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texanjoker wrote: What would you have the police do? They responded, and it is appropriate to arm oneself with a patrol rifle in a call like this. The rifle gives an advantage where you don't have to be so close. That is not a military response. No where in this article does it state SWAT was called. In fact in one article I read, it showed a normal uniformed patrol officer with a rifle. Cops with rifles responded. They called him out and nobody was hurt.

The officer set up with the rifle, doesn't look anything like the officer that was standing at the house talking to the man. Even if he's not part of a SWAT team, he evidently took the time to change into a "tactical" uniform before they responded. It's obvious in that pic that he's not wearing a standard duty uniform, and regardless of the article, you know that if you looked at the picture.

VMI77 wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:Heck he could have effectively been "SWAT'd" by the construction crew in retaliation for yelling at them.

This is the most likely scenario.

He went out as they were backing into the driveway and told them not to cut the trees...they told him "thats not a problem" ...he went back to bed..."then, as the workers were leaving, one of them said he he THOUGHT he saw a gun in Smith's waistband" and they called the police. Even if he did think he had a gun, he was already back in the house in bed...he posed no threat at that point, and they were leaving the property...looks like a pretty clear case of payback to me.