[everdrive]

>We're in the habit of blaming the police for everything.

This is true, and I think people today have a very warped view of policing. However, there are plenty of legitimate areas of improvement:

- No knock raids

- Violent arrests of non-violent offenders

- Eminent domain

- etc.

No knock raids are particularly troubling because (among many other reasons) they can result in a legal shootout between police and civilians: A civilian who has been violently woken up in the middle of the night is disoriented and scared, and legitimately believes he is subject to a life-threatening home invasion. He opens fire on the police, who he believes to be the home invaders. The police, being fired on, have a legitimate right to defend themselves. It's not airtight, but this scenario can lead to a legal shootout where both parties have valid legal arguments.

I realize this is mostly oblique to the topic at hand, but our policing can and should be improved, even if it gives ammunition to the folks who want to demonize the police unjustly.

[SpelingBeeChamp]

It sounds pretty airtight to me. (But the formerly-sleeping person's legal argument doesn't really matter, since they are dead.)

What do you think isn't airtight in that scenario?