POLICE OVERREACTION: MAN'S HOME WRECKED

David Jessen of Fresno, California, is suing the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department over an incident that happened last June. It began when a homeless man was rousted from a nearby house under construction. The homeless man left, but was soon spotted by the construction crew breaking into Jessen’s house. The construction worker called the police. Mr. Jessen was notified, and returned home to find four police cars – one of them parked on the lawn for no apparent reason. According to the deputies, the homeless man refused to come out. Jessen was asked if he had any guns in the house. He told them he had two unloaded guns, but no ammo. A third gun was hidden so well “only he could find it.” The deputies sent Mr. Jessen away, then called him back a few hours later to say the unarmed homeless man had left his house, taking only an ice cream bar from the Jesson freezer. Here is what Mr. Jessen found at his home:
– Approximately 55 law enforcement vehicles.
– A K-9 unit
– Two helicopters
– Two ambulances
– One fire truck
– A crisis negotiation team in a large motor home
– A robot
– A SWAT Team
– A back up SWAT Team from another city police department
The cops had:
– Ripped out the wrought iron door and interior door to the Jessen’s home office
– Pulled the wall of the office off the foundation
– Broke the window to the office
– Teargassed the bathroom near the office
– Shattered the sliding glass door to the home for “robot” entry
– Ripped the wrought iron door off the laundry room
– Teargassed the laundry room
– Flash bombed the laundry room and the business, breaking six windows
– Teargassed the kitchen
– Teargassed the master bathroom
– Teargassed the sewing room
– Teargassed a bedroom
– Destroyed over 90 feet of exterior fencing with a SWAT vehicle
According to the lawsuit, there was more than $150,000 in damaged property. Although police told Mr. Jessen thet they have insurance for “this sort of thing”, Mr. Jessen believes the Fresno Sherriff’s Department used the incident as an excuse for a training exercise to test out all the equipment they had laying around.
* This police action brought to you by producer Michael Bay.
* It’s okay – they’ll just charge the homeless guy for the damage.
* The moral of the story: this is what can happen when you don’t have enough ice cream for everybody.
* What would YOU do for a Klondike Bar?
* The other moral of the story: Never buy a house. Always rent.
* Sue the police department. Good idea. They always like that.
* It’s like telling your server to “make it snappy.”
* First it was a training exercise for the police and now it’s a training exercise for the lawyers.
* Fortunately the incident ended before the stealth bombers and the drones arrived.