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You guys are making some assumptions that are by no means given. A common thread in these sorts of no-knock raid killings is the survivors claim they didn't know it was cops breaking in. You think a SWAT team is going to wait more than a split second before breaching the door after they identify themselves? And even if some clown at the door did yell it was the police, that doesn't necessarily make it true. Criminals can't say "it's the police" to get you to open the door and let them in? The guy was just robbed. For all he knows the guy that robbed him was a gangbanger who brought his buddies back to clean him out.

I obviously have no idea how accurate the article is. What I do know is SWAT tactics like these are fucking retarded and certainly not geared toward saving lives, or preventing violent confrontation. These clowns want action, they want the high of combat while sleeping in their own bed at night. Every single instance I read of where someone is killed in a no-knock raid could've easily been handled in a more intelligent manner with significantly less danger to the police and suspect, if that's what the police wanted. But that's not what they want, and as long as we have a police force A) armed like they're about to invade Syria and B) which views the population at large as an enemy we will continue to have these problems.