It was 6:20 a.m. March 7 when he and his wife were awakened by the sound of someone breaking down their rear door. He threw a robe on and walked to the top of the stairs, looking down to see seven armed people with jackets bearing the initials I-C-E, which he didn't immediately know stood for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"They are screaming at him, 'Get down! Get down on the ground!' He's saying, 'Who are you? Who are you?'"

"One of the agents runs up and basically throws him down the stairs, and he's got the cuts and bruises to show for it."

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After a search of his devices proved the homeowner's innocence, investigators went back [and discovered that a neighbor had downloaded the material via unsecured wifi]

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The homeowner later got an apology from U.S. Attorney William Hochul and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Lev Kubiak.

Since when is it okay for our government to perform a paramilitary assault vs the home of a person accused of performing a non-violent crime. It does not even matter that the accused was innocent in this case. What matters is the complete disregard of individual rights by government authorities.

This wasn't a suspected meth lab. It wasn't the home of a long-time felon. It was the home that an ISP identified as having an IP address that was known by federal agents to be housing child pornography.

Someone decided that a SWAT team assault was the necessary and proper force required for detaining someone thought to be in possession of child pornography?!?! A detective and a couple of officers knocking on the front door wouldn't have been enough?