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KARE 11 Investigates: Innocent MN family held at gunpoint in SWAT no-knock warrant raid


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. ....

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