“As he came to the front door, one of our officers discharged his weapon.” Oh... ok. So the takeaway is, when someone pounds on my door at 3AM, it's safer just

“As he came to the front door, one of our officers discharged his weapon.” Oh... ok. So the takeaway is, when someone pounds on my door at 3AM, it's safer just to not answer in case it's the police and an officer discharges his weapon (A lovely euphemism that shifts blame away from the officer). In fact, any time you get a knock at the door, it's probably best you retreat to the farthest corner of your house and lay down with your hands on your head because that's basically the only way you can maximize your chances of not getting blown away for responding like a rational human being.