U.S. lawmakers demand investigation after ABC15 report into wild case of mistaken identity (youtube.com)
Feds (US Marshals) arrested the 66-year-old outside her home. ‘Figure out how they screwed up so bad.’ They rolled up on her in her driveway and pulled machine guns on her and started yelling at her. She was expectably confused and didn't respond compliantly, as you might expect any non-criminal would do, if state vehicles with 6 paramilitary surprised them shouting they were arresting her because she was a criminal. They threatened to taze her because she kept looking at them, and they wanted her to face away from them. This was all on video and was reported on in the news. They detained her for 24 hours.
‘Both the Marshals' carelessness and excessive force...’ and ‘lack of regard for [her] due process rights.’
‘I want to go back to believing in the America I believed in before this happened. I want that. I want what I raised and taught my kids to believe is true. I just don’t know that I do anymore.' ... ‘There was no innocent until proven guity in this.’
The judge asked the Federal Prosecutor why she was arrested. ‘It is strictly based upon information that they had, Facebook postings, that led--and some aliases...' (SIC)
High up politicians took it up because they saw it in NBC15's reporting. ‘If you hadn't reported on it, it likely would have gone without notice by myself and the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Jordan.'
This happened 8 months ago. Inspector General has exclusive authority to investigate this type of misconduct, but it might take 6-12 months. But lawmakers want to read the paperwork they're gathering quicker, reportedly.