Agreed. Routine warrants should be served during daylight hours after knocking. So what if they flush anything? Only drugs can be flushed and they leave residue. If the evidence is gone, the perps can explain it to their suppliers. And it’s hard to flush stolen car parts.
Any other types of raids should be for extreme emergencies only (hostage rescue, for example).
They were just killing time between Minnesota Vikings’ arrests.....
;-)
Sheriff's
Housing Authority
Health Department
ASPCA
Transit Police
DEA, FBI, Secret Service, ICE, PArk Service, Military
County, Local, State Police
Parking Patrol
Thanks to the proliferation of the SWAT concept you might be gunned downed in your home by a variety of oddly costumed, but heavily armed tax-supported buffoons at any time of night or day.
But look at the bright side: The SWAT movement supports many glossy magazines, and sales of black kevlar accessories now probably outstrip those of Detroit automakers.
Now if only these sinister looking dudes could perform a useful function, like helping old ladies and children across busy streets ... or god forbid ....guard the border.
"Captain Mike, I see we spent 2 million dollars on SWAT last year. How many times was SWAT actually called out?"
>>"Um, 47 times, actually."
"Geez, that seems like a lot of money for just 47 call outs. We're going to have to review this expenditure."
"Captain Mike, I see we spent 2.5 million dollars on SWAT last year. How many times was SWAT actually called out?"
>>"There were 427 emergency SWAT call outs this year!"
"Great work Captain Mike!"
(Nothing gets a cat out of a tree like a $5,000 SWAT sniper rifle.)
It’s also not that difficult to put a screen over the sewer outflow from the house, or block, so that anything flushed is NOT lost to the system.
No-knock raids are just like the tazer: toys that are prone to abuse by the undisciplined.