re: 5 Officers shot in Houston

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Dumbass.

The reason they do no-knock warrants is to avoid situations like this

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I know why they think it's a good thing but I'm saying it's a bad thing. You have no defense when you break into somebody's house and they shoot your arse. They may not recognize right away that you're a cop. Especially if you're talking about somebody who deals with a lot of criminals like a drug dealer. They get robbed all the time so they're expecting somebody to break through their door.

To me it just reeks of impatience. Why don't you just case the house and when they inevitably get in their vehicle and takeoff, surround them before they even get out of their driveway.

Does anybody ever think about that? Of course they thought about it. But law enforcement lives for the thrill. That's a lot more fun to break into somebody's house jacked up like Special Forces in Fallujah than to do a routine traffic stop.