Dog napping no-knock SWAT raid, per warrant obtained by same detective who negligently did another one, fucking up the address so that innocents were terrorized.

 KARE-11, reporting in part -

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Assisting a Minneapolis police investigation and acting on a no-knock warrant signed by Judge Thomas Fitzpatrick and obtained by the same detective from the dognapping case, the Anoka County Sheriff’s SWAT team raided an innocent family.

The problem? Records show authorities assaulted the wrong address.

What’s more, a KARE 11 investigation uncovered evidence that the correct address was easily available in public records and with the target suspect’s probation officer. But Minneapolis police apparently failed to do basic due diligence before the raid.

At the time, Frey said it was an “obvious breakdown in process and horrible mistake.”

However, Frey’s statement doubled down on his claim to have ended most no-knock warrants in Minneapolis – and he seemed to criticize neighboring cities for not adopting the same standards.

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Absent from the reporting - is that fuck-up detective still on the force? Keeping that kind of dangerous idiot on the force is THE PROBLEM. Along with too-pliant judges, signing garbage warrants - but how do the judges know, when trusting police? 

Fixing THE PROBLEM is easy. Fire the one s.o.b. Yesterday, not tomorrow. Three strikes and out are not needed. Two are more than enough. That detective is an obvious clear and present danger to the community, if still having a badge.

And is Frey's negligence in things a part of THE PROBLEM? Ya betcha. Who's got the ultimate authority to fire a public employee who is such a danger? If that authority is not with the mayor, then the city charter is defective.

So. bottom line: Has the individual been fired? If not, why not? And why did KARE-11 omit that question in its report? A mayor stretching truth is fodder for a report, but . . .