Some states wage a jihad against gun ownership. They equate the possession of a firearm or two with being a serial killer or child molester.
Cops in Worcester, Massachusetts are now famous across the Internet and social media for a “gun confiscation” stunt pulled last week.
Not only do they not do their due diligence to ensure the right person lived at the address before kicking down the front door, they proceeded to leave a naked woman lay on the floor uncovered – then FRISK HER – because, well, you know, naked people can have a gun taped to their ass. Oh yeah, and then there is the profane abuse of a woman whose pre-school kids are right next to her.
Those cops should hold their heads in shame. They’ve disgraced their department and the entire profession with their senseless, tyrannical acts. The story didn’t mention the cops bothering to apologize after intruding on this family’s lives – and injuring at least a couple of them physically, to say nothing of the mental trauma.
I hope this woman gets herself a new house, free and clear, bought and paid for by Massachusetts’ taxpayers… in a more freedom-loving state.
WORCESTER (Telegram and Gazette) – When Marianne Diaz tucked her two young daughters into bed Tuesday and took off her clothes to combat the humid summer night, she assumed the next thing she heard would be the sound of her alarm clock.
She was wrong.
At about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Hillside Street woman awoke to the sound of somebody busting down her apartment door. Moments later, the 23-year-old found herself kneeling, her frightened daughters huddling close to her, as police officers with helmets and shields pointed “big guns” in her direction.
“Stop (expletive) crying and take care of your (expletive) kids,” she quoted one officer as saying. It would be 10 minutes, she said, before officers allowed her to cover herself up.
“My (7-year-old) daughter was freaking out,” Ms. Diaz said Thursday as her other daughter, 18-month-old Brieanne, sat in her lap. “She was just shaking, and she couldn’t stop.”
The state police detectives and Worcester SWAT team who raided Ms. Diaz’ apartment Wednesday did so on a “no-knock” warrant procured in Central District Court.
Police seized nothing during the raid, documents show, arrested no one, and did not find the man the warrant authorized them to find or the two guns he allegedly possessed.
Sometimes cops can be jackasses.
But there’s a legal system to help remedy those mistakes.
I think this woman and her lawyer will do well, as they should!
Sam
You’ve never heard of “qualified immunity,” have you Sam? That absolves cops in MOST instances of any responsibility whatsoever. And, of course, their UNION (mooks!) contracts always absolve them of PERSONAL LIABILITY, EVERYWHERE>
If cops were personally liable for their constitutional violations, maybe they’d NOT violate our constitutional rights?
But as long as WE taxpayers foot the bill, you’re going to have 250# monsters beating up on 95# women whilst screaming “STOP RESISTING, STOP RESISTING, STOP RESISTING!!!”
§ 42 article 1983 is what they should do here.
Who under the color of law violate a person’s civil rights faces penalties up to 99 year imprisonment. Nobody are exempt here – not even judges, and there is no statue of limitation.
Observer is right. I’ve heard about 1983 lawsuits.
If I’m not mistaken, it holds cops *personally* responsible for gross misdeeds violating the civil rights of residents under color of authority.
We need more 1983 suits successfully prosecuted.
Counter point: these cops were acting on intel that told them the guy was there and armed. Notice they didn’t shoot anyone. They did their job well.
The blame needs to go up the chain a bit higher to the people who didn’t verify old intel.
One word: dumbasses.
One day these Idiots will break into the wrong house and get waxed!
It’s already happened: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/prosecutor-seeking-death-penalty-officer-killed-knock-raid/