nah, when someone knocks on my door I answer it,, if I don't want any I tell them no ... if they insist, then they have problems
Originally Posted by CJ7
OK, let's spell out what that means.
You seem to think - for no apparent reason - that answering or not answering the door is the key to this whole issue.
But, the cops were coming into this guys house no matter what. They need their "tactical advantage" over the neighbor, whatever the fuck that means.
So, if he (or you) answers the door and the cops say "We need to come in and occupy your place for a while", and he (or you) refuses to let them in, WHAT THEN?
You say "if they insist, they have problems". What does that mean? Are you telling us you were going to shoot it out with armed cops?
And most importantly of all, how would opening or not opening the door make ANY FUCKING DIFFERENCE?
You keep saying if he had answered the door, there would have been no problem. I say bullshit, there was going to be a problem NO MATTER WHAT if he (or you) had refused to let them in.
And the article clearly states that the cops called Mitchell BY PHONE and told him they needed to occupy his place. The article also says that he told the police that he did not want to become involved and did NOT want them to enter and occupy his home.
So, at that point, the cops know they do not have his permission to enter. So they bring a BATTERING RAM to the door and smash it in.
So, explain to me again how answering the door would have changed anything. If he opened the door even a crack and said "you cannot come in", then they would have just kicked it open into his face. They already had the battering ram for that purpose.