This is why I believe we need a change in the attitude of our police departments

[Buddahaid]

A warrant was obtained which makes this more than just the law enforcement agencies acting on their own. It's still irrelevant and you didn't answer my question.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

A warrant was obtained which makes this more than just the law enforcement agencies acting on their own. It's still irrelevant and you didn't answer my question.

Please read my third paragraph:

even IF they can SEE he is in the house and he is cradling his AK-47, it still seems a very extremist measure to use a tank to take out large chunks of the wall. Snipe him, or if you can't you are just going to have to use proportionate force and go in and get him. Or you can wait for him to come out. He has to come out sooner or later if he's there.

As for the warrant, call me a cynic, but judges cooperate with the police more than we want to think. Talk about the separation of powers, but when he's reading a warrant request he is reading only one side of a story, and the fact of life is that he will see the cops many times in his career and the victims of the cops only extremely rarely. Who do you think he is going to favor?

Besides, when the judge signed the bleeding thing, he was probably thinking "Oh well, it can't hurt THAT much just to authorize a search." He was probably not thinking about tanks on houses.

[Buddahaid]

Then we will never agree on anything involving armed response since you don't respect due process. I'll wait for more information than the article provided before making further comment.