"wrong house" police raids

[Occam's Banana]

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.

Cops Raid WRONG House & Scare Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr7f2q2Hxp0
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 10 May 2024}

 

[Occam's Banana]

THREAD: FL - Sheriffs respond to wrong apt. - gun down black AF serviceman

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1788670991851557337

BODYCAM: Shows 23YO Airman Killed Over Nothing | BAD SHOOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JykpgYNHW28
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 09 May 2024}

Bodycam video shows Florida deputy shoot, kill Air Force Airman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKLxdAnhXSM
{WEAR Channel 3 News | 09 May 2024}

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office released bodycam video Thursday showing the fatal officer-involved shooting of 23-year-old Air Force Airman Roger Fortson.

READ: https://weartv.com/news/local/bodycam-video-shows-okaloosa-county-deputy-shoot-kill-air-force-airman


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Apparently, this is the same department (Okaloosa County Sheriff) responsible for the "acorn" incident.

 

[Occam's Banana]

THREAD: SWAT flash-bangs toddler at wrong house

Remember Bounkham "Baby Bou Bou" Phonesavanh?

Well, they've done it again ...

SERVED. AND. PROTECTED.

https://twitter.com/jeffcharlesjr/status/1746010928590495760
to: https://twitter.com/jeffcharlesjr/status/1746010957959082048
{Jeff Charles @jeffcharlesjr] | 13 January 2024}

Meet Courtney Price and her 17-month-old son Waylon.

She was taking care of her baby when Ohio's @ElyriaPolice SWAT team showed up at her home, threw a flashbang grenade into the residence, then broke the door in.

It was the wrong home.

[...]

Family Says Child Was Injured by Police Looking for Tenant Who'd Move Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HquWCiDvC0o
{Steve Lehto | 14 January 2024}

 

[Occam's Banana]

THREAD: Trump demands immunity for police

[...]

More "qualified immunity" shenanigans (and in this case, there already is "clearly established" case law, and it still didn't matter to these clowns in gowns):

SWAT Raid on 'WRONG HOUSE!' Dragging Through the Courts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK9og5O8S1Q
{Steve Lehto | 05 May 2024}

And very well could end up in the Supreme Court.


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@ 1:14: "... the 5thc Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a SWAT commander couldn't have known that he had to make sure he had the correct house before ordering a raid on a house."

@ 3:55: "... the lieutenant [...] admits that his raid violated the 4th Amendment rights of [the family, yet] a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit still held that he's immune from accountability."

@ 7:03: "The panel's decision departs from previous 5th Circuit precedent and four other circuit courts that have ruled that [Maryland v.] Garrison, a Supreme Court case, is the law of the land and should be followed."

And yet ...

Trump demands [more ?] immunity for police

 

[CCTelander]

So, business as usual then. Protecting and serving the shit out of us.

I onow I feel safer.

 

[Occam's Banana]

So, business as usual then. Protecting and serving the shit out of us.

I now I feel safer.

NOT INTENTIONALLY MALEVOLENT

They did this to themselves.

 

[CCTelander]

NOT INTENTIONALLY MALEVOLENT

They did this to themselves.

Of course, Comrade.

How could I have been so foolish?

 

[TheTexan]

Small price to pay to live in a free country

 

[Occam's Banana]

THREAD: Trump demands immunity for police

[...]

More "qualified immunity" shenanigans (and in this case, there already is "clearly established" case law, and it still didn't matter to these clowns in gowns):

SWAT Raid on 'WRONG HOUSE!' Dragging Through the Courts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK9og5O8S1Q
{Steve Lehto | 05 May 2024}

And very well could end up in the Supreme Court.


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@ 1:14: "... the 5thc Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a SWAT commander couldn't have known that he had to make sure he had the correct house before ordering a raid on a house."

@ 3:55: "... the lieutenant [...] admits that his raid violated the 4th Amendment rights of [the family, yet] a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit still held that he's immune from accountability."

@ 7:03: "The panel's decision departs from previous 5th Circuit precedent and four other circuit courts that have ruled that [Maryland v.] Garrison, a Supreme Court case, is the law of the land and should be followed."

And yet ...

Trump demands [more ?] immunity for police

SWAT Team Raided WRONG HOUSE - [U.S. Supreme Court] Could Rule on Qualified Immunity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_FsuWEdTc
{Steve Lehto | 26 October 2024}

The Institute for Justice is handling this one.
https://ij.org/

 

[Occam's Banana]

SWAT Team Raided WRONG HOUSE - [U.S. Supreme Court] Could Rule on Qualified Immunity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_FsuWEdTc
{Steve Lehto | 26 October 2024}

The Institute for Justice is handling this one.
https://ij.org/

THREAD: SCOTUS could rule on "qualified immunity" for erroneous SWAT raid

 

[Occam's Banana]

THREAD: London, Kentucky - Police enter wrong home and kill man

https://x.com/SarahisCensored/status/1873418732955185445

 

[Matt Collins]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPVLpZkvYQ

 

[Occam's Banana]

"wrong house" police raids

"wrong house car" police raid:

OOPS! - Wrong Car - Massive Lawsuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F74Rlf-ze-8
{LackLuster | 20 January 2025}



When Cops Stop the Wrong Black Man
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/01/20/when-cops-stop-the-wrong-black-man/
{John H. Bryan | 20 January 2025}

Derrick House was returning home from a trip to Costco, headed to make dinner with his family. An unmarked car comes speeding up from behind him, suddenly blocking him in. Cops jump out and start pointing their pistols at him, threatening to shoot him in the face. What did he do wrong? Apparently he was just a black male driving a Volkswagen. Even though it was the wrong make, color (and license plate number) the cops figured it was close enough.

Here’s the complaint: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/001-COMPLAINT-1.pdf

Here’s the press release: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/wp.../01/PRESS-RELEASE-January-17-2025-Lawsuit.pdf

When Cops Stop the Wrong Black Man (in the Wrong Car) | Lawsuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPSfZDt8FIQ
{The Civil Rights Lawyer | 20 January 2025}


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[TheTexan]

Apparently he was just a black male driving a Volkswagen. Even though it was the wrong make, color (and license plate number) the cops figured it was close enough.

What the hell was a black male doing driving a Volkswagen?

I can see why the Officer thought it was stolen.

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://x.com/johnbryanesq/status/1883994494070317284

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://x.com/johnbryanesq/status/1883994494070317284

‘Wrong House’ FBI Raid Case WILL BE HEARD by the Supreme Court
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfg3O3cK0lw
{Steve Lehto | 30 January 2025}

 

[Occam's Banana]

[RING FOOTAGE] Police Raid Wrong House, Sends Owner to Hospital
{Institute for Justice | 02 April 2025}

When a SWAT team raids a family’s home in the middle of the night, the officers ought to be very sure they have the right house. But no officer did that the night a SWAT team raided an innocent family’s home in Willard, North Carolina, in April 2024. And the officers had indeed raided the wrong house. Officers terrorized the family with flash-bang grenades, shattered glass, and aimed guns at children as they were ordered out of their bedrooms.

The fugitive for whom the officers were looking was not at the home. Even worse, the officers lacked probable cause to believe he had ever been there. The officers misled a judge into issuing a warrant to search the house based on false information and omitted facts that pointed in the opposite direction. The raid left Alisa Carr, Avery Marshall, and their kids physically harmed; psychologically traumatized; and without a secure and clean home to live. Alisa and Avery can’t afford to repair the damage to the home. And the responsible counties have refused to compensate them for the destruction.

Hoping to prevent other families from suffering the same wrongs, Alisa and Avery have teamed up with IJ to hold the government accountable. Officers cannot lie or disregard obvious or known exculpatory information when applying for a warrant, misleading a judge into issuing a warrant without probable cause. And when officers intentionally destroy an innocent person’s property for the public use of apprehending a suspected criminal, the public as a whole should bear the cost of the damage, not innocent unlucky property owners.

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Press Conference Announcing Federal Lawsuit to Hold SWAT Team Accountable for Raiding Wrong Home
{Institute for Justice | 02 April 2025}

Today, a Pender County family filed a federal lawsuit against the Pender and Lee County Sheriff’s Departments after officers raided and damaged their home in April 2024, while searching for a suspect who had never been there.

Hoping to prevent other families from suffering the same wrongs, Alisa and Avery have teamed up with IJ to hold the government accountable

Watch their YouTube video here: [RING FOOTAGE] Police Raid Wrong House, Sends Owner to Hospital [see above - OB]

 

[CCTelander]

“…And when officers intentionally destroy an innocent person’s property for the public use of apprehending a suspected criminal, the public as a whole should bear the cost of the damage…”

Uh, no. The costvof thecdamage ought to be born by the individuals who caused it, and by the individuals who sent them out to do so. I imagine that if SWAT officers started having liens put on THEIR houses and having THEIR wages garnished until such a time as the victim is fully paid both compensatory AND punitive damages, we’d see a LOT fewer of these motherfuckers lying to judges to get bogus warrants.

Fortunately, Trump has promised to help “fix” this issue by granting even more immunity for… hey, wait a minute…?!

 

[unknown]

“…And when officers intentionally destroy an innocent person’s property for the public use of apprehending a suspected criminal, the public as a whole should bear the cost of the damage…”

Uh, no. The costvof thecdamage ought to be born by the individuals who caused it, and by the individuals who sent them out to do so. I imagine that if SWAT officers started having liens put on THEIR houses and having THEIR wages garnished until such a time as the victim is fully paid both compensatory AND punitive damages, we’d see a LOT fewer of these motherfuckers lying to judges to get bogus warrants.

Fortunately, Trump has promised to help “fix” this issue by granting even more immunity for… hey, wait a minute…?!

This is the main issue, zero accountability.

If not from them personally, atleast their pension funds.

 

[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/