Government "Strike Teams" Invade Homes, Harass Flood Victims

Government "Strike Teams" Invade Homes, Harass Flood Victims

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Shocking footage out of Cedar Rapids Iowa shows cops and government employee "strike teams" breaking into houses of flood victims and threatening anyone who questions their actions in complete violation of the 4th amendment right that protects against unlawful search and seizure.

No warrant, no knock home invasions are being carried out on the flimsy pretext of "checking for structural damage" as cops harass and threaten with arrest people who refuse to have their homes ransacked by thugs in uniforms.

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This seems, at the least, heavy handed, and at the worst, total disregard for peoples private proerty and civil liberties.

The video is somewhat reminiscent of comical ali when he insisted there were no US troops in Iraq - as a tank drove by in the background.


From the article:

Cedar Rapids police chief Greg Graham promised residents over the weekend that "Law enforcement officers are not entering homes," and that firefighters would only enter homes through unlocked doors and windows yet the video clearly shows locked houses being broken in to

So are these intrusions justified?

Or are they yet more heavy handed tactis used to intimidate and suppress freedoms?


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[edit on 19/6/2008 by budski]

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This doesn't surprise me at all. It happened during Katrina. Why would things be any different now?

I'm sure we will hear a lot more about these types of situations as flooding continues.

well what can you say, it is an emergency zone,
now if they LEVEL Lethal Weapons at occupants then, 2nd
Ammendment is Constitutionally Self Defense. I wonder
how they are going to spin this engagement when it happens.
there still a lot of good ole people who still trust this entity.
they will not make the same mistake twice... I guarantee

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