Scenes from a militarized America

[OldDog]

A familiar story: D.C. police conduct violent home raids based on scant evidence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...cant-evidence/

"The investigation found that nearly all such raids are conducted on black residents. D.C. police chief Kathy Lanier told the Post that D.C. police got few complaints about warrant service. That isn’t surprising. The people on the receiving end of these raids often feel terrorized, intimidated, and frightened. They don’t typically have access to an attorney or have enough standing in the community to be taken seriously. And the few who did try to complain were mostly ignored.

Lanier also said that the police department doesn’t distinguish between warrants based solely on an officers “experience and training” and warrants based on more substantive evidence. Given the volatility and potential for tragic error in these raids, that’s a pretty striking admission. The Post investigation found damaged and destroyed property, guns pointed at children, and bullet-riddled dogs."