I’m sure that there is a time and a place for a “no knock” warrant, but this certainly doesn’t look like it- and the aftermath demonstrates it may have been a mistake.
Sometimes I think law enforcement like this kind of tactic for the drama and excitement.
“Sometimes I think law enforcement like this kind of tactic for the drama and excitement.”
Yes, and because they have all this training so why let it go to waste when they can use it virtually at will. This is simply another case where, as you say, there is a time for a no knock warrant, and this was not one of those times. Frankly, if they were issued a search warrant, found out when this “super dangerous” thug was out the place to be searched, all they had to do was show up, execute the warrant and use the evidence so obtained for an arrest later without all the hoopla.