20080729 SWAT Team honored for raiding wrong house

20080729 Minneapolis SWAT Team honored for raiding wrong house

This is bizarre... I'm NOT making this up!:

WCCO-TV http://wcco.com/ Minneapolis MN: July 29, 2008 Minneapolis SWAT Team honored for raiding wrong house

http://wcco.com/iteam/swat.team.honored.2.783216.html

WCCO-TV Minneapolis, MN: "On Monday, Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan handed out honors to a team of officers involved in a botched raid at an innocent family's home more than seven months ago...

"Just days before Christmas, the sound of intruders breaking into their home in North Minneapolis prompted Vang Khang to grab his shotgun to protect his six children. His terrified wife called 911.

"Khang fired several shots at the "intruders" who turned out to be members of the Minneapolis Police Department's SWAT team. The officers returned fire. Their protective gear prevented them from being harmed by the bullets.

"No one was hurt in the shootout last Dec. 16 and the Minneapolis Police Chief ordered an internal investigation. The house was left riddled with bullet holes and broken glass. Two days later, Dolan apologized to the family and launched an internal investigation to find out how the SWAT team wound up in an innocent family's house in the middle of the night.

"The investigation determined that the team had gone there looking for a gang member's guns after an informant gave investigators in the department's Violent Offenders Task Force bad information. The investigation is ongoing.

"On Monday, Dolan recognized members of the SWAT team for their bravery and how they handled the raid. With Mayor R.T. Rybak and other city officials looking on, the chief handed out medals and commendations.

Read the entire account here: http://wcco.com/iteam/swat.team.honored.2.783216.html

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• SWAT
• Police
• Lunacy
• No-Knock
• Minneapolis
• Minnesota
• Chief
• Dolan

[MSkudlarczyk2008]

HEY YOU POSTED THIS ON MY BDAY!

[kevindayhoff]

@MSkudlarczyk2008  Happy Birthday

[fmnma1]

Horned for firing at citizens, grotesque!

They did it's 'own' reviews. How nice of them. They should have their own houses raided, see how it feels, while their children watch.

[davy209]

I guess cops get rewarded when they dont kill someone...

[agentzero206]

I dont believe this... im too stone for this shit

[calbert1999]

Hahahaha..... only in the good ol' USA.

[10thmt87]

Let me get this strait...the swat team gets their info from a non-reliable (druggie?) source. Go into the wrong house (luckily) can't shoot strait enough to hit the (Innocent) man...or his wife and kids (again luckily)...Did everything wrong and they get a medal?

This is like giving everyone in the 5th grade class an award, no matter how stupid they are. The only bravery these guys showed was being brave enough to show their faces for this bogus award!

[jasonresler]

Awards for being douchebags?

[PlanoPrincess]

Just sick!!!

[TheSupertwist]

I'm just glad cops aren't great shots,and the family lived Too bad the homeowner wasn't any good either

[WeAskThePeople]

thugs with guns... black storm troopers ,, murderers , killers. DO YOU HAVE A CONSCIENCE ?

[blueskyonmars]

This country is no longer America we are now in a full on police state where we the people have no rights at all. Where is the warrant where is the right to secure in ones home person. This is sick. Citizens need to recognize the police are your enemy. You are 80 time more likely to be murdered by a cop in the US than a terrorist (national safety institute statistic. This government is at war with the citizen of The US