http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/75761864717/swat-team-forced-florida-woman-to-vacate-home
A woman in Jacksonville, Florida is furious after a police SWAT team forced her out of her home and used it to conduct operations during a standoff with her neighbor across the street.
from WTEV:
Deborah Franz feels violated. She claims the SWAT team went into her southside home without her permission during a standoff involving her neighbor Sunday afternoon.
Franz said it all started shortly after overhearing a fight at her neighbor’s house across the street Sunday. A short time later, the SWAT team swarmed her neighborhood.
"The cop goes ‘You all need to leave, you can’t be in your house,’" said Franz.
That happened around 1 p.m. About six hours later, deputies cleared the scene and she went back home. But something was off when she walked through the door.
"I stopped, I froze because I realized somebody had messed with my TV," said Franz.
Franz said her blinds were opened, her Xbox and TV were disconnected, and a drape over her bedroom window was thrown on the floor.
At first she thought it was a burglar but then realized nothing was missing.
"They were the last people I saw, was the police, so I’m assuming it had to have been them," said Franz.
Franz said she called the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to complain.
"He did call me back and he said ‘Yeah Ms. Franz my men did come in your house,’" said Franz....
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This is a very clear violation of the Constitution’s 3rd Amendment:
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law
If you’re getting hung up on the word “soldier,” you haven’t been paying attention to the rapid militarization of police forces across the country. Local Police, especially in tactical units like SWAT, increasingly use the same methods and equipment as the US military. The distinction between the definition of a “soldier” and that of a “police officer” is, at this point, mere semantics.
These kinds of Constitutional violations have been rapidly increasing over the past few years. The most obvious example is the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing....