Do the cops not ever get tired of being fooled like this? Or do they just enjoy the chance to go out in their army-surplus armored cars and pretend to be special forces?
As for bad cops they look for any reason to go act like aggro billy badasses.
uh-huh
> if they don't the outcome is on them personally and potentially legally.
Bullshit, they're rarely held accountable when they straight up murder people, and even then "accountable" is "have to go get a different job". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_John_T._Williams
ACAB
It just means the police force is an instrument of terror.
always had been dot jpeg.
I hate to say this but I get it. Imagine a scenario happens where they decide "sounds phony. stand down." only for it to be real and people are hurt/killed because the "cops ignored our pleas for help and did nothing." which would be a horrible mistake they could be liable for, never mind the media circus and PR damage. So they treat all scenarios as real and figure it out after they knock/kick in the door.
But lets think about their analogy a little more: sheepdogs and wolves are both canines. Hmm.
Also "funny" how quickly they can reclassify any person as a "wolf", like this student. Hmm.
A sheepdog that bites a sheep for any reason is killed.
Yeah. They were happy to take their sweet time assessing everything safely outside the buildings at Uvalde.
Everyone knows swatting is a real thing that happens and that it's problematic, so why don't police departments have procedures in place which include that possibility? Who benefits from hyped-up police responses to false claims of criminal activity?
My daughter was swatted, but at the time she lived in a town where the cops weren't militarized goon squads. What happened was two uniformed cops politely knocked on her door, had a chat with her, and asked if they could come in and look around. She allowed them, they thanked her and the issue was resolved.
This is the way. Investigate, even a little, before deploying great force.
Establishing the probable trustworthiness of the report isn't black magic. Ask the reportee for details, question the neighbours, look in through the windows, just send two plain clothed officers pretending to be salesmen to knock on the door first? Continously adjust the approach as new information comes in. This isn't rocket science, ffs.
Even with multiple major discrepancies, police still decided they should go in, no-knock.
"I can see them in the upstairs window" - of a single story home.
"The house is red brick" - it was dark grey wood.
"No cars in the driveway" - there was two.
Cops still said "hmm, still could be legit" and battered down the front door, deployed flashbangs.