re: 8 people found dead in Houston home after standoff; suspect arrested

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You didn't criticize swat. You criticized the regular cops and asked what you pay them for

I don't see where they didn't do their job

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Well if they didn't have swat as a crutch they probably would've gone in. Look, I know it's a dangerous thing to ask them to do, and it probably wouldn't have helped in this situation anyway other than they would have ended up killing this a-hole and we wouldn't have to spend money on his trial and a lifetime of incarceration. But I bet there are hundreds of similar situations each year where if the beat cops would have taken the risk and gone in instead of waiting for swat they could have saved some lives.

I'd rather the money spent on swat be spent on more training for regular cops.