Vol. 64/No.18 May 8, 2000

Cops terrorize New York neighborhood

Helicopters, search dogs, and rooftop snipers backed up dozens of police officers in battle gear as they raided a house and cordoned off a street in Edgemere, New York, on April 24. The cops erected barricades for the seven-hour operation, which took place two days after the raid by INS cops in Miami.

The cops did not find the man they claimed to be looking for. Twenty-six-year-old construction worker Ronald Hall and his girlfriend, in the house at the time of the 10:00 a.m. raid, were held for several hours and then released. "The police treated him like a criminal," said a friend. "He and his girlfriend came out, and they put them on the street and handcuffed them."

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