[utternerd]

I assumed everyone also read the article if they're commenting on it, but I fail to see what additional that context that adds; I can't imagine he was pulling it out because it was time to oil it. Police were responding to an active shooter call, and this guy pulled out a gun.

[happytoexplain]

The implication of your original post is that he behaved negligently, when clearly the additional context shows that he did not. You're writing in bad faith.

[anigbrowl]

The article suggests that he wasn't aware it was the police that broke into his house, and indeed having called the police and told them he was at risk of swatting it was logical to assume it would not be the police. I am unclear why police decided to coverly break in via a bathroom window rather than the more usual procedure of shining lights into the front windows and telling people to come out of the house.

[tverbeure]

> I assumed everyone also read the article if they're commenting on it, ...

You must be new to The Internet. :-)

> I fail to see what additional that context that adds

You may not have intended it sound like that, but your comment felt like classic victim blaming, which is all too common in the cases of police incompetence.

[utternerd]

Details matter, and details like "he pulled out a gun" are not inconsequential.

[tverbeure]

> he pulled out a gun" are not inconsequential.

Yes, you already mentioned that?