Especially since there've now been (at least) three incidents where SWATing has directly led to house residents dying, and many more incidents where pets have been shot and killed. It was always attempted murder, but at this point there's absolutely no way for them to deny it. Anyone who still SWATs people is fully aware of the potential consequences.
Sure, but if police aren't militarized, if you look at the gun stats you see that we are a heavily armed nation. This isn't the UK. What are police supposed to do, go in there with truncheons in one hand and pepper spray in the other? The gunplay is out of control at the moment. The cat's out of the bag and we've screwed up.
