Drugs. War of drugs makes SWATing a possibility. Breaking a door and throwing a flash grenade without looking or verifying things is made possible by 3 things (all related to some extent):
* Irrationality of the War On Drugs (remember these are the same officers that are doing that more routinely and the main reason is the believe there are drugs and don't want the perpetrator to throw them down the drain when they hear the knock)
* Militarization of police
* No consequences for actions for police officers
EDIT: see a related post I made this thread that contains some data about this (from an ACLU investigative report published by WAPO)
Drugs. War of drugs makes SWATing a possibility. Breaking a door and throwing a flash grenade without looking or verifying things is made possible by 3 things (all related to some extent):
* Irrationality of the War On Drugs (remember these are the same officers that are doing that more routinely and the main reason is the believe there are drugs and don't want the perpetrator to throw them down the drain when they hear the knock)
* Militarization of police
* No consequences for actions for police officers
EDIT: see a related post I made this thread that contains some data about this (from an ACLU investigative report published by WAPO)