Video reveals Police searches in Boston manhunt were mandatory, at gunpoint and very intense
Circulating on the Internet and Facebook Monday, the Boston manhunt video raised several civil rights advocates’ ire.
Warrantless, involuntary house-to-house searches were performed and this video captured the nature of the situation with officers pounding on doors, rifles raised, grabbing and searching civilians as they exit their home.
The text from the post elaborates and details the scene:
On Friday, April 19, 2013, during a manhunt for a bombing suspect, police and federal agents spent the day storming people’s homes and performing illegal searches. While it was unclear initially if the home searches were voluntary, it is now crystal clear that they were absolutely NOT voluntary. Police were filmed ripping people from their homes at gunpoint, marching the residents out with their hands raised in submission, and then storming the homes to perform their illegal searches.
This was part of a larger operation that involved total lockdown of the suburban neighbor to Boston. Roads were barricaded and vehicle traffic was prohibited. A No-Fly Zone was declared over the town. People were “ordered” to stay indoors. Businesses were told not to open. National Guard soldiers helped with the lockdown, and were photographed checking IDs of pedestrians on the streets. All the while, police were performing these disgusting house-to-house searches.
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