Not to be confused with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, FBI SWAT Teams have been around for roughly fifty years now, and are charged with numerous missions and objectives. General Discharge ...

Swatting is the criminal practice of calling law enforcement, for example a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, to someone's house in order to harass or intimidate them. The FBI has been ...

Before dawn, a seven-year-old boy was sound asleep in his home in Atlanta, Ga., when seven heavily armed FBI SWAT agents smashed into his home with a battering ram and detonated a flashbang grenade.

The family of three was startled awake by the sound of several FBI SWAT agents storming their house with M-4 rifles. “In my mind, [I thought] whoever this is, they’re coming to kill us ...

FBI SWAT teams are the tactical backbone of federal law enforcement—trained to respond to high-risk arrests, hostage situations, and counterterrorism operations. This video explores the ...

This is literal f‑‑‑ing terrorism. And the FBI should treat it as such,” he wrote online Thursday. “Before calling in the swat, this dumbs‑‑‑ sent my sister an email calling me a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of an Atlanta family whose home was mistakenly raided by an FBI SWAT team in 2017. The family, represented by the Institute for Justice ...

WASHINGTON − An FBI SWAT team smashed in the front door of an Atlanta family’s home in the pre-dawn hours of an October morning in 2017, detonated a flashbang grenade and pointed guns at the ...

“They created the whole thing, and I told the FBI that in my statement ... like helmets and tactical vests. Kari Dawn Kelley, of Mobile, pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating ...

A SWAT team was also flown in. "A cover story had to be given to locals why the FBI had SWAT teams there. It's such a small community (and) their arrival had to be explained," Ms Fries said.

The FBI SWAT team encountered and shot the armed suspect, according to officials. The shooting happened at the Colonial Grand at Traditions apartment complex. Authorities said nobody was else was ...

Inside the two vehicles were a total of eight SWAT agents in full uniform, including vests and helmets bearing the FBI insignia. "While the Expeditions were not marked with law enforcement decals ...