Something that I haven't seen much comment on is that the fact this call was false is somewhat irrelevant to the failure of the police here. Even if this had b

Something that I haven't seen much comment on is that the fact this call was false is somewhat irrelevant to the failure of the police here. Even if this had been a real hostage situation, that absolutely required the presence of SWAT - they still shot an unarmed man by the front door - in a real situation that's a hostage. Dealing with a house full of only innocent people is objectively simpler than one with a mix of innocent people and bad guys even if you don't know which you'll face when you open the door. But laying this at the door of one man is not much help - there's no deterrent needed here just better systems/training.