"wrong house" police raids

[ClaytonB]

FBI Raids Wrong House - Terrorizes Innocent Family
{{Institute for Justice | 17 April 2025}

In 2017, FBI agents, with guns drawn and a flashbang grenade, burst into the Atlanta home of Trina Martin, her then seven-year-old son Gabe, and her then partner Toi. Turns out, they had the wrong address. In April, Trina’s yearslong fight for accountability is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today we chat with IJ client Trina Martin and IJ attorney Patrick Jaicomo about wrong house raids, what it’s like have the Supreme Court hear your case, and what victory will mean for Trina and all Americans.

LINKS:

Audio (RSS) Version of the Show: https://ij.org/podcasts/beyond-the-brief/fbi-raids-wrong-house-no-remorse-for-victims/
Case Video: FBI SWAT Raids the Wrong House. Terrorizes Family
Case Page: https://ij.org/case/martin-v-united-states/
Report Abuse: https://ij.org/report-abuse/

The real terrorists.

 

[Occam's Banana]

FBI Raids Wrong House - Terrorizes Innocent Family
{{Institute for Justice | 17 April 2025}

In 2017, FBI agents, with guns drawn and a flashbang grenade, burst into the Atlanta home of Trina Martin, her then seven-year-old son Gabe, and her then partner Toi. Turns out, they had the wrong address. In April, Trina’s yearslong fight for accountability is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today we chat with IJ client Trina Martin and IJ attorney Patrick Jaicomo about wrong house raids, what it’s like have the Supreme Court hear your case, and what victory will mean for Trina and all Americans.

LINKS:

Audio (RSS) Version of the Show: https://ij.org/podcasts/beyond-the-brief/fbi-raids-wrong-house-no-remorse-for-victims/
Case Video: FBI SWAT Raids the Wrong House. Terrorizes Family
Case Page: https://ij.org/case/martin-v-united-states/
Report Abuse: https://ij.org/report-abuse/

FBI SWAT Raided the Wrong House, Terrorized Innocent Family (but on Tuesday they get justice)
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 25 April 2025}

DONATE to the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/support/give-now/thecivilrightslawyer/

In 2017, Trina Martin and her son Gabe were living at the home of her then-boyfriend Toi Cliatt. Early in the morning, an FBI SWAT team battered down their door, detonated a flash-bang grenade, and swept through the home with assault rifles. Toi rushed Trina to a closet while Gabe was alone in his bedroom. When agents discovered Toi and Trina, they handcuffed Toi and started to interrogate him. It was only when Toi stated his address that the agents realized they were in the wrong place. The SWAT team left the home and went to the address of the house they had a warrant for. The lead agent later returned and left a card for Toi to reach out to about compensation. But the federal government refused to compensate them for anything, even though the raid led to lost wages and therapy bills. The three sued the FBI but their case was dismissed first by a federal district court and then the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

More about Martin v. United States: https://ij.org/case/martin-v-united-states/



Regarding the Matthew Gibson v. Louise Goldston case referenced @ 4:25 in the video, see the following:

THREAD: Rogue Judge Leads Warrantless Search Party Through Man's Home
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[ClaytonB]

Toi rushed Trina to a closet while Gabe was alone in his bedroom.

I bet dinner conversation between Toi and Gabe is pretty terse...

Sorry, I know this is a very serious headline, but I couldn't help myself...

 

[CCTelander]

You know what would help fix this problem?

Even more immunity for our brave and noble police officers.

Thankfully, Trumpy Bear has promised to take care of that.

Feel safer?

 

[Voluntarist]

A spate of items involving "wrong house" police actions have been posted recently, so I figure a thread on the subject is called for.

Post (or cross-link) 'em if you got 'em.

Cross posted from ICE Invades Wrong Home (US Citizens) ... though it's probably better to say "Right house, but more than two weeks late, cuz somebody else moved in while ICE agents were masturbating back at ICE HQ"

‘We’re citizens!’: Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren’t suspects
Home raided by ICE
Suspects named on warrant do not live there
Woman and three daughters ordered out of the house in their underwear into the rain while search ensues
Phones, laptops and all their cash cash seized.
Told it may be months before they can get possessions and cash back; but no contact information provided to do so.

 

[Occam's Banana]

"wrong house" police raids

"wrong house car" police raid:

"wrong house person" police raid:

Grandma "Kidnapped" by US Marshals (BODYCAM)
{Institute for Justice | 10 June 2025}

In the blink of an eye, a peaceful day of yardwork for Penny McCarthy turned into a nightmare.

She was on her driveway in Phoenix, Arizona, in a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and slippers, when a team of United States Marshals pulled up in unmarked vehicles and aimed firearms at her. Penny—who is a 67-year-old grandmother—was clearly at their mercy. And yet, the officers threatened to “hit” her, frisked her, placed her in handcuffs and ankle shackles, and drove her away from home.

https://ij.org/case/arizona-mistaken-identity-arrest/

The officers did not so much as check Penny’s driver’s license or run any other basic checks on her identity before violently arresting her.

The whole time, Penny calmly but persistently insisted that there must be a mistake. The officers claimed that she was Carole Rozak, for whom they had an arrest warrant. But Penny was not Rozak, and Penny had no connection to Rozak. The officers had made a huge, inexcusable error.

Penny had her mugshot, DNA, and fingerprints taken at a federal courthouse. She was transported to a federal detention facility where she was strip searched three times. And she spent the night locked in a cold cell without a blanket. Through it all, Penny again and again reiterated that she was Penny McCarthy, not Carole Rozak. But it did no good.

The next day, Penny was transported back to the courthouse. A public defender told the court that Penny claimed she was not Carole Rozak. The prosecutor asked the judge for more time to get the results of fingerprint and DNA comparisons. The judge obliged, setting an identity hearing for the next month. The judge released Penny with certain orders, including to check in with the public defender each week.

The federal government dismissed the proceedings against Penny, but the damage from her wrongful arrest and continued detention are long-lasting. She now fears being alone and taking her dog for a walk. She sold her home and moved out of the state, trying to escape the feelings of insecurity at her own home in Phoenix. She worries law enforcement officers will again mistake her for Carole Rozak.

The officers violated Penny’s rights under Arizona law and the federal constitution. They violated the Fourth Amendment by holding her at gunpoint and patting her down without any basis to believe she was a criminal or armed and dangerous. The officers also arrested Penny without a reasonable basis to believe that she was Carole Rozak, in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause. And the officers violated a host of Arizona laws.

Government officials should be held accountable when their inexcusable mistakes harm people and violate their rights.

That is why Penny is teaming up with the Institute for Justice to hold the officers and the United States government accountable for their errors and to guard against this nightmare happening to someone else.

 

[Occam's Banana]

"wrong house person" police raid:

Grandma "Kidnapped" by US Marshals (BODYCAM)
{Institute for Justice | 10 June 2025}

In the blink of an eye, a peaceful day of yardwork for Penny McCarthy turned into a nightmare.

She was on her driveway in Phoenix, Arizona, in a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and slippers, when a team of United States Marshals pulled up in unmarked vehicles and aimed firearms at her. Penny—who is a 67-year-old grandmother—was clearly at their mercy. And yet, the officers threatened to “hit” her, frisked her, placed her in handcuffs and ankle shackles, and drove her away from home.

https://ij.org/case/arizona-mistaken-identity-arrest/

The officers did not so much as check Penny’s driver’s license or run any other basic checks on her identity before violently arresting her.

The whole time, Penny calmly but persistently insisted that there must be a mistake. The officers claimed that she was Carole Rozak, for whom they had an arrest warrant. But Penny was not Rozak, and Penny had no connection to Rozak. The officers had made a huge, inexcusable error.

Penny had her mugshot, DNA, and fingerprints taken at a federal courthouse. She was transported to a federal detention facility where she was strip searched three times. And she spent the night locked in a cold cell without a blanket. Through it all, Penny again and again reiterated that she was Penny McCarthy, not Carole Rozak. But it did no good.

The next day, Penny was transported back to the courthouse. A public defender told the court that Penny claimed she was not Carole Rozak. The prosecutor asked the judge for more time to get the results of fingerprint and DNA comparisons. The judge obliged, setting an identity hearing for the next month. The judge released Penny with certain orders, including to check in with the public defender each week.

The federal government dismissed the proceedings against Penny, but the damage from her wrongful arrest and continued detention are long-lasting. She now fears being alone and taking her dog for a walk. She sold her home and moved out of the state, trying to escape the feelings of insecurity at her own home in Phoenix. She worries law enforcement officers will again mistake her for Carole Rozak.

The officers violated Penny’s rights under Arizona law and the federal constitution. They violated the Fourth Amendment by holding her at gunpoint and patting her down without any basis to believe she was a criminal or armed and dangerous. The officers also arrested Penny without a reasonable basis to believe that she was Carole Rozak, in violation of the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause. And the officers violated a host of Arizona laws.

Government officials should be held accountable when their inexcusable mistakes harm people and violate their rights.

That is why Penny is teaming up with the Institute for Justice to hold the officers and the United States government accountable for their errors and to guard against this nightmare happening to someone else.

Grandmother Arrested on 25 Year-Old Warrant for Someone Else | Lawsuit Filed!
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...r-old-warrant-for-someone-else-lawsuit-filed/
{John H. Bryan | 24 June 2025}

In the blink of an eye, a peaceful day of yardwork for Penny McCarthy turned into a nightmare. She was on her driveway in Phoenix, Arizona, in a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and slippers, when a team of United States Marshals pulled up in unmarked vehicles and aimed firearms at her.

Penny—who is a 67-year-old grandmother—was clearly at their mercy. And yet, the officers threatened to “hit” her, frisked her, placed her in handcuffs and ankle shackles, and drove her away from home. The officers did not so much as check Penny’s driver’s license or run any other basic checks on her identity before violently arresting her.

The whole time, Penny calmly but persistently insisted that there must be a mistake. The officers claimed that she was Carole Rozak, for whom they had an arrest warrant. But Penny was not Rozak, and Penny had no connection to Rozak. The officers had made a huge, inexcusable error.

Here are more details from the Institute for Justice.

Grandmother Arrested on 25 Year-Old Warrant for Someone Else | Lawsuit Filed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZu8IGLCUCg
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 22 June 2025}


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DONATE to the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/support/give-now/thecivilrightslawyer/

COMPLAINT (PDF): https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AZ-Mistaken-ID-Stamped-Complaint.pdf

 

[ClaytonB]

Grandmother Arrested on 25 Year-Old Warrant for Someone Else | Lawsuit Filed!
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...r-old-warrant-for-someone-else-lawsuit-filed/
{John H. Bryan | 24 June 2025}

In the blink of an eye, a peaceful day of yardwork for Penny McCarthy turned into a nightmare. She was on her driveway in Phoenix, Arizona, in a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and slippers, when a team of United States Marshals pulled up in unmarked vehicles and aimed firearms at her.

Penny—who is a 67-year-old grandmother—was clearly at their mercy. And yet, the officers threatened to “hit” her, frisked her, placed her in handcuffs and ankle shackles, and drove her away from home. The officers did not so much as check Penny’s driver’s license or run any other basic checks on her identity before violently arresting her.

The whole time, Penny calmly but persistently insisted that there must be a mistake. The officers claimed that she was Carole Rozak, for whom they had an arrest warrant. But Penny was not Rozak, and Penny had no connection to Rozak. The officers had made a huge, inexcusable error.

Here are more details from the Institute for Justice.

Grandmother Arrested on 25 Year-Old Warrant for Someone Else | Lawsuit Filed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZu8IGLCUCg
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 22 June 2025}


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DONATE to the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/support/give-now/thecivilrightslawyer/

COMPLAINT (PDF): https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AZ-Mistaken-ID-Stamped-Complaint.pdf

This smells like Palantir/AI face-ID software mining through databases. A 25-year old warrant on non-violent charges, dredged up from the abyss? Get real. This is precisely the kind of scenario that liberty advocates have been warning about for decades and, in fact, Penny is lucky to have come out of this situation alive. Many don't.

 

[Occam's Banana]

SWAT Team Arrives 5 Years Too Late, Causes 20K Worth of Damage, Then Refuses to Pay
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...uses-20k-worth-of-damage-then-refuses-to-pay/
{John H. Bryan | 26 August 2025}

Kim received an alert on her phone that someone was at her front door. To her surprise, it was a SWAT team with their armored vehicle, about to break down her front door and ransack her home. Eventually, detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department realized they had arrived at least 5 years too late to find their suspect. Leaving behind over 20 grand worth of damage to Kim’s home, they offered no explanation, no apology, and refused to pay for the damage they caused.

SWAT Team Arrives 5 Years Too Late, Causes 20K Worth of Damage, Then Refuses to Pay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOpY3cmGzs
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 26 August 2025}


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[Occam's Banana]

Cops Respond to the Wrong House at 2 am, Shoot Homeowner Protecting His Family
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...t-2-am-shoot-homeowner-protecting-his-family/
{John H. Bryan | 16 September 2025}

At around 1:45 a.m., the Grand Prairie Police Department responded to a 911 call. But because of a dispatch error, officers went to the wrong house. The homeowner, Thomas Simpson, woke up to his dogs barking, armed himself, and stepped into his garage—only to be met with officers who, according to him, never announced they were police. Within moments, shots were fired, and Simpson was hit in the leg.

Cops Respond to the Wrong House at 2 am, Shoot Homeowner Protecting His Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVeVP34wJ4
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 16 September 2025}


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[ClaytonB]

Cops Respond to the Wrong House at 2 am, Shoot Homeowner Protecting His Family
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/20...t-2-am-shoot-homeowner-protecting-his-family/
{John H. Bryan | 16 September 2025}

At around 1:45 a.m., the Grand Prairie Police Department responded to a 911 call. But because of a dispatch error, officers went to the wrong house. The homeowner, Thomas Simpson, woke up to his dogs barking, armed himself, and stepped into his garage—only to be met with officers who, according to him, never announced they were police. Within moments, shots were fired, and Simpson was hit in the leg.

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Cops Respond to the Wrong House at 2 am, Shoot Homeowner Protecting His Family​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVeVP34wJ4​

{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 16 September 2025}​

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