Police SWAT teams under fewer restrictions than troops in Afghanistan:
…SWAT teams frequently fail to conform to the basic precautions required in military raids. For instance, after reading about a drug raid in Missouri, an army officer currently serving in Afghanistan commented:
“My first thought on reading this story is this: Most American police SWAT teams probably have fewer restrictions on conducting forced entry raids than do US forces in Afghanistan. For our troops over here to conduct any kind of forced entry, day or night, they have to meet one of two conditions: have a bad guy (or guys) inside actively shooting at them; or obtain permission from a 2-star general, who must be convinced by available intelligence (evidence) that the person or persons they’re after is present at the location, and that it’s too dangerous to try less coercive methods.”
I do not consider a judge signing off on a warrant to be the equivalent of the two-star-general’s evaluation, above. It ought to be, but it obviously ain’t anymore. Less coercive methods seem not to be a consideration.
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