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The whole idea of giving them a medal is ludicrous if you ask me.
It's like saying good job kicking in the door of an innocent man and his family. Good job shooting at innocent women and children. Good job dodging the bullets that an innocent man shot at you while trying to protect his wife and child from masked intruders who burst in his house in the middle of the night without any announcement.
The article hits the nail on the head - the city is trying to cover its own arse, by rewarding them they are trying to offset the liability. The reality is SWAT had the wrong house. They should have known. They should have double checked the address, they should have staked it out, they should have spent more time finding out about the address and who was there and less time kicking in doors. So yeah, they are responsible and did not do their jobs properly.
Do you think they just showed up without having any plan? They practice entry before they go kicking in doors. They know all the routes in and out of a location. The fact the knew everything about the house, yet for some reason didn't know it was the wrong house screams of incompetence. They spent more time preparing the assault than they did double checking that the occupants were criminals.
Goes to show where their heads are.
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