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A 75 year old Virginia grandmother is still on edge after a wrongful police raid conducted on her apartment, resulted in her being tied her up and questioned in connection with an ongoing drug investigation.
No drugs were recovered from the premises, reports local CBS affiliate WTVR who discovered police likely raided the wrong residence, mistaking the elderly womans apartment letter E for a G.
Ive never done anything illegal in my whole life, Ruth said.
That didnt matter on the morning of April 10 however, when officers with the Virginia State Police kicked in her door and tied her up with cable ties.
At first, she thought she was being robbed. After the officers identified themselves, they began aggressively questioning her, demanding to know where she was hiding her stash.
They asked me had I ever stored drugs. They associated my granddaughter with knowing these people
How dare you bring my granddaughter in this stuff. Shes a law abiding citizen, Hunter said disgruntled.
No drugs were recovered from the apartment.
The ordeal finally ended when officers arrested a man who lived two doors down.
Hunter says she hasnt got so much as an apology from the police department who says it is common procedure for police to tie down residents while they perform searches. Her door is still broken.
Im angry, she said. I am very angry. I am very irritated, because the officer never came back to say maam, I apologize, Im sorry.
http://appalachianareanews.com/virginia-police-hog-tie-75-year-old-grandmother-after-raiding-wrong-home/
Orrex
(63,215 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)or constitutional rights or they would be dead.......... oh wait .... nevermind.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)And I think that Bundy has already gone on Fox to declare that she would have been better off as a slave.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)He owns it. Her door should have been replaced by now at the very least, in addition to a severe financial penalty to the state.
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L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Fuck that ...and fuck the pigs that do this shit!
malaise
(269,054 posts)Another victim of living while black - no respect for age or gender needed by these racist pigs. Will this shit ever end?
DesertDiamond
(1,616 posts)and so sad that I'm steaming and crying at the same time!!! I feel like it happened to my own mom. Of course, it wouldn't have happened to her because she's white. Excuse me, I need to take a break here and go get a tissue. I'm seriously crying. I take comfort in knowing that we are going to make world peace a reality and this kind of thing won't happen anymore. But meanwhile, she needs to SUE THEIR BUTTS!! No apologies??? THEY SHOULD FIX HER DOOR! DAMMIT!
malaise
(269,054 posts)Don;t you dare forget it.
I hope she sues them. We should all be crying.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I just don't recognize this country and it's no wonder people snap. The dehumanization this woman felt is mind-blowing. Almost as if she had been assaulted on the street. And the police won't even acknowledge or try to fix the situation? I don't believe in suing as the answer for everything, but in this case it surely is. I hope she gets enough to take care of herself for the rest of her life.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)that she was assaulted in, what should be, the safety of her home.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)She was assaulted and terrorized. There should be some sort of restitution and lawmakers need to reign this in. Somehow. But as with most things that need fixing in this country, I fear there is no solution in sight. Sigh...
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)But Henrico sending in state troopers? Holy fuckin' damn...Who were they arresting, Tony Montana?
http://wtvr.com/2014/04/23/75-year-old-woman-tied-up-while-state-police-invade-her-apartment/
If there's one thing Richmond has a lot of, it's lawyers...She needs to take the county to court for the damage, pain and suffering....
gollygee
(22,336 posts)that she's lucky she didn't get shot.
It's just so horrible. They broke the door and aren't even expected to fix it? They can just randomly break into people's homes, including breaking their doors, hogtie them, and then just leave when they realize they were wrong, and that's it?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)'tip' can come from anyone.
frylock
(34,825 posts)of course, that would never ever happen.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)makes the police go crazy over possible loot bonanzas.
And of course they go double crazy hard, on persons who are easy to oppress and won't complain.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)We have gone so far down the wrong path we can't even see the right one from here.
VA_Jill
(9,983 posts)aka the West End of Richmond, where I used to live. I'd love to know EXACTLY where, in which neighborhood, but I have sort of an idea. Oh, by the way, guess who the congresscritter is for this district? None other than your friend and mine, Eric Cantor! These are some of the constituents he absolutely DOES NOT care about. (He only loves the ones down by the Bend of the James, where the money is.)
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)VA_Jill
(9,983 posts)is middle class, some just barely, some yupwardly mobile, and some hanging on for dear life. There is also a large international component, some of whom are citizens, some pretty conservative, some not. There is a small part near the courthouse that is not well off and mostly Hispanic and African-American. However, there is one part, the Bend of the James, that is solidly moneyed and Republican to the core, and that's where his support comes from. They do their best to ignore and erase the rest of us, but Cantor's margin of victory has gotten smaller in recent elections. I have been away from there for 4 years now and am in another hideously Republican district in the northwestern part of the state where the best thing I can say about my congresscritter is that he is NOT Cantor!
heaven05
(18,124 posts)I automatically assumed she was black, after going to OP, I'm right. Sad, I am. But not surprised in 2014 amerika.
Bonx
(2,053 posts)Why do people insist on posting 'news' from these garbage blogs ?
Here's a link to a real source: http://wtvr.com/2014/04/23/75-year-old-woman-tied-up-while-state-police-invade-her-apartment/
Scruffy Rumbler
(961 posts)This elderly woman has state sponsored thugs come storming into her home, tie her up with strip ties and you are concerned that the writer used the term hog tie.... fer real?
Bonx
(2,053 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... been more humane
Bonx
(2,053 posts)Hog tied implies a foot or feet were also bound.
Jim__
(14,077 posts)Really?
"The warrant does list Hunter`s address and apartment number,"
http://wtvr.com/2014/04/23/75-year-old-woman-tied-up-while-state-police-invade-her-apartment/
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... an [enter here] woman?!!?!
Damn, ...