are out of their frikkin' minds:
...Hello, F-ing cover fire Gents, get the job done! This is really something that pisses me off, we are breeding a bunch of victimsnot warriors! If your fellow Warrior is going to be on point and he/she takes a round or gun fire???? Lay down SUPPRESSIVE FIRE A.S.A.P. so you can get your fellow Officer out of the kill zone! We out here on LAPD had a bunch of Officers serving a warrant on a 187 suspect and after the knock and notice, he put 7 , 45 caliber rounds from a Glock 21 through the door, and NO ONE in the stack laid down any cover fire!!! WTF???...
Sailor Curt has that post on another SWAT raid gone bad, which has gotten a lot of press on the web the last few days.
I wrote a while back about a magazine with an article about "Dallas SWAT: Street Warriors" and commented on the problem with that mindset; up above you've got one of the aspects of the problem. Freakin' SUPPRESSIVE FIRE? In an urban area? Hello, dumbass, have you heard of danger to innocent people? Like in the house or other apartments? Or down the damn street, depending on weapons and just where they're aimed? In a terrorist incident you MIGHT be able to legitimately argue that, but not here. YOU ARE NOT A SOLDIER: you are SUPPOSED to be a LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. They are NOT the same job.
Among other things Sailor Curt notes "What I found especially interesting was the list of items seized. Note that there is no mention of drugs or drug paraphernalia." And since drugs were the reason for the raid...
By the way, I saw a comment at one site by someone that 8:30 PM isn't too late, people aren't generally asleep, etc. Some shifts I work, that time is about halfway between when I go to bed and get up: I'm sound asleep. Somebody yells "Police!" and then breaks in my door, all I'm going to hear is the door breaking and intruders in my home. Considering how many people work different shifts, that would cover a bunch of folks.
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