Raleigh mom says police pointed gun at 6-year-old; chief says investigation underway

The News & Observer – by Anna Johnson

A Raleigh woman says police officers investigating a robbery pointed guns at her 6-year-old son and the boy’s grandparents while searching her parents’ home.

LaDonna Clark was one of a handful of speakers at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting who renewed their call for changes in the Raleigh Police Department. Among other things, they want a police oversight committee with subpoena power — something the city would need the General Assembly’s permission to have.

“On a 35-degree and rainy night, my son with autism was forced out of a home with military-style rifles aimed at him and made to sit on the cold, wet ground for well over an hour by [the police] SWAT [team],” Clark said.

Officers had a warrant to search the home on Friar Tuck Road in mid-November in connection with an armed robbery at the AT&T store on Capital Boulevard. Police had found a cardboard box left by one of the suspects with the address of the home on it, according to the warrant.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article225556335.html

One thought on “Raleigh mom says police pointed gun at 6-year-old; chief says investigation underway

  1. Chief is investigating, so he will know who the officer is.. to promote and give a slap on the back too

    chances are he will get a raise , and a new gun..(definitely a “military grade ” one ….SMDH)

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