Barbara Arnwine, Civil Rights Lawyer, Has Home Raided By Police

[mfcorey1]

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Arnwine is a well known attorney, and one of the leaders of groups in opposition of Voter ID laws. On Nov. 14, she spoke out about the effects of voter suppression laws on the minority community along with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Laura W. Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The SWAT team arrived at her home at 5:30 a.m., disturbing the attorney and her family members, including an 80-year-old relative, Arnwine said. They also did not seem to have a warrant and asked for the name of the homeowner and how to spell that name.

"If they had a warrant and were targeting any of us then how could they not know our names and know how to spell them," Arnwine said to D.C radio station's WPFW news anchor Askia Muhammad. "It looks like they were randomly looking, like they were on a fishing expedition. I honestly think they were looking for someone else. I honestly think they had the wrong address. I don't think they had the right house but I'll never know because I never saw a warrant."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/28/barbara-arnwine-civil-rig_n_1117186.html

[hifiguy]

1. Coming soon to a home near you

if you have the courage to speak out.

A SWAT team sent to an attorney's home? Pigs will be pigs, I suppose.

[villager]

3. Good thing we have so many Democratic office-holders around to protect us against... oh, wait...

n/t

[msanthrope]

11. Why do we need protection from a legally executed warrant?

PG county had a valid warrant. They've now arrested her idiot nephew for robbing a Popeye's.

http://cms.princegeorgescountymd.gov/PoliceNews/default.aspx?itemid=3286

[villager]

13. You're right! We should trust the security state *in all matters!*

What's with all this bleating about "protection" in the midst of "wars" on terrorism, drugs, et al!?

[msanthrope]

15. Not in all matters. But I like it when suspected armed robbers are taken off the streets. nt

[villager]

17. Streets? Sounds like he was in a house with a lot of innocent people around him

Too many "accidents" during drug war mania police break-ins to feel overly comfortable about it all...

[EFerrari]

2. Maybe the next step for us is the rise of semi officially sanctioned militias.

[msanthrope]

12. Why??? There was a valid warrant. She's a liar.

"So Why Did PG County Police Raid Civil Rights Lawyer’s Home?

The Prince George’s County Police Department in Maryland has provided documents to Politic365 indicating they were looking for someone at a residence believed to be that of prominent Civil Rights attorney Barbara Arnwine.

Among the documents provided: arrest and search warrants for a residence in Prince George’s County believed to be Arnwine’s."


http://politic365.com/2011/11/29/pg-county-police-respond-in-arnwine-case-her-attorney-talks/

Apparently, her idiot nephew went and robbed the Popeye's where he used to work. He's been arrested. At her house, no less.

[EFerrari]

18. Prince George's County has been monitored by an independent

agency since 2004 because of their addiction to excess:

In January 2004, the department signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Justice Department over allegations of excessive force.<7> This resulted in the establishment of an independent monitoring group by MPRI, a defense contractor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County_Police

In 2010, the Feds ramped up a corruption investigation. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/15/AR2010111507311.html

Indictments came down in March of this year.
http://www.fbi.gov/baltimore/press-releases/2011/superseding-indictment-charges-prince-george2019s-county-police-officer-and-his-co-defendant-with-corruption-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-violations

The department is the same one that shot those two ferocious Labrador retrievers belonging to the Mayor for no reason.

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/9431/police_state_madness:_mayor%27s_dogs_gunned_down_by_cops_in_hyper-agressive_drug_raid/

They have a history of acting like scum so it is completely unsurprising that you're defending them.

[msanthrope]

19. Well, if they were excessive in their force, then they have recourse.

But Arnwine herself said she wasn't even handcuffed.

It there are violations, she should pursue them.

[dtexdem]

4. Imagine how provactive: being a civil-rights advocate and anti-voter-ID person in this police state

Yeah, this one may have been a "mistake," but it may also be a harbinger for the future.

[msanthrope]

10. It was no mistake. Her nephew's been arrested for armed robbery.

http://cms.princegeorgescountymd.gov/PoliceNews/default.aspx?itemid=3286

[Celebration]

5. it seems

her nephew was wanted for armed robbery...........

http://politic365.com/2011/11/29/pg-county-police-respond-in-arnwine-case-her-attorney-talks/

[hootinholler]

6. The 4th amendment doesn't apply here?

Um, really?

[Downwinder]

7. In Prince George’s County? You jest.

[hootinholler]

8. No I don't jest...

It even applies up here in Fredneck County.

I suspect that PG will be paying a settlement in a couple of years.

[msanthrope]

9. I doubt it. There was a warrant.

And it looks like the evidence recovered in the search led to her nephew's arrest. At her home, no less.

http://cms.princegeorgescountymd.gov/PoliceNews/default.aspx?itemid=3286



"So Why Did PG County Police Raid Civil Rights Lawyer’s Home?

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The Prince George’s County Police Department in Maryland has provided documents to Politic365 indicating they were looking for someone at a residence believed to be that of prominent Civil Rights attorney Barbara Arnwine.

Among the documents provided: arrest and search warrants for a residence in Prince George’s County believed to be Arnwine’s."

http://politic365.com/2011/11/29/pg-county-police-respond-in-arnwine-case-her-attorney-talks/

[hootinholler]

14. Thanks for that!

I followed the HuffPo link to the article it was based on here, which is also politic365. I didn't see any link to the article you found.

[msanthrope]

16. You're welcome! I googled her name because her description of events seemed 'off.'

It didn't square with what her attorney was saying.