Again, I am no great admirer of cops in general. Too many of them are badge heavy arseholes. But this guy, from the reports, does not seem to have done much of anything wrong.
The spec op guys failed the test because they lacked judgement. They let the cop see the gun, then lacked the good sense to surrender and ID themselves. Their excuse that they thought he was part of the FX sounds self serving to me.
Did the snake eaters and their superiors commit some great evil? No, they just fxxxed up. So they pay the price, dead, wounded and ended careers.
Excuse me,but you NEVER surrender your fully-automatic weapon to ANYONE,and this includes the local cops. You have them call the safe house and have a SF cadre come out to take possession of the M-4's,and to see if he can work out a solution to any problems that have arisen. And,"Yes,the deputies all know where the safe house is".
Besides,why are you so certain the deputy isn't lying? We know the sheriff is. Don't you think it's strange that NOTHING has been heard from the civilian driver yet? Think maybe the sheriff has threatened him into silence? After all,he lives in Moore County.