Maybe it was because the DoE was involved?
http://www.news10.net/news/pdf/Ed-dept-Wright-warrant-060711.pdf
Maybe it was the witness?
“One of Wright’s neighbors, a woman who identified herself only as Becky, saw the raid, which started at 6:45 a.m. and lasted until at least 10:45 a.m., she said.
“They surrounded the house; it was like a task force of SWAT team,” she told the station. “They all had guns. They dragged him out in his boxer shorts, threw him to the ground and handcuffed him.”
Maybe it was because the idea of using a SWAT team to serve a warrant for financial aid records and applications for admission to colleges seems a bit EXTREME!?!?!?!?!?
This wasn’t a hostage crisis, nor was it likely anyone was going to flush a computer down the drain.
SWAT teams should be used when there is good reason to believe the occupant will try to kill a police officer who shows up at his door with a warrant. And frankly, the idea that ANY warrant that doesn’t have an individual’s name on it justifies a SWAT team seems a bit odd to me.
Again, THERE WAS NO SWAT TEAM. Notice the qualified “It was LIKE a SWAT team.”
Even the media is now reporting that there was no SWAT team at all.
You guys were had. Admit it.
If this "financial fraud" involved stealing my tax dollars, then I hope the guy also got a boot heel on the throat. I'm up to here with crooks and scum.
Local law enforcement could have executed the search warrant. A DOE search team is beyond the pale of reason.