So the police destroyed a persons house over a shoplifter stealing a shirt and a belt? Wtf?
That said, damaging the home to the point that it was condemned still seems like a bit much. Probably would have been easier to turn off the water and power, then blast Nickelback until the suspect gave himself up.
The "modern" American policing system is such a joke (a scary one).
You were banned, but many others who say much more offensive things never get banned.
He made the mistake of being critical of a white person in power on HN. Combined with critique of a multibillion dollar tech corporation. That stuff doesn't go over well here.
Also, mtgx, welcome to the club.
Funny how some ideologies can be "fought against" safely here and others can't be. Climate change denial, a-ok. Criticizing china? It's for freedom! Labor unions? Fair game. Want to openly defend fascists? Go right ahead. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20961603
Criticizing Carmack working for Facebook? now that crosses the line.
Look man, I don't expect you to go against your boss's wishes and allow discourse that actively criticizes their actions, but don't come in here to try to sell me a different story.
Seems like that isn't even 100% certain.
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/14/us/police-drop-bomb-on-ra...
Just because some force is reasonable doesn't mean all force is immediately reasonable and it's not stuck at higher levels as the situation changes. While he's being chased and posing a higher threat more force is reasonable but once he was barricaded in the house the danger posed to the public is reduced.
Surround it and wait for them to give themselves up. That's what other countries do.