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douglas9

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 01:38 PM Nov 2021

A SWAT Team Blew Up This Innocent Woman's House and Cost Her Over $50,000. The City Tried To Stop He

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A SWAT team destroyed an innocent woman's house after a fugitive barricaded himself inside. Last week a federal court ruled that she can sue the government for damages.

In July 2020, Wesley Little—who Vicki Baker had terminated as her handyman about a year and a half prior—arrived at Baker's home in McKinney, Texas. Baker's daughter answered. Recognizing him from news reports that he was wanted for the abduction of a 15-year-old girl, she left the premises and called the police.

SWAT agents soon arrived. They set off explosives to open the garage entryway, detonated tear gas grenades inside the building, ran over Baker's fence with an armored vehicle, and ripped off her front door, despite being given a garage door opener, a code to the back gate, and a key to the home. The house was unlivable when they were through.

She sued. So the city asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit.


https://reason.com/2021/11/29/swat-team-blew-up-innocent-womans-house-cost-her-50000-mckinney-texas-police/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/2sa54x-retirement-home-destroyed

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A SWAT Team Blew Up This Innocent Woman's House and Cost Her Over $50,000. The City Tried To Stop He (Original Post) douglas9 Nov 2021 OP
After reading this article, one wonders why someone would call the police. Dan Nov 2021 #1
Reading the article makes it sound worse, if that's possible... TreasonousBastard Nov 2021 #2

TreasonousBastard

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2. Reading the article makes it sound worse, if that's possible...
Tue Nov 30, 2021, 02:18 PM
Nov 2021

Dog left blind-- as disgraceful as her having cancer.

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