[ttraub]

He shot at the police. They discovered narcotics needles in the house. This guy was likely on drugs, definitely armed and dangerous. How exactly were they supposed to de-escalate? If they backed off, he could have maybe slipped out the back door, stolen the Lechs' car, maybe went into a neighboring house and held someone hostage or shot them. He was at that point a public menace. Also he had multiple past felonies or felony charges (I don't remember which).

But we're kind of off the main topic which is Google tracking and geo-fencing :)

[ljm]

and you would still run a tank through a house to solve that problem, and then refuse to pay for it, leaving the innocent homeowner to face the same police force in the courts?

there is not a single situation where the police acted in good faith here.