Quote Originally Posted by vt_maverick View Post
I think it's really immaterial whether they shot him 5 or 50 or 71 times - it's what happened just before shots 1-5 or so that really matters, since that's probably all it took. Did they announce themselves or not? To me that's the central question - I think it's pretty reasonable to assume I'm going to die if SWAT knocks down my door and I'm pointing an assault rifle at them (shooting or not).
According to the wife and the neighbor, who is a Vietnam vet, there were no sirens or announcements that they were police until after it was all over. Also, they denied the paramedics access to him while he was still alive and on the floor bleeding to death, not that he could survive that many hits. His wife even called 911and begged the SWAT members to get him help but they didn't let the medics get to him for over an hour. How is that justifiable?