Denver ‘Attack Team’ targets wrong family, slams teen’s head through window

DENVER, CO – A so-called ‘Attack Team’ negligently raided the wrong family and used violent tactics against a father and his three sons; choking and punching them, crashing a minor’s head through a glass window, and slamming them face first onto a sidewalk. The innocent family members were then maliciously prosecuted and threatened with the prospect of spending years in prison.
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VIOLENT RAID
On January 27, 2009, the Martinez family of Denver – comprised of Daniel Martinez, Jr., Daniel Martinez III (21), Nathan Martinez (19), and Jonathan Martinez (16) – had settled in for the evening when there was an unexpected banging on their door shortly after 11:00 p.m. A number of Denver police officers, representing the District 1 Special Crime Attack Team (SCAT), were outside demanding that the family open the door.
Responding to the shouting, family patriarch Daniel Martinez, Jr., opened the door slightly, but it was hooked using a bungee cord. As he struggled to unlatch the door, he responded with ‘I’m trying’ to the repeated demands to open up. When the bungee cord was released, officers pushed the door open and rushed into the house, according to court documents. The officers had no warrant and were not given consent to enter.
The intrusion quickly turned to violence, as gun wielding brutes used force to detain the the father and his three sons…

This post was published at Police State USA on October 11, 2014.