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FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 08:08 PM Jun 2014

Police burst into wrong apartment, shoot innocent woman hiding in closet

Police burst into wrong apartment, shoot innocent woman hiding in closet


HEMPSTEAD, NY — An innocent woman hid in a closet when armed strangers unexpectedly broke into her apartment. While cowering in fear, she was discovered by one of the intruders — actually a police officer raiding the wrong address — who promptly shot her in the chest after opening the closet door.







A Flawed Warrant



The botched raid was part of a joint narcotics investigation by the Nassau County Police Force Bureau of Special Operations (BSO), the Town of Hempstead Police Department, and the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

When officers had reason to suspect that someone was in possession of arbitrarily banned substances, a search warrant was signed by a New York judge, authorizing police to break down the suspect’s door at any time they felt appropriate without warning. The no-knock warrant was “justified by the possibility that evidence would be destroyed,” according to official documents.



http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/iyanna-davis/#prettyPhoto




We don't have a Police Dept. in my town and I will continue to fight to make sure we never have one - Fuck Kops
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Police burst into wrong apartment, shoot innocent woman hiding in closet (Original Post) FreakinDJ Jun 2014 OP
The war on people..well done criminals. How many more before there are congressional hearings Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #1
No More No-Knock Warrants. billhicks76 Jun 2014 #13
Right. Seriously. Who cares? Whose life is threatened by not securing the evidence? What Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #17
Money and Corruption billhicks76 Jun 2014 #19
Supreme Court said Police never make mistakes and never never lie after they make a mistake FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #16
Let me guess... someone was smoking pot in their own house? Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #2
May 14, 2010 Beaverhausen Jun 2014 #3
Only 62 Members of Congress Voted Against Police Militarization Last Night RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #4
The civil case, which she won, was recently settled. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #7
Why all the Lame Murderous Killer cop Apologies FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #8
That's the best you have to defend these damn roided up thugs? alphafemale Jun 2014 #27
I'm sick and tired of these raids. happening WAY too often. "No Knock" should be banned.nt 7962 Jun 2014 #5
Settle with Ms. Davis to the tune of $650,000. Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #6
Why is it . . . Brigid Jun 2014 #9
Why should they when they never get in trouble for it FreakinDJ Jun 2014 #10
+1000 nt Logical Jun 2014 #11
Here is such an incident on film.... xocet Jun 2014 #18
That's wonderful Nevernose Jun 2014 #20
I'm glad and amazed to hear that she survived Orrex Jun 2014 #12
, blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #14
fuck tha police frylock Jun 2014 #15
I am opposed to no knock warrants. Jenoch Jun 2014 #21
Well, at least they shot SOMEONE, so it wasn't a wasted trip. eppur_se_muova Jun 2014 #22
"Police! Police!" can sometimes be a cry of warning, not an appeal for aid . . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #23
How many police shootings does this country have a year? sarcasmo Jun 2014 #24
kick Liberal_in_LA Jun 2014 #25
We should have a thread called " Another violent cop" SummerSnow Jun 2014 #26
Out of control police + out of control gun policies = war on innocent citizens. Initech Jun 2014 #28

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
1. The war on people..well done criminals. How many more before there are congressional hearings
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 08:29 PM
Jun 2014

to address this bullshit loosely referred to as police work?

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
13. No More No-Knock Warrants.
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:33 PM
Jun 2014

Innocent people aren't safe in their own homes because of these thugs. Having someone possibly destroying evidence isn't a good enough excuse...anything justifying a raid should be something too big to be flushed down a toilet. What if that was a scared kid in the closet? And who cares this much about illegal drugs? No one anymore. It should all be legalized and no one should have a military style raid in their home regardless.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
17. Right. Seriously. Who cares? Whose life is threatened by not securing the evidence? What
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:55 PM
Jun 2014

threat is so great that we have to kill people to save them from themselves. I can's stand this drug war; this thug war. It's so pointless. It's so Un-American. Why do we willingly accept a trade of lives taken at the hands of our protectors for evidence that can help enable conviction. I'm sick of the trade-off. I never voted for the trade-off. It isn't worth it.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
19. Money and Corruption
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:01 PM
Jun 2014

They got away with it by exploiting people's fears. Bush Sr's CIA brought the most coke and heroin into our country than anyone.

 

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)
16. Supreme Court said Police never make mistakes and never never lie after they make a mistake
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:39 PM
Jun 2014

You can see how well its working

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
4. Only 62 Members of Congress Voted Against Police Militarization Last Night
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 09:02 PM
Jun 2014

"Last night" refers to June 20, 2014

During the amendment voting for "defense" appropriations last night, Alan Grayson (FL-09) introduced an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to transfer aircraft (including unmanned aerial vehicles), armored vehicles, grenade launchers, silencers, toxicological agents, launch vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, mines, or nuclear weapons through the DOD Excess Personal Property Program established pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.

There was a great article in the New York Times last week on the militarization of local police. Giving military weapons to local police departments is at best a colossal waste of money. At its worst, it can ruin--or end--innocent lives.

The amendment failed 62 to 355. 19 Republicans and 43 Democrats voted for it. 210 Republicans and 145 Democrats voted against it.


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Omaha Steve

(99,618 posts)
6. Settle with Ms. Davis to the tune of $650,000.
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 09:55 PM
Jun 2014

Lawyer will get about 1/3. Hard way to end up with $400,000.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
20. That's wonderful
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:22 PM
Jun 2014

It's like a Monty Python skit, the way he breaks every pane of glass individually!

Orrex

(63,208 posts)
12. I'm glad and amazed to hear that she survived
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 10:25 PM
Jun 2014

She's lucky that she didn't try to defend herself, or they wouldn't have stopped with one shot to the chest.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
21. I am opposed to no knock warrants.
Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:34 PM
Jun 2014

Law enforcement agencies make too many mistakes. I would lije to read more detaiks about this incident. Do you have a link to a news agency that has this story?

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