He literally said 'there's something behind this door, we don't know whether it's a guy with a rocket launcher or an innocent baby, so let's throw a grenade in there and 'gain the initiative' whichever case it may be'.
I never quite understood raids in the first place. Between scoping out a house, arresting any individuals outside as they walk on the curb while entering an empty home with a warrant, and raiding a house delta-force style with guns, an unknown number of people in the house with no knowledge of what you'll find. I'm sure house raids have their place, but to me that place feels rather limited. Raiding someone's house because of something like pot, or selling nachos, with grenades and all?
Yeah, is this just an urban legend? Fake videos, etc.? It's always seemed absurd to me that you can send men with guns to raid someone's house just with an anonymous phone call.
I wish I knew why they couldn't just send 2 officers to knock on the door and ask, if the home owner refused then bring in a task force. US Police get more money when they send in a force than just one or two officers.
That was a semi-raid, because they didn't break down his door and force him to the ground while ransacking his house.
That's all true. But you clearly indicated "kidnapping you out of your home", and I suspect there are indeed panic rooms you can buy that will prevent that (even if they clearly cannot prevent the above scenarios).
Wouldn't it be reasonable to observe the house for a while before a raid? That's where you pick up on clues as to who lives there. "Hmmm, seems to be a lot of small children here and not too many gang style criminals. Ok, team, we go in fast, but force probably won't be necessary." Oh, wait. This type of thinking would probably prevent the no-knock raid to begin with.
There's also the possibility of swatting[1]. There are videos online of people streaming when suddenly their home is broken into by officers, rifle in hand, yelling at them to get on the ground.
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