Posted on 03/05/2011 5:14:47 PM PST by Glenn
When Gary Adams heard a series of "booms" early Thursday, he figured one of the kids had left the TV on overnight. He had no idea, he said Friday, that law enforcement agents were about to flood his Bellevue house, looking for an accused member of the Manchester OGs gang who once lived there.
A few clock ticks later, agents broke open all three doors into his Orchard Avenue home, shattering glass. Then some 15 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and state and local police entered his home.
"When I hit that bend and turned," he said, pointing toward the staircase that lands near his front door, "there was a laser sight on my head."
An hour later the agents left, without their suspect, Sondra Hunter, who remained at large. An FBI agent apologized and promised the bureau would pay for the damaged doors, he said. These days, agents don't hesitate to break doors. Several federal agents have been shot in recent years, and some of the 29 accused gangsters whose indictments were unveiled Thursday are accused of gun violations.
The entry to Mr. Adams' house, though, raises the question: Absent a search warrant, when can law enforcement knock in a door?
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Always buy new? Very dangerous situation and I don't know what else the average Joe can do about it.
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>Always buy new? Very dangerous situation and I don’t know what else the average Joe can do about it.
There’s a reason for the 4th Amendment.
Further, the FBI should be fiscally liable for the repairs.
Hot pursuit. Next question?
Did I read that right, “no search warrant”???
What???
Might your question be something we could ask all those Republicans that voted for extension of the “Keep us Safe” act recently?
I’d probably get shot because I’d have a gun in my hand.
A real screwup. I guess they’re lucky that none of them—kids included—were shot.
The FBI says they’ll pay for repairs. I wonder how many years that will take to clear the bureaucracy?
Thats how I read it as well. No search warrant. Just an arrest warrant.
I think I’d have a lawyer, or maybe my wife would because I’d probably be dead.
A "boom" around my house in the pre-dawn hours will be investigated by an armed homeowner, so if LE is there, jacked up and ready to shoot any man, woman, child or pet, the potential for tragedy is obvious.
Don't these people ever consider that?
It's not like these wrong-address raid debacles are rare and unheard of, and certainly the cops know that law abiding people have guns in their homes, too.
Is it too much to ask to check with the power company or local tax office, or heck, look in the mailbox and see who the mail is addressed to?
I think these assholes just don't care about the public.
My goal is to take at least a couple with me. Maybe then they’ll stop doing this crap and get their intel together. They are the freaking FBI and have immense powers to collect all kinds of intelligence. This kind of mistake should not happen in today’s info age with the extra powers they have at their disposal.
Anyone can put on “FBI” and dress up and do a home invasion. There have been stories reported here about gangs dressing up as police or sheriffs and busting into peoples’ homes like a legit police raid.
Did the family pet make it out alive?
I don’t think they care if they have the correct address. Worst case some other guy has to apologize.
Here are a few dedicated, honest, hardworking federal agents, per that thread a couple days ago about presenting “the other side.”
Sometimes they bring their own dog if there isn’t a dog to shoot. They let the poor thing out and shoot it just to keep sharp.
Those people won't sleeep well for months, if not years.
Will the FBI morons compensate them for THAT?
Honestly, I don't know how any self-respecting human being can wear an FBI badge. They are without a doubt the most incompetent LE agency in existence.
That was my thought also. Then what? Do they make up a story that you are the bad guy they were looking for.
Reminds me of being SWATted at my office over 20 years ago. Everybody said it didn’t/couldn’t happen. Everyone says that until it happens to them, which is becoming increasingly likely.
“I think these assholes just don’t care about the public. “
Do they care about civilians? Why would they? We’re all just criminals they haven’t arrested yet.
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