Via WiscoDave, this raid is simply horrendous, both in its justification and execution. First, for all we know there was never a warrant. Following the constitution isn’t an option – it wasn’t a justification for the SWAT team member to point into the sky and tell the home owners that a warrant existed somewhere with somebody else. Without presenting a warrant, they had no right to be there at all. You can tell that the team knows this and sort of stood around looking all confused in the middle of rolling up, right after they unnecessarily busted down doors to the property.
Next up, observe their equipment. One has NODs and a battering ram. The next one has a grenade launcher (presumably for gas) + NODs, combined with an EOTech sitting on top of his weapon (and if I’m not mistaken, no Peq15). Finally, the third one has NODs, but I can’t tell if he has a Peq15 on that gun.
This is in the middle of the day. They have NODs. In the middle of the day. And if the raid was so dangerous that they needed a SWAT team to pull it off, why do they have the time to stand around jawing with the victims of this absurdity?
