So Police Smash Security Cameras On Houses Now?

So many questions, yet answers within a few days, after a little investigative journalism. Police in Ankeny, Iowa got a complaint about stuff bought on a stolen credit card. For reasons that have not been fully explained, they felt very strongly that the culprits could be found in Des Moines. So off to Des Moines they went, in full swat team attire. When they landed on their targeted doorstep, a member of the horde ripped out a camera. Then, they proceeded to break down the door without knocking. Inside, they discovered two guests, whom they forthwith arrested, but no stolen credit card or stolen property. When the homeowner returned, wanting to know why they rampaged her home, they lied and told her they knocked politely first. Unfortunately for the law enforcement horde, one camera was left functioning.





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A press conference was held a day or two later, during which Ankeny police defended the actions of the badged vandals. It was stated that violent people with criminal pasts lived in the home, but that, too, was a lie. A middle aged woman lives there with her son, who was recently honorably discharged from the Army. One of the two guests had once been charged with theft, but as the charge was dismissed, that does not count as a criminal past. So violence was used against innocent people and their property was destroyed by law enforcement. The press conference did not address the broken camera, or why the police minded appearing on film, and the reason why Ankeny police executed a warrant in Des Moines was also not revealed. But that's okay; once again, the press to the rescue. It seems that a former Ankeny officer by the name of Curtis Pote had experienced the theft of his wallet, and decided, possibly for reasons of a personal nature, that it MUST have been the young man who was a guest in the home that was raided. So instead of going through the proper channels to recover or replace his stolen property, as the rest of us would be obliged to do, he called on his former horde-mates at arms in Ankeny and asked them for a personal favor! But he doesn't feel, at all, that his complaint received any special treatment. (eye-rolley here)

In the future, cameras at the home of yours truly will be placed more strategically. The owners of the home that got raided for nothing will probably take similar action.