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I don't know the specific video you're talking about, but these kinds of raids point to an overarching problem with the police in the US, and that's the need fo

I don't know the specific video you're talking about, but these kinds of raids point to an overarching problem with the police in the US, and that's the need for aggressive raids of homes, usually of the "no-knock" variety. The reason why police have the need to "no-knock" raid homes is that the crime is drug possession, and the drugs could be flushed or disposed of if there were a lengthy negotiation process to safely get everyone out of the house. Every dog killed in these raids is collateral damage from our idiotic war on drugs.

DrScump 9y ago
Courts have generally held that no-knock warrants are legal only in cases where critical evidence is at risk of immediate destruction if police announce normally (e.g. drugs down a toilet, bookies writing on flashpaper).
- Simon_says 9y ago
  Exactly my point. (And it's overwhelmingly drugs, not bookies.) It's a bad trade off as a society for us to make police work more dangerous for the public and the officers in order to criminalize possession of certain plants.