The officers, members of the Richland County Sheriff's Department tactical team, were descending on a modest one-story house looking for drugs and guns. The team smashed through the windows of the home with iron pikes, then stormed the front door with rifles raised.

Inside, they found a terrified family of four, including an infant. As the family members were pulled outside, Atkinson's camera captured a scene that plays out with startling regularity in cities and towns across the country, one of many included in his new documentary, "Do Not Resist," an examination of police militarization in the United States.

The police begin rooting through the trash. "Where the fuck is the weed?" one officer asks, as the team ransacks a car parked in the driveway. "Boy that was sweet," another says, commenting on the speed of the raid. One officer finds a backpack, which yields a bit of marijuana — it's not enough to roll a joint, but it's something.