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iscooterliberally

(3,032 posts)
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:08 AM Mar 2012

Another raid on the wrong house...

Victory (WSYR-TV) -- A 76-year-old Victory man was caught off-guard when police officers broke through his front door during a drug raid, only to find out they had the wrong house.

Fred Skinner was enjoying a piece of toast at his breakfast table when he says at least six police officers broke into his house on McNeely Road.

“I had no idea what to do,” Skinner said.

Skinner said he didn't hear anybody coming up to the house. He said the first noise he heard was the police smashing through his porch door, and then his front door, busting it into pieces.

For five minutes, Skinner's house was raided for drugs before police realized they had the wrong house by looking through his mail.

read more:
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Wrong-home-raided-in-drug-search/TxLxRX7cF0qzDNaisYLBTA.cspx

Yes, even if you have nothing to do with illegal drugs, you could still be a victim.
The Controlled Substances Act needs to be repealed.

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Another raid on the wrong house... (Original Post) iscooterliberally Mar 2012 OP
End the drug war. Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #1
He wasn't a victim. They didn't even shoot anybody. saras Mar 2012 #2
I was thinking the exact same thing. iscooterliberally Mar 2012 #3

iscooterliberally

(3,032 posts)
3. I was thinking the exact same thing.
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 02:13 PM
Mar 2012

He didn't lose any family members, pets included. He probably doesn't even know how lucky he was.

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