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"The number of no-knock raids conducted by police in the United States has increased exponentially since the advent of SWAT teams in 1980. Only a few hundred such raids took place in those early years, but last year more than 80,000 no-knock raids were conducted on American homes, Whitehead said. And 80 percent of SWAT raids are for mere warrant service."

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I used to know a guy who was on a Federal agency SWAT team. From the little he told me, they did it right. He’d get a call on Monday that said he needed to be in Seattle on Wednesday for a scheduled take down of some guys they had been investigating for 3 months and were ready to pounce.

Using SWAT to serve a warrant or to raid a poker game at a senior citizens home is bully behavior and improper use of resources.