Ostensibly because police fear the destruction of evidence. But police have another reason. To immobilize any possible opposition that might be armed. The police reacted the way they did because some snitch told them the people inside were armed. A lie, of course.
Snitches have to say something in order to continue being paid, so they'll give false information.
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