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DOE SWAT Raids Now???

 
 
Reply Tue 6 Aug, 2013 04:04 pm
http://usbcnews.com/swat-like-raid-over-student-loans/

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SWAT-like Raid Over Student Loans
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Abuse of law enforcement officers and even officers not intended for
law enforcement by the current administration is reaching
unprecedented levels. Despite campaign promises of greater
transparency, clear violations of accepted practices and even law
breaking are stonewalled or spun away by the current Democratic
administration.

While the legal and constitutional controversies seem to be popping up
with an ever increasing frequency, scandals are nothing new to this
administration. Well before the Benghazi, PRISM, NSA, campaign
funding, White House travel expenses and numerous other scandals,
scandals had already occurred or were in the process of happening
despite not having been noted by the press. One example is the tragic
story of a man in Stockton, California, found his home being raided at
6 in the morning by 15 officers.

Apparently, the raid was conducted in an attempt to locate his wife,
but the resident, Kenneth Wright, noted that his three children were
placed in a police car, and handcuffing write as they would a
criminal. Wright reportedly learned later that the raid was conducted
by the U.S. Department of Education, rather than local police
officers.

As these types of raids become commonplace, experts and concerned
citizens are alarmed that the United States Constitution’s fourth
amendment, which protects the people from “unreasonable searches and
seizures” by the Government, and ensures their “right of the people to
be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects” is being
destroyed by the Democratic administration.

Despite the Constitution, these types of raids are believed to be more
common, as the legal system provides increasingly less protection to
citizens in these cases. For example, in 2011, the Indiana Supreme
Court controversially ruled that citizens have no right to resist
police officers who illegally enter their homes. The US Justice
Department under Obama and Holder apparently found no problem with
this ruling. In the ruling, the court ruled 3-2, cited risks to

officers if citizens were allowed to defend themselves. It is not
clear whether or not the court took into consideration the safety of
citizens who’s due process has already been violated by an illegal
entry into their home.

Experts on the subject have questioned the court’s ability to
seemingly sidestep the 4th Amendment of the United States
Constitution, which states that the right of American citizens to be
secure in their person and houses “shall not be violated.”
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gungasnake
 
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Reply Tue 6 Aug, 2013 04:05 pm
Anybody on A2K ever heard of this one??
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Tue 6 Aug, 2013 04:09 pm
Here's the real story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/education-department-swat-team-raids-california-home/2011/06/08/AGUxlKMH_blog.html

Posted at 03:40 PM ET, 06/08/2011
Education Department agents raids California home
By Elizabeth Flock

Kenneth Wright shows the warrant that was used by the S.W.A.T. team to enter his home. (Screengrab from News 10)

Correction:

The Department of Education did not conduct the search by a SWAT team, nor does the Department of Education own or operate a SWAT Team, as was originally reported. Read DoE’s statement on the story here.

U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General special agents broke into a California home at 6 a.m. Tuesday and reportedly roughed up a man because of a student aid issue involving his estranged wife. His wife was not present.

In 2010, the Post’s Valerie Strauss reported that the Education Department was purchasing 27 Remington Brand Model 870 police 12-gauge shotguns to replace old firearms used by Education’s Office of Inspector General, which is the law enforcement arm of the department. DoE said the guns were necessary to help enforce “waste, fraud, abuse, and other criminal activity involving Federal education funds, programs, and operations.”

Kenneth Wright says his house was raided because of his wife’s unpaid loans. One blogger speculated that we finally know what those guns are being used for.

But the Department of Education told Reason Magazine Wednesday that the special agents raided the house because of a criminal investigation, not a student loan.

“The Inspector General's Office does not execute search warrants for late loan payments,” the statement said. DoE did not get into the specifics of the case, but says “the offices conducts raids on issues such as bribery, fraud, and embezzlement of federal student aid funds.”

Wright says he was grabbed by the neck and handcuffed as the officers searched his house. Stockton says he was put in a police car in his underwear along with his three young children.

“They busted down my door for this. It wasn’t even me,” Wright told the local news station News 10. “All I want is an apology for me and my kids and for them to get me a new door.”

Wright has no previous criminal record, according to News 10.

News 10 has removed their original story that said Wright was raided because of defaulted student loans, and has published a new story that reflects both sides of the story.

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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Tue 6 Aug, 2013 04:18 pm
And here is a Fox News correction of the story:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/09/unpaid-student-loan-raid-claim-refuted-as-feds-target-california-couple-in/

Excerpts:

In a statement to FoxNews.com, Education Department Press Secretary Justin Hamilton confirmed that its Office of Inspector General executed the warrant with the presence of local law enforcement authorities.
"While it was reported in local media that the search was related to a defaulted student loan, that is incorrect," the statement read. "This is related to a criminal investigation. The Inspector General's Office does not execute search warrants for late loan payments."
Hamilton declined to comment on the specifics of the case, citing an ongoing investigation.
"We can say that the OIG's office conducts about 30-35 search warrants a year on issues such as bribery, fraud, and embezzlement of federal student aid funds," the statement continued.


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Wright, who could not be reached for comment on Wednesday, told ABC News 10/KXTV he does not have a criminal record and had no reason to believe what he thought was a SWAT team would be breaking down his door before dawn. But according to a federal search warrant provided to the station by Wright, the Wrights are being investigated for alleged financial aid fraud.
The search allowed for the seizure of any student financial aid documents, W2 forms and electronic communications.


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gungasnake
 
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Reply Tue 6 Aug, 2013 04:40 pm
Interesting, but they still broke the guy's door down out of the blue and barged into his house unannounced. The guy shoots and kills every one of them and I'm on the jury, he walks.
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