Maybe it's too much to hope for more than a prolonged flirtation
between libertarians and liberals on the issue of the War On
Drugs, but the fact that Radley Balko's blog post at Reason and
a diary on Dailykos from the ACLU elicit similar responses from
readers gives me hope.  The case in question is the story of
Terry Ingle. Police somehow obtained a no-knock warrant despite
not, according to the ACLU, "presenting any evidence of why
Ingle posed a risk to police safety and without even a specific
reference to Ingle, who had no history of violence or drug law
violations." A SWAT Team (what the ACLU and Reason define as
"paramilitiaries") showed up at Ingle's house heavy and burst in
without identifying themselves (the point of a "no-knock"
warrant is to allow the Police to do this, supposedly to prevent
suspects from destroying evidence or fighting back). Ingle
picked up a broken gun to scare off what he thought were armed
robbers, and ended up getting shot up so bad he almost lost a
leg. The police found no