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Except the guy told 911 he was pretty much on a suicide mission. Its not hard to to see why cops arrive and are trigger happy.
What a a weak-ass excuse. They lit the guy up within 6 seconds of him opening his door. Shined a spotlight on his face and got scared because he moved his hands in front of his eyes. What if that was one of the hostages? There's no excuse for whichever chickenshit cop panicked and prematurely unloaded.
It was only a matter of time before things got to this point and the cat is now officially out of the bag. All you have to do is pick up a phone and tell the right story, and you've got your own personal paramilitary unit ready to bodybag whoever you like. Free of charge. Because according to BCB logic they have no choice but to shoot at whatever moves.
This is going to get much worse before it gets any better, because there's no easy fix to a militarized police force that is completely unchecked and out of control. Assuming "tough on crime" voters and PTB even want reform, it's going to be fully exploited in the meantime.
Unless maybe SWAT teams start showing up at the homes of policemen and politicians.