Originally Posted by flstf

I can't help wondering how I would react if someone crashed through my bedroom door in the middle of the night waking me up from a deep sleep. Even if the attackers were yelling "police" I'm not sure if in my alarmed state my natural reaction wouldn't be to protect my family instead of submitting to the intruders. After all, anyone can yell "police".

This is certainly a dangerous activity for our SWAT guys to do with a well armed civilian population and even moreso since they have a warrant and suspect criminal activity. These warrants should probably only be approved in life threatening situations and not for drug busts.

I understand the SWAT team protecting themselves but they have been put in the position of being attackers and I find it difficult to think of those defending themselves to be wrong for reacting in "survival mode". Surely SWAT teams realize that even law abiding citizens will react in self defense when being terrified in the middle of the night.