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Wrong house raided during drug search; police admit mistake
Post Standard Syracuse NY ^ | 3/28/12

Posted on 04/01/2012 5:32:48 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Fred Skinner, 76, of Victory, was caught off-guard on Tuesday when police officers broke through his front door during a drug raid, only to find out they had the wrong house

Skinner said at least six police officers broke into his house, smashed through his porch door, and then his front door. The house at on McNeely Road was raided for drugs for over five minutes before police realized they had the wrong house by looking through his mail. After the police realized it was the wrong house, they took the handcuffs off him and left.

Auburn police officers were involved in the raid conducted by the Finger Lakes Drug Task Force. Auburn Police Chief Gary Giannotta admitted the mistake and told WSYR that he only remembers police raiding a wrong house four times in the last 16 years.


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To: Chode

After the press picked up the story the cops did end up paying $1200 to fix the door. Of course, if any civilian did this it would be felony criminal mischief.


21 posted on 04/01/2012 6:00:37 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: muir_redwoods
Imagine if surgeons worked like this. They would pick a random hospital visitor and do a bypass or a hysterectomy. What kind of excuse would work?

After Obamacare's full implementation, this might work: "You can't hold me responsible! I work for the government!"

22 posted on 04/01/2012 6:01:10 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Clintonfatigued

No. He can consider himself lucky that they did not shoot him.


23 posted on 04/01/2012 6:02:15 PM PDT by sport
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Boot licker ping


24 posted on 04/01/2012 6:03:40 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“only four times in sixteen years”

So that is something to bragg about...a serial killer can bragg about only killing four people in sixteen years, he can claim he is not as bad as some other serial killers.


25 posted on 04/01/2012 6:03:56 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
How in hell does this happen? I mean, really. These bad boy’z with all their bad boy toy’z muck up the intel like this.

What if the old man would have had a heart attack or heaven forbid was so confused he failed to follow their orders and got himself shot? Would the cops just express how sorry they are?

This should never happen....ever.

26 posted on 04/01/2012 6:06:16 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
How in hell does this happen? I mean, really. These bad boy’z with all their bad boy toy’z muck up the intel like this.

What if the old man would have had a heart attack or heaven forbid was so confused he failed to follow their orders and got himself shot? Would the cops just express how sorry they are?

This should never happen....ever.

27 posted on 04/01/2012 6:06:32 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Auburn Police Chief Gary Giannotta admitted the mistake and told WSYR that he only remembers police raiding a wrong house four times in the last 16 years.

And next year he will remember only two times.

28 posted on 04/01/2012 6:08:33 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Can’t be a professional cop these days without raiding a wrong house or two.


29 posted on 04/01/2012 6:11:31 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

bfl


30 posted on 04/01/2012 6:14:26 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
AGAIN???
31 posted on 04/01/2012 6:17:48 PM PDT by grobdriver
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
or worse...
32 posted on 04/01/2012 6:19:06 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: muir_redwoods
Imagine if surgeons worked like this. They would pick a random hospital visitor and do a bypass or a hysterectomy. What kind of excuse would work?

Good point. And can you imagine going into surgery and the surgeon says: "Relax. I only remember performing the wrong operation on somebody four times in the last 16 years. So just stay calm. I'll probably get it right."

33 posted on 04/01/2012 6:20:06 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Never on my watch

The real crime is half of society declaring the other illegal.


34 posted on 04/01/2012 6:23:21 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (3 little children murdered by islam, Toulouse March 2012 . Time for the Final Crusade!!!!!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

(BANG! BANG! BANG!) Ex-police, FREEZE!


35 posted on 04/01/2012 6:28:52 PM PDT by crosshairs (Some ideas are so stupid, only intellectuals believe them. --- George Orwell)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The 4 times in 16 years doesn’t sound too bad, unless I’m one of those 4. I’d like to know how many raids they’ve done over those 16 years.

I can’t imagine Syracuse has too many of em. If they do one a month then they have an error rate of 2%. Pretty high when lives are at stake. Of course they might do more than that, or less.


36 posted on 04/01/2012 6:40:23 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: GladesGuru
The dirty fact is that cops are IQ tested. Above a certain point, they are not hired.

You are exactly correct!!! Here's a case of this: Is it a problem if a cop is TOO smart?

37 posted on 04/01/2012 6:42:00 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Ken522

Wrong donut shops.


38 posted on 04/01/2012 6:52:12 PM PDT by X-spurt (Its time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Unless it is considered racially discriminatory, I would suggest “reading and writing” tests for at least the 5th grade level for all police officers in NY.


39 posted on 04/01/2012 7:07:13 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Who pays for his front door?


40 posted on 04/01/2012 7:28:15 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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