Posted on 02/04/2014 10:43:02 AM PST by Nachum
Members of a Des Moines family say they were terrorized in their own home by Ankeny police.
Sally Prince is afraid to stay in her own home. “I’ve been so traumatized. I don’t sleep at night,” Prince says.
On Thursday, Ankeny police executed a search warrant looking for someone they suspected of using stolen credit cards to buy clothes and electronics.
The whole search was caught on surveillance video.
Ankeny police tell us they knocked first, but the video shows one officer pounding on the side of the house and seconds later, officers use a battering ram to force their way in.
The video also shows an officer destroying a security camera outside the home.
Two people in the house were arrested on unrelated charges, and the family says none of the items listed on the warrant were found.
Prince’s son, Justin Ross, was in the bathroom when police burst in, and he was carrying a gun that he has the legal right to carry. “I stood up, I drew my weapon, I started to get myself together to get out the door, I heard someone in the main room say police. I re-holstered my weapon sat back down and put my hands in my lap,” Ross recalls.
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Prince’s son, Justin Ross, was in the bathroom when police burst in, and he was carrying a gun that he has the legal right to carry. “I stood up, I drew my weapon, I started to get myself together to get out the door, I heard someone in the main room say police. I re-holstered my weapon sat back down and put my hands in my lap,” Ross recalls.
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The cops were lucky. If I was in the bathroom with a gun and illegal intruders busted into my home illegally, there would be a need for a few body bags. Probably one for me, but still...
you don’t have a gun in the bathroom? you’re most vulnerable in the bathroom.
read state dept pub 7277, freedom from war. it explains everything going on today with military and police.
Just because an Actor YELLS “Police!” does NOT mean they ARE the police.
I can't. They had already started their frontal assault. The people in the house knew they were there.
It's simple malicious destruction of private property that can record the mis-deeds of the police.
/johnny
Those pesky devices make up things that are not in the official report.
True, see the cowboy in Unforgiven
And he had his gun with him, but the wrong one in his hand.
The one that got him in trouble in the first place.
more to the story....
The dog seemed confused but docile. But the destruction and covering up of video cams points to the LEO's knowledge of the wrongness of what they were doing and their resulting shame of it. And they were out of their jurisdiction.
They’ll claim they thought it was live CCTV and needed it gone to make their stealth possible.
IOW, “officer safety”.
When I am carrying I do not take my holster off my belt before entering my bathroom.
Surveillance cams need to be streaming/uploading to a remote FTP server; all of mine do just because of the noted risk.
Every situation is different. I don’t feel the need to walk around the house armed.
The dog was in the video and appears to have survived- somehow...
I agree, its called destruction of evidence.
Darn right there is:
-- Why were the police wrong?
-- What about the judge who issued the search warrant? Was the justification provided to the judge based on bad information?; was it simply made up?; was it poor judgment on the part of the judge to issue the warrant? What is the judge's response to being made a party to this abuse?
-- Who is going to be held accountable for the damages to both the property and the residents' peace of mind?
Lots of questions but I'll betcha one thing ... and it's a safe bet: No one ... not a police officer, not a detective and certainly not the judge ... will be held accountable for their actions against that family.
bkmk
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