Why Don't Cops Use Their Lights and Sirens?

Why do they sneak up on homeowners in the dark? Police shoot, kill man outside his home, family wants answers

This is not the first time that this has happened, and unfortunately it probably won't be the last.

Homeowners have the right to be armed on their own property. But it seems that most cops take an armed homeowner for license to kill.

Instead of police responding with lights and sirens, Davis said, the swat team approached Charles Calhoun from his backyard. Sheryl Calhoun said her husband is not the type of man who would not listen to an officers’ commands.

Of course cops don't want to wake up the neighborhood, or scare the bad guys away. As for the neighborhood, screw them. As for the bad guys, if you scare them away before they do something bad, that's a win.

As noted, this is not the first time something like this has happened. 'Mere possession' of gun doesn't permit police deadly force, appeals court says.

Macon County Deputy Anthony Wade Momphard Jr. was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing after he shot and killed a resident at a home he was investigating for a "nocturnal disturbance." At the time, then-District Attorney Greg Newman said the deputy was "justified in his use of force" because the officer heard someone "rack" a round in a shotgun.

It is not illegal to rack a round into a shotgun. It is not illegal for a homeowner to be armed in their own home.

But again, why don't they turn on the f*cking lights and sirens?

The deputy claimed he shouted instructions at least three times for Knibbs to put the gun down during his nighttime investigation, though the court clarified that a mere verbal announcement without visual confirmation is not sufficient for an officer to gain qualified immunity. The deputy also approached the rural home during the night of the shooting without turning on his emergency lights and siren. [my emphasis. Z-Deb.]

He "shouted instructions." Does that mean that people who are deaf, or hard of hearing get shot as part of Standard Operating Procedure? What about people listening to music in their own homes? I am constantly surrounded by music - usually fairly loud music - unless I am watching TV. Is that a license to kill me? (Probably it is.)

So why not lighits and sirens? Oh they might disturb someone. Instead they kill someone. A law-abiding someone. Idiots.

The DA who cleared the officer in this case was removed from office.

Newman’s removal stemmed from a sexual assault case in which the victim’s family claimed he denied them the right to be heard in court. He was also disciplined in 2020 by the state bar for making a false statement in a child rape case, but the bar still allowed him to practice law.

Lawyers protect their own, and The Criminal Justice System protects its own.