Yeah I’m sure you’ll continue agree with the ruling when the same happens to your house.
Fact is, the cops had other options to get the bad guy out without reducing the home to rubble.
For instance, a hostage negotiator, even if there are no hostages, can use various psychological tricks to persuade him to walk out.
Sleep deprivation, denial of food, tell him his mama had a heart attack, etc.
Or get him next to a window & sniper takes him down— a broken window instead of a demolished house.
sleeping gas down the chimney, like robbers do to law-abiding citizens in South Africa.
“without reducing the home to rubble.”
Superficial damage for which he was paid $345,000.
He demolished the house instead of repairing and built a $900,000 luxury home and hoped the good folks would help him out!