Do not ever misquote me. SWAT Squads are goons whether they are with the NYPD going into Apartment 6F or the BATF storming the roof in Waco. There was reckless disregard for human life in both cases:
1. The lady in 6F paid taxes to the city for whom she worked. There is a public record of that fact. It is unlikely the "warranted felon" is similarly inclined and unless he is bedridden he is available for inquiry on the street while he is engaged illegally without a peddlers' license.
2. The BATF had any number of opportunities to apprehend Mr. Koresh while he shopped for toothpaste at the dollar store.
Have you a clue how anti-conservative and foolish you sound here.
I am not a conservative and I am not an anti-conservative.
Since when did "conservatives" become the only supporters of the Bill of Rights?
The fact is that the illegal drug person's breaking of the law is what brought enforcement there. They are the reason any officers were near the woman to make that mistake in the first place.
A cursory examination of tax records would suggest that a 57 year old female employee of the city lived in 6F. A telephone call would confirm it. A knock on the door would prove it. SWAT squads don't make mistakes. SWAT squads are a mistake.
The fact that some might try and use this as a foil for the trying to legalize addiction is amazing to me.
What is amazing is that you still don't get the difference between addiction, drug abuse and illegal distribution.
What ticks me off is that you used this disgraceful event to rail against 'addiction' and those you mistakenly charge as 'druggies' and add insult to injury by blaming the victim.