Sure it matters. There’s no rule that the police have to let the homeowner take the first shot. Again, THEY DON’T KNOW whether he is innocent or not. They’re just executing a warrant. All they know is that they were greeted with a gun pointing at them. By the way, there WAS about 8-10 seconds between the door crashing down and the gunfire starting. Plenty of time for someone to yell, “Don’t shoot; I’m putting down my gun”
The blaring siren man, they wouldn’t have heard would they.
No need to argue their case for them. I’m just accepting what Sheriff dingbat had to say on the matter. He’s got a loud siren and flashing lights.
Before everyone presumes that the warrant was baseless:
The lawyer that the widow hired is a CRIMINAL DEFENSE lawyer, known for defending organized criminals. Isn’t that strange?
I don’t believe that means that she or her husband are guilty of anything. But I do believe it could mean that she may be aware of some basis for the warrant having been issued, and she wants to keep that down.
THIS also is news to me:
Everyone’s been writing as if the absence of drugs in the house is somehow proof that the SWAT team had no business going into Guarena’s home.
Turns out that they weren’t looking for drugs. They claim they were investigating ARMED, HOME INVASIONS. Ironic, huh? For now, the warrant is sealed, but that’s something which could easily be verified by any court. What’s more, it’s entirely consistent with what the police DID find: portions of a law enforcement uniform, body armor, weapons. All potentially legal, but exactly the evidence THEY CLAIM they were looking for.
Keep in mind, the person the widow contacted to handle this case is a CRIMINAL DEFENSE lawyer.
...here WAS about 8-10 seconds between the door crashing down and the gunfire starting. ....
There was 7-8 seconds.