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It is a normal result to fear for your life when armed men storm your residence in the middle of the night.

If you are armed, it is a normal result to protect your home with force from such an invasion.

If the arrestee responds with armed force, it is a normal result that the police will do so as well.

If they do, it is certainly a foreseeable result that someone will end up dead.

By ordering a no-knock raid in the middle of the night, the mayor and police chief set up a situation where the arrestee's right of self-defense and the police officers' rights of self-defense are on a collision course.



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