It's always "for the children" redux

SWAT teams originated to deal with armed robberies, hostage situations, and the like. Then they started serving warrants. Now they're dispensing Tylenol.

Who says we're not on a slope toward a police state?

An armed law enforcement team broke down the door of a family home with a battering ram and took an 11-year-old to a hospital after authorities feared he was not getting proper medical care for what turned out to be a minor head injury.

Garfield County's All Hazards Response Team raided the home Friday night, a day after Jon Shiflett fell after grabbing the handle of a moving car. Someone — possibly a neighbor — called paramedics.

Jon's father, Tom Shiflett, 62, told paramedics he didn't want them to treat Jon and asked them to leave. He told them he had served as a medic in Vietnam and he had the skill to treat his son...

Following the raid, a doctor recommended Jon be given fluids, Tylenol and ice to treat the bruises, according to a copy of the child's patient aftercare instructions.

Concern is commendable, but how about a little proportionality, here? And how about occasionally assuming a parent has both a concern for their own children and the ability to take care of them without the help of the State?