[BCW]

IF there are 6 FOOT TALL plants...a knock and and kick in with lights and sirens to announce your ARE THE POLICE would be ok in this instance....one cannot flush 6 foot plants down the toilet or destroy them easily...I agree with the jury...this SWAT team mentality that officers take because they can’t actually get on a real SWAT team and therefore get to play it has to stop...

There are rules that officers need to appreciate - having been on the side of the badge - I know this. Although life is precious - it also could have ended badly for those children who didn’t ask to be in that situation either...due caution is always needed and common sense as well...

[trebb]

IF there are 6 FOOT TALL plants...a knock and and kick in with lights and sirens to announce your ARE THE POLICE would be ok in this instance....one cannot flush 6 foot plants down the toilet or destroy them easily...I agree with the jury...this SWAT team mentality that officers take because they can’t actually get on a real SWAT team and therefore get to play it has to stop... There are rules that officers need to appreciate - having been on the side of the badge - I know this. Although life is precious - it also could have ended badly for those children who didn’t ask to be in that situation either...due caution is always needed and common sense as well...

Way too much "overwhelming force" being used as a first-choice when most of the ALLEGED crimes are not serious enough to warrant it. Daylight and public with a modicum of professional courtesy would be much more appropriate.

[WildHighlander57]

Plants were 6 inches, not 6 feet.

And the guns were legally owned & locked in a safe.