One other thing. This sort of case also emphasizes the inherent contradiction in the way police justify these raids. You'll notice in the article that the police say they conducted the no-knock, middle-of-the-night raid to catch the suspect and his family off-guard. They then turn around and say the woman who fired the gun should have known they were police officers (she's in jail on attempted capital murder charges). You can't have it both ways. You can't say nighttime SWAT raids are necessary to catch people unaware while they're sleeping, then say they "should have known" that the men invading their homes were police. [Emphasis mine]-Radley Balko on his blog, The Agitator
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They then turn around and say the woman who fired the gun should have known they were police officers
Which is idiotic, since folks who are in bed in the middle of the night have no idea who's beating down their door.
Radley is obviously a dangerous instigator, and will probably be shot resisting the police some day.