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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 Attorneys 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 suspects 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.
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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
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)to address this bullshit loosely referred to as police work?
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)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)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)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)You can see how well its working
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)Why are all these old stories being posted?
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)"Last night" refers to June 20, 2014
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.
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)The taxpayers are on the hook for $650,000.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Seriously?
7962
(11,841 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)Lawyer will get about 1/3. Hard way to end up with $400,000.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)That cops seem to have such a hard time getting a freakin' address right?
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)It's like a Monty Python skit, the way he breaks every pane of glass individually!
Orrex
(63,208 posts)She's lucky that she didn't try to defend herself, or they wouldn't have stopped with one shot to the chest.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)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?
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)Probably saved them some paperwork.
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Scary!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Horrible