Comments on: Another Botched Police Raid

By: Smartie

Smartie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:28:38 +0000

Bob Ramirez is either a dumass cop or a fag. Obiously you have never encountered a cop with a chip on his/her shoulder. They have every reason to bully and abuse a person reguardless of what the situation is. This family should sue the crap out of these IDIOTS.

By: Radical Times

Radical Times — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:33:22 +0000

This is terrible. Poor old lady. They should get their facts straight before they start destroying someones home.

By: Tom Gellhaus

Tom Gellhaus — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:28:51 +0000

Bob R, you are either extremely under-informed, or an apologist for grossly abused police powers.

I suggest that you read the relevant posts (there are several in each) from the weblogs

The Agitator (Randy Balko) – http://www.theagitator.com/

and Pro Libertate (William Grigg) -
http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/

I think it is safe to say that neither of these two men hate ALL police, they post abuse stories in an attempt to ensure the police, who are paid BY US, and are supposed to PROTECT us, do not step over the line.

By: Because Some Cops Are Idiots

Because Some Cops Are Idiots — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:56:24 +0000

People are sick of hearing about things like this happening almost every day. Yes, police are human and make mistakes — but my daily mistake tends to be a lot less extreme: today I accidentally put orange juice in my cornflakes. I didn’t barge into an old lady’s house, force her to the ground, cuff her, etc. When I make a serious mistake on the job, my boss holds me accountable. When police make serious mistakes on the job they are often not held accountable. To say that Mrs. Herrick was not harmed is a lame argument. She was frightened, humiliated and had her privacy invaded/home searched unnecessarily by cops who DIDN’T HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT FOR HER HOME. The point of search warrants is to ensure cops don’t abuse their power by invading the privacy of innocent people.If cops can go into someone’s home and search the place without a proper warrant and then simply say, “Oops, sorry. Wrong house.”, and get away with it, it makes having a warrant a little less important. Which undermines the US Constitution.
In my opinion, these bunglers should be held accountable for their mistakes just like anybody in the private sector would be. Not to hold them accountable weakens the protections afforded to us by the US Constitution against unlawful search and seizure.

By: Bob Ramirez

Bob Ramirez — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:34:55 +0000

Why does everybody hate the police? Statistically, they can’t get it right all the time. Yes, it’s unfortunate that they got the wrong house. But by all accounts, Ms. Herrick was not harmed. I just can’t see the Herricks winning the lawsuit. And no, people are not tasered as soon as a door is kicked in.

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By: Gex

Gex — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:49:38 +0000

It’s awful. At least they didn’t taser her before asking her questions, then taser her more when she didn’t (read couldn’t) answer. That is become as common as these stupid no-knock raid errors.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:50:22 +0000

Thanks. The number of botched raids is appalling. And we already know the result of what will happen from this one. Nothing. Lesson learned peons, now go back to sleep.