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Police Raid Street Medic House
by From a Medic
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 at 8:18 AM
First-hand account of a police raid on the home of Pittsburgh street medics - more details forthcoming.
On Sunday, 22 February (2004) at 10:00 PM my neighbor R. called Centro,
where I was looking after the frostbite on an older man's feet. He said
that lots of police cars were clustered around my house. I talked to Z.
and a friend of his, and we walked up the street to see what was
happening.
At Mohawk St, I cut through the woods to get a better view, while Z. and
his friend continued up the street. I watched police shine their
flashlights on 55f Beelen St.(my house) and 55r Beelen St.(my neighbor
N.'s house). I think there were 10 squad cars, one undercover or
detective car, and one paddy wagon on Beelen St. One of the squad cars
had its flashers on.
As I watched, the police struck the hasp of the lock on 55r until it
broke, then they entered.
At this point, I decided to return to Centro to ask for more help. As I
backtracked through the woods, an officer shined his light in my
direction. He was joined by another, and by the spotlights from a squad
car and the paddy wagon. I waited until they lost interest, then
returned to Centro.
Many of my friends had heard what was going on, and were calling for
information. While I answered the phone, Z. walked up the street again
with another friend, A.
At about 10:30 PM, the police left, and my roommate Jim arrived at
Centro. He reported that he had been held in handcuffs in the squad car
while they searched our houses, and that he had seen no search warrant.
A. and I walked up the street to 55 and saw that stuff had been rummaged
through and that the hasp on 55r's lock had been broken. I took a
photograph of the hasp. Also missing were an old broken shotgun and a
newly purchased claw hammer.
I called the ACLU, Pulp magazine, and my friends, to tell them all what
had happened. Z. and Jim got the numbers on some of the cars. Z. and C.
were told the operation was in response to a report that we were
practicing a "satanic bloodbath ritual" and "mutilating dogs." The day
of the incident I had mounted the legs from a roadkill deer on our door
and hung a banner that said "the end," our house's nickname.
On Monday 23 February, several squad cars came by over the course of the
day. The first (1:57 PM / car 3232 / Officer Nichols or Nicholas) came
to run my ID, the rest seemed to be sightseers. At 3:35 PM two officers
drove up in squad car 3223, and the driver said, "You guys getting a lot
of notoriety up here. Guess you had a shotgun or something in an
all-black neighborhood. You make enemies up here, you get shot full of
holes real quick." After thoroughly looking over the house, they
departed.
Later (around 5:30 PM), I walked down to Centro to make some food. When
I got back home at about 6:30, a cabinet-sized radio of mine was gone. A
yellow "Pittsburgh Department of Environmental Services" raincoat lay
near where the radio had been.
xx
satanic compound raid(io)
by R
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 at 4:31 PM
that missing radio at your house.... uh i put in my house. i thought you were throwing it away.... and i heard the voice of our subterranean lord calling to me from within... an uh the environmental services jacket well B dropped it while we loaded the sacred reciever of BAAL into the shopping cart..... sorry bro i was afraid they were onto us and that we would recieve no more transmisssions from the unholy one and if yoiu want the radio back just stop over
praise the one who dwells in darkness
-R.
ps. i think they thought they found earthly residence of EL CAPITAN
officer nicolas
by t
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 at 6:50 PM
can you describe what that officer nicholas looked like?
search warrants
by ----
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004 at 6:03 AM
do they need search warrants to raid squats?
It was my understanding they don't need a search warrant if you're tresspassing in a location.
Maybe
by Hippocrates
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004 at 7:53 AM
With the city budget problems, but still having taser money has left them short on medical supplies, so they tried to take yours?
hopefully you learned a lesson
by if you're going to squat be smart
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004 at 8:47 AM
to state the obvious
it's not a good idea to have any weapons in a squated house, whether they are broken shotguns or not.
also not a good idea to do the below
"The day of the incident I had mounted the legs from a roadkill deer on our door and hung a banner that said "the end," our house's nickname."
i
by i
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004 at 4:54 PM
"The day
of the incident I had mounted the legs from a roadkill deer on our door
and hung a banner that said "the end," our house's nickname. "
And you wondered what drew attention to you? Are you that fuckin stupid?
now let's heal from this
by Silas Wain
Tuesday, Mar. 02, 2004 at 5:11 AM
Well, they were obviously trying to intimdate or inspire those in the medical community to stop or conttinue what they are doing. They coyote teaches through the tricks of the night. Their questions have left us with many. The way the elders have figuyred out the truth for thousands of years. What if?
Well everyone is safe. There was no violence. There was nothing of extreme value taken. You can always get another clawbar. The shotgun was a bad idea in the first place. The deer, these police obviously don't understand the balance of hunting and gathering. The end.
Let's us work together to make sure that this is the end of all of the invasion of our privacy. The detaining of our liberties. The questioning of our freedom. The police obviouls don't understand what it means to be a primitive civilian. Maybe they came away from this scratching their heads. Hopefully they are still learning from this lesson.
I know I am.
Remember the Battle of Homestead. I was killed their long ago. I'm back to watch over, the workers, the hired security, and the management.
Shalom,
Silas
U WANKERS
by JSL
Tuesday, Mar. 02, 2004 at 12:53 PM
joanne@leitch7893.freeserve.co.uk
How would you liked to be hunted down and then shot. If you want to get go to shop. Also if you have no money get a job or go on the dole or sell the big issuse.
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