Quote Originally Posted by rasterbee View Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_867020.html


- Arizona SWAT team raids a home of someone who was suspected of....something.
- The 26 year old ex-Marine who owns the home is woken up by his wife who thinks someone is trying to rob them.
- He grabs his AR-15, hides his wife and child in a closet.
- The cops bust down the front door and shoot at him 70 times in 7 seconds.
- The man obviously died quickly, but the cops do not allow paramedics on the scene for over an hour.
- Cops initially say that he shot at them, but then change their story when it's revealed the safety on his rifle was still on.
- None of the neighbors saw or heard sirens/flashing lights, the raid was at 9:30 AM.
- Cops search the house and the only item they confiscate is a baseball hat that says "U.S. Border Patrol".

1: As a fellow Marine, I completely understand him getting a gun when he thinks he's being robbed. Personally I have knives, metal bats, and other various objects scattered throughout my house since I don't own a gun.

2: The cops burst down the door and immedietely start shooting. This is completely wrong on their part. Even in a raid they are required to announce themselves as they are entering, in an attempt to pacify the occupants before any violence ensues.
If they were trying a stealth entry, how was he supposed to know they were police and not someone just trying to break in? He was right on either account.

3: He didn't fire. The safety was still on when they inspected his weapon. They just proved that they are dishonest when they changed their story to match the evidence.

4: He was shot 70 times in 7 seconds. Seriously? If they had just bursted through the door and started shooting, there might have been at most 3 police in the doorway. That's 23 rounds per person in 7 seconds, or almost a full clip from an M-16.
In the Marines the only time we expend that many rounds at one time is when we're trying to get rid of extra rounds and just pepper the target on 3 round burst.
In a combat environment, 7 seconds in an eternity.

5: They basically shot the guy over a hat.



Those cops were trigger-happy, had no self-control, and zero combat awareness. How they were let out of their station and put on a raid is beyond me.