3 Nashville Police Officers Decommissioned After Raiding Wrong Home With 3-Year-Old Inside
After raiding the wrong home in Edgehill, with a family, including a 3-year-old, sleeping inside, three Nashville Police officers have been decommissioned, with an investigation ongoing.
Interim Police Chief John Drake says the botched raid occurred at 6:05 a.m. local time Tuesday, which included officers, with guns drawn, abruptly awaking homeowner Azaria Hines, plus her 15-year-old cousin Kanani Hines and 3-year-old nephew Jaiden Hines, both whom she has custody of. Azaria says, “I’m furious because they came up in here and woke up my kids with rifles.”
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Chief Drake says, “No innocent family in Nashville, anywhere, should be subjected to what the mother and her two children went through on Tuesday morning. They were awakened by a team of officers who banged on their door and ultimately knocked it in with a ram. It appears that the mother was not given the proper time to come to the door before it was breached.”
He continues, “It also appears that the West Precinct did not exercise due diligence in confirming that the 16-year-old who was the subject of the search warrant even lived at that apartment. In light of this scenario, we will be conducting a review of our search warrant processes and provide whatever updated training is necessary to help ensure that Tuesday’s scenario is not repeated.”
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