Maybe hell has frozen over, because something is just not right with law enforcement today as 4th Amendment violations seem common
By Shepard Ambellas
JACKSONVILLE, FL. (INTELLIHUB) — In an all out violation of the 4th Amendment, a Florida SWAT team literally commandeered a woman’s home to gain the upper-hand on a nearby neighbor suspect.
According to reports, around 1pm, Deborah Franz was straight up kicked out of her very own residence after a nearby scuffle at a neighbors house involving a handgun was reported to police. Apparently, in a father son tiff, the son managed to brandish a handgun at his father prompting other trailer park residents to phone authorities.
Franz said that she was forced by authorities to vacate her home for at least 6 hours as the street also remained barricaded.
The SWAT team had broken into her home to obtain a tactical advantage against the suspect next door. Franz wasn’t even so much as notified of the entry.
Her complaint drew only a press release promising police would review their own actions to make sure that they were “legally sound” and performed “in the best interest of the safety” of police and the community. It would not be the first time that officer safety has been trumpeted as an excuse for infringing citizens’ rights.
SWAT spent hours holding its standoff, bringing in heavy machinery resembling a forklift, and threatening the neighbor over loudspeakers. It turned out that the house they were focused on had been empty the whole time. When SWAT crashed in after 5 hours, the suspect, Michael K. Farrell, had already left. The siege of Glen Gardener Drive had not stopped the suspect from leaving.
Now Franz is demanding answers as her 4th Amendment right were totally violated.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office allegedly admitted to occupying the woman’s home without warrant.
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