Letter: Police Trampled Sanctity of Home
Jim Astrachan
August 11, 2008
Baltimore Sun
The conduct of the Prince George's County police is beyond appalling and should become the subject of yet another U.S. Justice Department investigation.
The decision-makers responsible for the raid and the police involved with the raid must be removed from their jobs.
They are sworn to protect the public, but it is from their conduct that citizens apparently need protection.
These highly questionable tactics deprived citizens of their constitutional rights, and that is likely to result in money being paid to the victims from public coffers. The fact that no apology has been issued enhances the impression that those in charge of the police think their conduct was permissible.
Therefore, such a raid is likely to occur again.
Jim Astrachan, Baltimore | 
