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    They might even claim immunity... unless they went through the wrong door. Commented Sep 28, 2020 at 16:54
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    "Given that the police were executing a warrant, they were within their legal right to break down any barrier to entering the premises." I'm pretty sure that merely having a warrant does not give the police the right to break down a door. Maybe a no-knock warrant does. The idea that police have the right to immediately destroy a door and not give the occupants a chance to open the door voluntarily is absurd. Commented Sep 29, 2020 at 1:35
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    @Accumulation absurd or not, it's clearly not something that was suggested. Burglars don't have a legal right to break down a door after introducing themselves and being denied entry. Police with a warrant do. Commented Sep 29, 2020 at 7:53
  • This is the best answer because it does address the self defense issue. The nation is in an uproar about how this went down. Fault the home occupant for not identifying the intruder before firing the weapon. Difficult that would be with events happening so quickly. Thanks to all for responding without rancor to this question and comments. Commented Oct 1, 2020 at 20:47
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    @Acccumulation In this particular case the police did not have a "no-knock" warrant. Witnesses differ on whether the police announced themselves and gave the occupants a proper opportunity to open the door before breaking in. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Breonna_Taylor#Shooting Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 8:14