I've got some catching up to do. First, from Memphis :

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Memphis Police have raided the wrong house, slightly injuring a mentally disabled resident.

Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said officers went to the wrong address to make a drug raid and will be disciplined.

Neighbors told WMC-TV on Wednesday they watched undercover police officers break down the door of the home and rush in. The disabled man and his mother were inside.

Armstrong said such mistakes are rare, but acknowledged they have occurred before in the city. He said he’s thankful no one was seriously injured or killed. Armstrong said police execute a lot of search warrants and “accidents happen.”

The chief apologized to the homeowner and said the city will pay for damages.
Well, that's a little refreshing. Next, from California :

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An immigrant family claimed on Monday that immigration agents roughed up their grandmother during a raid in Norco.

The family said dozens of immigration agents swarmed their Norco home around 3:30 p.m. 2 weeks ago.

Josephina Martinez said her 46 year-old mother-in-law sustained bruises when gun-toting agents threw her to the ground as they searched for drugs and guns.

“These officers should have realized that these 5 people were women and children and needed to treat them as such," said Jorge Mario Cabrera, spokesperson for the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights. "Instead they treated them like criminals.”

Cabrera said a 2 year-old girl and a 16 year-old boy were also in the house at the time, and added that it appears that agents raided the wrong house.

In a statement, immigration officials confirmed that agents did raid the house during a drug trafficking investigation and detained 4 people for deportation. Five others face immigration interviews.

Agents did not arrest any of them on drug charges.

Officials said they are reviewing the agents’ conduct during the raid.
Also in California, San Luis Obispo County is settling a lawsuit arising from a medical marijuana raid back in 2008 .

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Hey, San Luis Obispo County. You’re about to buy 43 dead marijuana plants. Rather than go to trial in federal court and fight a civil rights lawsuit brought by Los Osos resident Richard Steenken, the county and Sheriff’s Department agreed to settle the case for $25,000, roughly the cash value of Steenken’s marijuana plants, which were seized in a botched drug raid on a medical marijuana card holder.

“I guess it could have been more,” Steenken said of the settlement. “But it’s a long time coming.”

Steenken, a 45-year-old addiction specialist, was arrested on Oct. 15, 2008, and two days later charged with a felony for cultivating marijuana and possessing concentrated cannabis (among other charges). With a $40,000 bail set, Steenken opted to stay in jail, where he remained until Nov. 3 when the District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges. The judge abided, Steenken was released, and he then fought to have his property returned; it eventually was, after a court order. By the time Steenken reclaimed his property, his 43 plants—which he was allowed to cultivate under state law as a medical marijuana patient—had died.

“Basically they told us, ‘We’re going to enforce federal law,’” said Steenken’s attorney, Dana Rosenburg, who specializes in police misconduct cases. “So they’re using state money … to enforce federal law, and that’s unconstitutional.”

Steenken came home in the middle of the raid and found armed deputies at his home. They raided the home of his then-girlfriend three hours later.
Onward and upward,
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