Johnny_Yuma said:
[Won't have a chance to] examine the warrant and check IDs on just about any warrant, knock-and-announce or no-knock. This is going to rile some of you guys up but we don't ask for permission when we have a warrant. We make entry, secure the premises, and then go through the paperwork with the occupants. I've had subjects want to stand in the doorway and argue with us or demand to read the warrant before letting us in the house and they all were quickly controlled and cuffed. Some got arrested for interferring with the execution of the warrant.
The usual sort of warrant service I've seen and heard of, the officer(s) are in uniform, often in a marked vehicle. They knock or ring the bell, introduce themselves by profession, and tell the resident they've got a warrant. The warrant, a fairly distinctive-looking thing, is often held up. That is then followed by "make entry, secure the premises, and then go through the paperwork with the occupants."
No, it's not a lot of warning and it's hardly an interview over tea. But it does give the civilian a little chance to get a handle on what's happening.
A no-knock warrant
doesn't allow that chance. And that's what'll get the oficers shot at if they try it at my home.
Most LEOs I have known were reasonable people. In the course of their interaction with citizens suspected of breaking laws, they want compliance with a minimum of friction. But I have found very few of them to react badly to an honest smile, careful movement, and polite talk,
even when they were arresting me.* Normal warrant service, I can deal with. Kicking my door in doesn't allow time for any but the most hasty of decisions.
No-knock warrants are dangerous for police. As a homeowner, I have a reasonable expectation of security within my own home. As a law-abiding homeowner, I have no reason to expect the police to show up at my door, let alone batter it open. So the likeliest people to be breaking into my house are criminals. If my home is invaded, I will respond. If rushed, I'll respond in haste. I'd rather die trying to defend myself than die standing like a deer in the headlights.
--Herself
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* Here's a tip: if you're in a bar and a bad fight breaks out, it's okay to head for an exit. It is
not okay to run headlong into police entering the bar, bounce off them, and keep on running. I mean that. It'll get you run to earth within a block, possibly right in front of your own car. Then you'll get to spend the night in jail for Being An Idiot.