Minneapolis police raid innocent family’s home, shots fired but no injuries
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, 4th Amendment, Amelia Huffman, crime, drugs, guns, Minneapolis, Minneapolis police, Minnesota, police, police state, property, search warrant, sovereign immunity, SWAT, your rightsTwo officers who raided an innocent family’s house on a bad tip were shot at and returned fire, but no one was injured, a police spokesman said.
Vang Khang said Monday that he grabbed his hunting gun to protect himself, his wife and his six children when they heard someone burst through the back door early Sunday. He fired three shots, hitting two members of the SWAT team, but they were unhurt because of their bulletproof vests and helmets.
Officers returned fire, but nobody in the house was injured. Police released Khang after taking his statement.
All six of the children, ages 3 to 15, were home at the time.
Lt. Amelia Huffman said the officers went to the house listed on the search warrant, but it turned out the source was wrong.
These people are really damn lucky their kid noticed the intruders were cops. I’m guessing the SWAT heard the kid too otherwise I would have expected the SWAT members to mow down those behind the bedroom door. This is another example of collateral damage in the war on drugs. It’s completely uncalled for. These cops made no attempt to confirm their source and will probably not be held accountable. Sadly if they had killed someone they also would most likely had not been held accountable.
