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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by dogma1138 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:36AM (#14096365)
SWAT makes a courtesy knock then they ram the door open and throw flashbangs before they burst in with their fingers on the trigger and take you down by force.

If this is the police response you think is appropriate for the vast majority of police calls then I think you should reevaluate your country of residence.

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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by vanattab on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:05AM (#14096509)
”the vast majority of police calls” you got any statistics to back that claim up? Are you saying that much more then 50 percent of police calls lead to swat raids?
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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by lj3 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:33AM (#14098031)
In Maryland, 90% of SWAT deployments were to serve search warrants, with two-thirds through forced entry.

I'm sure you could go state by state and find similar percentages.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-knock_warrant

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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by tux1968 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:24AM (#14096608)
What he is asserting is that in the vast majority of cases where SWAT is used it is not an appropriate escalation from more mundane police procedures.
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