Bad Shit

This is some bad shit.  Apparently a guy needs body armor when going after thugs breaking into his house. From the commentary:

Line up those psychopath SWAT bastards and give them "something".

If someone's at my door and claims to be the cops, they'd best give me time to call 911 to confirm. Otherwise they're going to get shot when they break down my door, because I don't know if they're the police or just some ballsy scumbags yelling "police!" And of course, the no-knock variety of warrant is just an excuse for the police to murder someone: if the house belongs to a gun owner, damn right he's going to shoot at whoever kicked down his door.

The homeowner who was murdered probably realized when they kicked in the door that they were SWAT and didn't shoot, but he was pointing a gun at him so they lit him up.

Why don't cops with a search warrant just knock on the door like a civilized person would? I mean, seriously, WTF! Jackbooted thugs, indeed!

Damn, I'd better go buy me some body armor.

Update 1: Tamara K.'s take on this:

The only people skulking in my bushes and forcing my locks in the middle of the night should be soon-to-be-shot bad guys, not cops with Clouseau-like map-reading skills; I shouldn't need a scorecard to tell the masked players apart.

Then there's one anonymous comment from VftP:

It's after 5pm, you're face is blacked out, you're armed, you're kicking in my door; you're dead. If you have a badge and you enter that way...you're still dead. We'll sort all that badge shit out at the morgue.

Did Col. Cooper say this?—'cause it's awesome: "It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view."

Update 2: There's helmet-cam video from the outside, with interesting analysis from an ex-military, ex-police blogger.