“What kind of nasty stuff could tis guy have been involved in that would necessitate a raid like this?”
The original, and as far as I’m concerned, the only reason for a no-knock raid it to prevent the evidence from being flushed down the toilet. That’s it. As far as I’m concerned, almost anyone can be arrested at work, or the store parking lot...there is no reason to invade someone’s home. Especially, when home invasion is a real danger. But that takes planning and has to be done on someone else’s schedule. Is that the reason? The ATF, or whoever, has a schedule to keep? A deputy told me they were under huge pressure to write citations, so he never stops a car full of young blacks or illegals because it takes up his whole day processing the arrestees when he’s supposed to be out writing tickets. ATF doesn’t do that, but they may be under the same type of time constraints. If so, this needs to be addressed and resolved. No-knock raids are very dangerous for the people being “served.”
People in the USA need to learn ONCE & FOR ALL that trying to enforce our laws is NOT a game of “CAPTAIN, MAY I ?”.