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DC cops raid home, drag 16-year-old naked from the shower, arrest father for 2 EMPTY shell casings
This story absolutely makes my blood boil. *Washington DC police in full tactical gear recently raided the home of a businessman and after terrorizing the family, arrested the father for two empty ammunition casings.*
from Washington Times:
The police banged on the front door of Mr. Witaschek’s Georgetown home at 8:20 p.m. on July 7, 2012, to execute a search warrant for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts.”
Mr. Witaschek’s 14-year-old daughter let inside some 30 armed officers in full tactical gear.
D.C. law requires residents to register every firearm with the police, and only registered gun owners can possess ammunition, which includes spent shells and casings. The maximum penalty for violating these laws is a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
Police based their search on a charge made by Mr. Witaschek’s estranged wife, who had earlier convinced a court clerk to issue a temporary restraining order against her husband for threatening her with a gun, although a judge later found the charge to be without merit.
After entering the house, the police immediately went upstairs, pointed guns at the heads of Mr. Witaschek and his girlfriend, Bonnie Harris, and demanded they surrender, facedown and be handcuffed.
In recalling what followed, Mr. Witaschek became visibly emotional in describing how the police treated him, Ms. Harris and the four children in the house.
His 16-year-old son was in the shower when the police arrived. “They used a battering ram to bash down the bathroom door and pull him out of the shower, naked,” said his father.*“The police put all the children together in a room, while we were handcuffed upstairs. I could hear them crying, not knowing what was happening.”
Police spokesman Gwendolyn Crump would not provide further information on the events in this case.
The police shut down the streets for blocks and spent more than two hours going over every inch of his house. “They tossed the place,” said Mr. Witaschek. He provided photos that he took of his home after the raid to document the damage, which he estimated at $10,000.
The police found no guns in the house, but did write on the warrant that four items were discovered: “One live round of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition,” which was an inoperable shell*that misfired during a hunt years earlier. Mr. Witaschek had kept it as a souvenir. “One handgun holster” was found, which is perfectly legal.
“One expended round of .270 caliber ammunition,” which was a spent brass casing.*The police uncovered “one box of Knight bullets for reloading.” These are actually not for reloading, but are used in antique-replica, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles.
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This is an absolute outrage and a gross violation of the 2nd and 4th Amendments. *The police commander and the district attorney who signed off on this raid should be stripped of their positions and charged with harassment, theft, destruction of property, assault, and reckless endangerment of minors. They should serve time in Federal prison for such gross misconduct.*
This is the state of gun control in the US. *Police in cities like DC, New York, and Chicago will exploit any minuscule tittle in the law that gives them the vaguest excuse to harass innocent people. *Actions like these don’t make anybody safer. *They are acts of tyranny, pure and simple.
This man and his children committed no crime, yet they were treated worse than murderers and child molesters. The madness has to stop. *We must demand accountability for these officials outrageous actions.*
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DC cops raid home, drag 16-year-old naked from the shower, arrest father for 2 EMPTY shell casings
This story absolutely makes my blood boil. *Washington DC police in full tactical gear recently raided the home of a businessman and after terrorizing the family, arrested the father for two empty ammunition casings.*
from Washington Times:
The police banged on the front door of Mr. Witaschek’s Georgetown home at 8:20 p.m. on July 7, 2012, to execute a search warrant for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts.”
Mr. Witaschek’s 14-year-old daughter let inside some 30 armed officers in full tactical gear.
D.C. law requires residents to register every firearm with the police, and only registered gun owners can possess ammunition, which includes spent shells and casings. The maximum penalty for violating these laws is a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
Police based their search on a charge made by Mr. Witaschek’s estranged wife, who had earlier convinced a court clerk to issue a temporary restraining order against her husband for threatening her with a gun, although a judge later found the charge to be without merit.
After entering the house, the police immediately went upstairs, pointed guns at the heads of Mr. Witaschek and his girlfriend, Bonnie Harris, and demanded they surrender, facedown and be handcuffed.
In recalling what followed, Mr. Witaschek became visibly emotional in describing how the police treated him, Ms. Harris and the four children in the house.
His 16-year-old son was in the shower when the police arrived. “They used a battering ram to bash down the bathroom door and pull him out of the shower, naked,” said his father.*“The police put all the children together in a room, while we were handcuffed upstairs. I could hear them crying, not knowing what was happening.”
Police spokesman Gwendolyn Crump would not provide further information on the events in this case.
The police shut down the streets for blocks and spent more than two hours going over every inch of his house. “They tossed the place,” said Mr. Witaschek. He provided photos that he took of his home after the raid to document the damage, which he estimated at $10,000.
The police found no guns in the house, but did write on the warrant that four items were discovered: “One live round of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition,” which was an inoperable shell*that misfired during a hunt years earlier. Mr. Witaschek had kept it as a souvenir. “One handgun holster” was found, which is perfectly legal.
“One expended round of .270 caliber ammunition,” which was a spent brass casing.*The police uncovered “one box of Knight bullets for reloading.” These are actually not for reloading, but are used in antique-replica, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles.
read the rest
This is an absolute outrage and a gross violation of the 2nd and 4th Amendments. *The police commander and the district attorney who signed off on this raid should be stripped of their positions and charged with harassment, theft, destruction of property, assault, and reckless endangerment of minors. They should serve time in Federal prison for such gross misconduct.*
This is the state of gun control in the US. *Police in cities like DC, New York, and Chicago will exploit any minuscule tittle in the law that gives them the vaguest excuse to harass innocent people. *Actions like these don’t make anybody safer. *They are acts of tyranny, pure and simple.
This man and his children committed no crime, yet they were treated worse than murderers and child molesters. The madness has to stop. *We must demand accountability for these officials outrageous actions.*
Poor Richard's News - DC cops raid home, drag 16-year-old naked from the shower, arrest father for 2 EMPTY shell casings
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