KARE 11 Investigates: Coon Rapids officials question botched no-knock raid
Calling it an “inexcusable mistake” officials blame Minneapolis police and Anoka County SWAT team for raiding the wrong house, holding mother and child at gunpoint. Author: A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 7:34 PM CDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 10:27 PM CDT May 8, 2021
COON RAPIDS, Minn. Officials in Coon Rapids are demanding answers after a KARE 11 investigation revealed how Minneapolis police and the Anoka County SWAT team raided the wrong home in their city.
During the pre-dawn ‘no-knock’ raid, an innocent mother and her 12-year-daughter were held at gunpoint.
“It seems like we have a responsibility to protect our residents somehow,” Mayor Jerry Koch said during this week’s city council meeting.
KARE 11 Investigates: Innocent MN family held at gunpoint in SWAT no-knock warrant raid
Mother and child terrorized in bungled no-knock warrant raid. A KARE 11 investigation reveals Minneapolis police failed basic checks and hit the wrong address. Author: A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 6:57 PM CDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 8:55 PM CDT April 29, 2021
COON RAPIDS, Minn. “I was like waaaaa…” Bianca Mathias recalls screaming just after 6 o’clock on Thursday morning, Feb. 11.
She woke up to flashlights, firearms, and strange men in her Coon Rapids townhome.
“Two of them had their guns up,” she said, holding her arms in the air as if holding a rifle.