"A house that is being raided" should be a nearly non-existent event, and only happen when life is in immediate danger - as in a hostage situation etc.
The entire premise of these raids is the fear that if the suburban commando donut-crew doesn't crash in with their war-weapons unannounced, the suspect might flush the evidence.
Ergo - it's fine to put lives at risk and kill dogs and innocent people because someone, somewhere might be able to hide or destroy contraband.
That's nakedly un-American and needs to stop.
Exactly, these raids should be very very rare. There is no reason you can’t watch and wait for a good time to nab the perp outside in the vast majority of cases.
I’d like to see conservative Representatives and Senators at both the state and federal levels start proposing legislation to end these activities by the cops. I’m not holding my breath because they would have to admit they were wrong back in the 80’s and 90’s when they were stampeding each other trying to be the first to sponsor the legislation that allowed all this. I remember if you had any question at all about the constitutionality or bringing up worse-case scenarios you were accused of being in favor of 5-yr old children smoking crack.
Your post #57 should be tattooed on the forehead of every employee of every criminal justice unit at every level of government in this country
Only by extreme repetition can the mentally retarded be taught anything.