Police wrongly visit house 80 times

[The Straight Story]

Police wrongly visit house 80 times

When police raid innocent homeowners, the police often claim that such raids are “isolated incidents.” Sure, it’s horrible when men-in-black kick down an innocent person’s door in the middle of the night, toss deadly flashbang grenades inside, scream at the occupants, throw them to the ground at gunpoint, and ransack their home, but we shouldn’t get to worked up about this sort of thing because it’s just so damn rare, right?

Reading the story of Walter and Rose Martin should give you doubts. The Martins, an elderly, law-abiding couple living in Brooklyn, were visited by the New York City Police Department at least 50 times over the course of 8 years. The Martins were never the victims of a full-blown no-knock raid, but their story shows how much effort police put into ensuring the integrity of their search warrants.

Apparently, the address of Walter and Rose Martin’s Brooklyn home was used to test a department-wide computer system in 2002.

What followed was years of cops appearing at the Martins’ door looking for murderers, robbers and rapists – as often as three times a week.

http://www.copblock.org/2053/police-wrongly-raid-house-80-times/

[Occulus]

1. Apparently, it's the address itself!:

The story gets weirder. Apparently the police visits to the Martins’ residence started before the Martins even moved into the house. In fact, the reason the previous owner sold the house to the Martins in 1997 is that he was wrongly visited about 30 times between 1994 and 1997 despite filing numerous complaints and was so freaked out that he decided to leave town.

[gratuitous]

2. Well, if they haven't done anything wrong . . .

I'm sure the police are ever-so-polite each and every time they come knocking. And if they ever do stage a full-blown no-knock raid, they'll be ever-so-polite then, too. Unless Walter and Rose are looking for trouble. Because they will most assuredly GET trouble.

[WingDinger]

3. Happened to me, after getting a crooked judge/cop team busted by the AG.

Midnite raid, with four guns in my face. Right wing slurs thrown around. By that I mean rush crap. I schooled them for almost an hour. They didnt know shit about the law. Finally, after hours, they kicked me loose without a word as to what they found, if I was still a problem. If I could expect them every night for dinner. They lied to gain entrance, and there is NO protection against entry. NONE. I will not divulge how as it is intrn. Womens day.