Computer glitch leads to 50 raids on elderly couples home

Embarrassed cops on Thursday cited a "computer glitch" as the reason police targeted the home of an elderly, law-abiding couple more than 50 times in futile hunts for bad guys.

What followed was years of cops appearing at the Martins' door looking for murderers, robbers and rapists - as often as three times a week.

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Imagine the level of harassment and constant stress of these people. Three times a week the cops come knocking in force looking for some felon. I'm sure the couple were accused of lying and harboring more than once. The neighbors must have loved it as well.

How many people live under constant harassment or have been detained or have even been killed because of some clerical error?

You give a group of people the authority to go around destroying lives and once human fallibility gets a license to kill we all suffer.


[edit on 20-3-2010 by thisguyrighthere]

And the police wonder why people hate them. Just wait its gonna get worse before it gets better.
The IRS has been givin powers in the Health Care Bill to make sure you comply also. Wonder how many gliches they will have??