Two Children Injured in Apparent Wrong Door Raid Police Won’t Say Much About

The latest horror story from the failing but
still indefinitely ongoing war on drugs comes from Coconut Grove in
Miami. According to the victimized family, police bombarded and
entered their home while three children were there, injuring two of
them, on a warrant that had a different address listed.

WSVN reports:

Twelve-year-old Aaron said he was sleeping. He was in town from
Georgia visiting his aunt who lives at the home. “They tried to
snatch me off my bed, but my foot got caught on the side of the
bed, and I couldn’t move,” said Aaron McLendon. “and they thought I
was trying to refuse to go, so they punched me in my eye, and
that’s when I got my foot unstuck, and then they snatched me off of
my bed and took me outside.”

When asked who punched him, he replied, “The police.”

The young teens were not arrested or charged, but Internal
Affairs is investigating the case. “You can rest assured that we
are going to do everything that we can to get to the bottom of what
happened in there,” said [Miami Police Major Delrish] Moss.

Aaron also said he knew there were still good cops out, just not
the ones he encountered. The family says police claimed they were
at the right house even though the address on the warrant was
wrong. Police say they found drugs and weapons in the home.

According to
Local 10 in Miami, police said they would have more information
today. When I called the public information office of the Miami
Police Department earlier this morning, the unit’s secretary told
me there was only one officer there today and that I should call
back in an hour. A peculiar staffing arrangement given this kind of
horrible incident happening just 24 hours ago. We’ll update you if
the police release any new information or if we get any comments
when I call back as asked.