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Thats exactly what's happened to by friend. Ultimately the charges were all dropped against him when they realized they had the wrong individual. 10k in attorney fees later, loss of income from work as well as being locked up for 3 days and the entire ordeal dragged out for almost a year. Yep, no way to sue the system.A Houston Man Was Jailed for Weeks in a Case of Mistaken Identity. But Holding Officials Accountable Will Be Nearly Impossible Thanks to the Supreme Court
Imagine police imprison you for a crime someone with the same name as you committed. You plead your innocence to the authorities, the judge, and your attorney but to no avail. Days go by, and ultimately, you’re able to prove your innocence, but the threat of being arrested again for someone else’s crime still looms over you.
That nightmare became a reality for Jabon “James” Barrett this past winter and for David Sosa starting in 2014. Both men were mistakenly arrested and jailed, in one case multiple times, because they shared a name with someone who had an outstanding warrant. Both cases show just how easily someone can be stripped of their rights, and how hard it can be to hold officials accountable for their mistakes.
Barrett’s ordeal began one night last November when Houston police spotted a gun in his car at a gas station. Despite being a military veteran with no criminal record and a license to carry a gun, Houston police arrested him believing he was someone else. That individual, who went by the alias “James Barrett,” had a decade-old conviction in Florida. Houston authorities made little effort to verify if they had the right man. Instead, they charged Barrett with unlawfully carrying a weapon and later, a more severe charge that carried a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
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A Houston Man Was Jailed for Weeks in a Case of Mistaken Identity. But Holding Officials Accountable Will Be Nearly Impossible Thanks to the Supreme Court - Institute for Justice
Imagine police imprison you for a crime someone with the same name as you committed. You plead your innocence to the authorities, the judge, and […]ij.org
Same as above but a different state.
Fifth Circuit Declines to Rehear Innocent Woman’s Case Seeking Compensation After SWAT Team Destroyed House; Woman Will Petition Supreme Court
NEW ORLEANS—On Wednesday, the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear the case of an innocent woman who is seeking compensation after a SWAT team destroyed her McKinney, Texas home while pursuing a fugitive in 2020. Vicki Baker, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), will now file a petition with the United States Supreme Court, asking the justices to hear her case.
“The decision not to rehear Vicki’s case is certainly disappointing, but the fact that some judges dissented provides a platform to continue fighting for her constitutional rights,” said IJ Attorney Jeff Redfern. “The Fifth Amendment requires the government to provide just compensation when it destroys private property for a public purpose, as the SWAT team did when it destroyed Vicki’s home to get a fugitive off the streets.”
In Wednesday’s decision, 11 judges denied Vicki’s attempt to have her case reheard, while 6 judges voted in favor of rehearing her case.
“There is no doubt the McKinney community was better off because its officers ravaged Baker’s home. But it is at least peculiar to say that because the officers’ conduct benefited the community, the community can avoid compensating Baker for the inconveniences she incurred on its behalf,” wrote the dissenting judges. “Thus, it should have been the City’s burden to establish its conduct was excepted from the strictures of the just compensation requirement.”
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Fifth Circuit Declines to Rehear Innocent Woman’s Case Seeking Compensation After SWAT Team Destroyed House; Woman Will Petition Supreme Court - Institute for Justice
NEW ORLEANS—On Wednesday, the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear the case of an innocent woman who is seeking compensation after […]ij.org
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South Bend SWAT Destruction
Amy Hadley watched in horror as her home was raided by police and destroyed in South Bend, Indiana, in June 2022. Over a year later, her family is still traumatized and their home still bears the scars of the raid. And all of this happened because police were searching for a man who was never in their home and who had no connection to Amy’s family.
Noah Hadley, just 15 at the time, was the only one there when police surrounded his home and started calling for occupants to come out. He followed their instructions and told them he was the only one in the house. Officers cuffed Noah and took him away without letting him call his mom.
Amy arrived on the scene shortly after the officers took her son away. A neighbor had called her, telling her about the commotion at her home. None of the officers believed Amy when she tried to explain that the officers had the wrong house. She watched from down the street as a SWAT team and other officers shattered windows with tear gas grenades, flooded the house with toxic fumes, upended furniture, tore down fixtures, punched holes in the walls, destroyed family photos and drawings, and rifled through the family’s belongings.
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South Bend SWAT Destruction - Institute for Justice
In South Bend, a SWAT team raided the wrong home, leaving a single mom with thousands of dollars in damage not covered by insurance. She is suing for compensation.ij.org
Update:
Innocent Woman Whose Home Was Destroyed by SWAT Team Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Case Seeking Compensation - Institute for Justice
WASHINGTON—Today, an innocent woman whose McKinney, Texas, home was destroyed by a SWAT team in 2020 asked the United States Supreme Court to hear her […]ij.org
Righting A Wrong House Raid
April 30, 2024
Everyone knows to check that they’re in the right place when arriving somewhere new. Maybe look for the address or distinguishing features of the property. It’s just a basic life skill—not something the Supreme Court needs to explain. Still, the Fifth Circuit ruled that a SWAT commander couldn’t have known that he had to make sure he had the correct house before ordering a raid.
On March 27, 2019, a SWAT team assembled on the porch of the wrong house in Waxahachie, Texas. Lieutenant Mike Lewis realized the mistake just in time. He knew the suspected stash house was one door down. He just wasn’t sure which direction. The front-porch light on the house to his left obscured his view of its address. So, rather than go get a better look, he just guessed.
A chain-link fence should have blocked his team’s path to the front porch and the detached garage of the house they planned to raid. But the house they approached didn’t have a fence, or a front porch, or a garage. Instead, officers had to climb a truly enormous L-shaped wheelchair ramp that wasn’t supposed to be there.
Righting A Wrong House Raid - Institute for Justice
Everyone knows to check that they’re in the right place when arriving somewhere new. Maybe look for the address or distinguishing features of the property. […]ij.org
SWAT Raid on 'WRONG HOUSE!' Dragging Through the Courts
May 5, 2024
And very well could end up in the Supreme Court.
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*Just my opinion, fwiw, I do not believe that the robed ones give two shits about the rights of American citizens.
He couldn't tell the dif between a 7 and a nine? Sounds like he needs glasses.he later reported that he “believed” the numbers on Karen’s home (593) matched the address on the warrant (573),
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