The ACLU of Colorado said in a lawsuit that the raid was “based on a manifestly deficient search warrant and turned up nothing.”
A Colorado woman is speaking out about feeling unsafe in her home after a SWAT team mistakingly invaded her residence.
The Miami Herald reports that the incident occurred on Jan. 4, 2022, when a Denver Police Department SWAT team equipped with automatic weapons rushed into the Montbello home of 77-year-old Ruby Johnson. According to an ACLU news release cited by The Herald, the SWAT team targeted Johnson’s home after an app led them to the wrong location.
The ACLU of Colorado said in a lawsuit filed on Dec. 1 that the raid was “based on a manifestly deficient search warrant and turned up nothing.”
The lawsuit accuses Denver Police Department detective Gary Staab of violating Johnson’s constitutional “right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures.”
Staab was investigating a truck theft in which two drones, several firearms, $4,000 in cash, and an iPhone 11 were allegedly stolen. ACLU officials said the detective used Apple’s “Find My” app to track the iPhone. The app allows Apple users to view the current location of their devices on a map. If the device is online, its location is displayed and you can play a sound on it. When offline, users see the location of the device the last time it was connected, per today!
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