06-20-2008
Pioneer Press

Troy Molde awoke at 3 a.m. Thursday to police flashlights shining in his face. Two uniformed Lakeville officers were in his bedroom, knocking on the wall to wake him up.

They were there, they said, to warn him to keep his doors closed and locked.

Their surprise visit was part of a public service campaign. Officers had fanned out across the city, leaving notices on doors to remind residents how to prevent thefts by keeping garage doors closed, not leaving valuables in cars and locking windows or doors.

But at Molde's house, they went further.

His two sons, ages 5 and 7, and 5-year-old twin nephews were having a sleepover in the living room. They awoke to find the officers in the house.

"I was violated, but ... I wasn't physically damaged," Molde said of what he considers an invasion of privacy.

The officers told Molde his garage door was open, the TV was on, keys to his truck were left in the ignition and the door to his house was ajar.

Police said the intrusion was justified because the officers' initial door knocks went unanswered. Police went inside to check if anything was wrong, Sgt. Jim Puncochar said.

He said the kids were afraid to wake their dad, so the officers went upstairs.

"It really was suspicious," Puncochar said.

But Molde, 34, said he went upstairs to bed at midnight. Molde didn't shut the garage door, and he remembers leaving the doors to his house closed — but unlocked. The kids fell asleep watching TV.

Three hours later, he had police in his bedroom. He immediately thought something was wrong.

"I was just dazed," said the 34-year-old dad. "It's not a safe way of (police) protection."

Puncochar said officers left pamphlets Thursday at eight other houses as a friendly reminder of ways residents can avoid becoming victims of crimes, such as burglary.

"We went there to determine that everyone was safe," Puncochar said.

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Innocent people are accidentally shot and killed at an alarming rate, and to what end? Illegal drugs are still available, more so in a lot of places, and I sure do not feel safe. Most of these were "No-Knock"

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/08/17/drugWarVictims.html

Its better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt!

Kathryn Johnson didn't make it, But because of her death
progress is being made.

Kathyrn Johnston

88 years old
Atlanta, Georgia
November, 2006 Kathryn lived in a rough neighborhood and a relative gave her a gun for protection. When she noticed men breaking through her security bars into her house she fired a shot into the ceiling. They were narcotics officers and fired 39 shots back, killing her. The police had falsified information in order to obtain a no-knock search warrant based on incorrect information from a dealer they had framed. After killing Johnson and realizing that she was completely innocent, they planted some marijuana in the basement. Eventually their stories fell apart federal and state investigations learned the truth. Additional facts have come to light that this was not an isolated incident in the Atlanta police department.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entri...

Wake Up America
http://www.tiptopwebsite.com/websites/index2.php?username=liberty4us&pag...

.. later

Is the only thing to do, as saucerman says, to have someone have to wade through the court system? Is there something that other citizens can do -- phone calls, emails, etc?

Sorry to say but this will not change until someone defends their home with force and goes through the entire monkey court system and is exonnerated by a well informed jury.
Folks, you on the jury have the power, more power than anyone in the country at that moment.