Cops Raid Innocent Family with No Warrant, Drag Them
From House & Beat Them, by Matt Agorist, 1/14/19.
While looking for a suspect, who was not at the home,
police officers beat two innocent family members and arrested them.
Sweetwater, FL — A family’s doorbell camera captured a dramatic scene unfold on a
Florida family’s front porch last week. Now, the family is asking for justice
after being pulled from their home and beaten by police officers who
were there with no warrant.
According to the Castro family, police
officers were looking for one of their relatives, 40-year-old James Castro, who
was not at the house when police arrived. Police say Castro fled officers and
struck one of them with a vehicle during the process.
The Sweetwater police department
dispatched a team of officers to the Castro residence to arrest James but when
they arrived, James was not there. What’s more, the department conducted the
operation without a warrant.
Despite the fact that James was not at
the home, as the surveillance footage shows, officers beat and
arrested two other men, Gary and Christian Castro, James’ brothers, who had
committed no crimes.
Naturally, the Sweetwater police are
claiming that their officers did nothing wrong as they pulled the two brothers
from the home and beat them in the front yard.
Police claim they didn’t need a warrant
to search the home because James’ mother gave them consent to enter. However, this fact is disputed by
James’ mother, Ana Schaublan, who said she never gave consent.
“The cops come, and the first thing they
say is, ‘Let me see some hands,'” Gary Castro told NBC 6. “So, I showed them my
hands.”
Showing his hands did not protect him
from the assault however as the cops are seen on video pulling him down to the
ground before repeatedly punching him in the face.
“They started to beat up my son so
badly. Very badly,” Schaublan, told NBC 6. “And I was just trying to tell them,
‘please do not hurt my son.’”
“Why are you hitting on me? You’re
not looking for me. You’re looking for James Castro,” Gary Castro recalled
telling officers. “You already know that James Castro was not here.
And why would you arrest us?”
“My lip is messed up. My eye is
messed up. My lungs hurt. My back hurts. They had someone’s knee on my calf,”
Christian Castro said, who was also beat up by the officers.
Instead of getting the person they
were looking for — who was not at the home — police then arrested the two
brothers on charges of, you guessed it, “resisting arrest.”
The family is now speaking out
against the department who they claim used excessive force during their raid.
What’s more, if the officers did enter the family’s home without consent, they
were in the wrong and even if the brothers would have attacked the officers, it
would be considered self-defense.
Sweetwater Police Chief Placido Diaz
told NBC 6 that his officers did nothing wrong but also stated that he hasn’t
seen all the information on the case.
“This video only tells part of the
story,” he said. “While the initial impression of a video may appear alarming,
may appear disturbing, it’s still only telling part of the story. And when law
enforcement looks at use of force, we have to look at the totality of
circumstances. Having understand everything that took place. Not just what was
captured in the lens of the video.”
According to Diaz, the video of his
officers beating two men who appear to be entirely non-violent and who hadn’t
committed a crime, is acceptable.
“Obviously if somebody made an error
or mistake they will be held accountable,” Diaz said. “But at this point, I
have no reason to believe that.”
According to police, James Castro is
still at large which shows the utterly useless nature of the violence displayed
by officers in the video below.
https://freedomoutpost.com/cops-raid-innocent-family-with-no-warrant-drag-them-from-house-beat-them/
Comments
Arbitrary abuse by US
Law Enforcement needs to be addressed by State Legislatures.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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