Posted by S.D.S.U Undergrade on 3/04/04

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San Diego police from the gang task force with no warrant
nor any probable cause conduct a "what the residents
discribe as" aggressive search on family of non-English
speaking Vietnamese family. The resident who were living in
the house at that time were two senoir over the 68 and were
acompany by 3 other family member with disability. What
makes this matter worst is the fact of knowing that this
family has very littly knowledge on their rights as well as
Comprehending English, the police task force without having
been invited to enter rushed in to conduct, what POLICE
call "a Gang Unit raid" on private property with no one
documented as such source durring the time or anyone is a
fourth waiver. I can also ensure your of this because the
occupant of the invaded residents are my grandparents with
my blind aunt and mentally diable uncles. What disturb me
the most is that this is not the first time police from the
so call "Gang Unit" done this. Few years back their were
someone who live at the home who were on probation but then
move away long before this particular incident. The day he
move he also informed his probation officer as well as the
police who more then 4 time constantly invade the home
anyways using the same excues. And everytime they do
approach the home, the residents discribe it as agrressive
force puming fear in to all the resident member as well as
everyone living in that house. My aunt who is a disably
blind individual, stated to me and other member of the
fanily that she were physically push and shove while
weren't able to comphrend to the officer who were tryin to
talk to her. As a student of San Diego state and a
vietnamese-American I can understand why they can use such
aggression to those who are obviously in no way of threats
toward their pressence. When my cousin and I call into the
police station to locate and queston those particular
officer who were at my grandparents house, one of the
officer told me that they were just conducted a routibne
gang search on what supposely were inform by them that my
cousin were back at the residency.Tired if the same respond
i demanded for a greivance report which i were denied of. I
was told that because they had permission from my cousin
probation officer who were in another state out to conduct
that search for probable cause and that I am unable to file
a complain. So in curiousity i contacted the probation
officer of which the San Diego gang unit stated were aware
of the "raid" who then "the probation officer" inform me
that they had know knowledge of what was pressented or ever
had any contact of any gang unit from San Diego. SO what
can i do in case of a situation like this occur again.? Can
police still invade a home without a search warrant and no
one in the house is a fourth waiever.?
It's no suprising to me that this happen because as i'm
from California, and cases of police harassment happen all
the time. Especially their so call the gang task force.
Other family in the community of my grandparents stated
that this type of things happen to them all the time and
the majority member had never fought back because fearing
police retaliation. It;s sad to know that these are the
same police officer who we paying through our tax money to
protect and to serve. I'm not saying all police are bad,
but in a case like this how can i defend my right if it
happen to my against the abusive liberty sworn enforcement
officer...?

Re: Police power abuse in San Diego... Need HELP.....!, 5/19/04, by Bob Potts.

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