Reply #50: The problem is that both sides are right

[krispos42]

The police were serving a warrant when they came under fire. That, to them, justifies the suspicion of the suspects they are investigating. That the house they were investigating was possibly either incorrectly printed on the warrant or the result of a unsubstantiated rumor was not something they knew at the time, nor could reasonably expected to know. To them, the worst-case scenario was happening in front of them.

The lady, apparently unaware that it was the police at the door or unwilling to believe that without seeing badges. And when they kicked the door in, she defended herself.

All four individuals were right in what they did.

What is screwed up is that the police were not in uniform and did not exercise restraint in identifying themselves to the owner and occupier of the home. And that a warrant was issued in the first place on such obviously incorrect testimony.