the grenades happen to be thrown. How is that not a matter of luck?
Frankly, I'd like to see no-knock raids outlawed in all cases except hostage rescue, and severe limits placed on the evidence that can be gathered in no-knock raids [e.g. if police rescue a hostage, the hostage can give testimony against the kidnappers. If there's no hostage but police happen to find a drug lab, the evidence would be suppressed]. Unfortunately, some politicians like no-knock raids.