So my mother had a small stroke.

[conuly]

She's talking just fine (which is great, she's a real chatterbox) and even though she has some weakness on one side, it's already improving.

And while we were gone dealing with this, the cops broke into our house to search for our escaped neighbor. Which is ridiculous - they didn't have a warrant, and they certainly didn't have probable cause, and they definitely did not have our consent to a search.

I must say, they're really pulling out all the stops here. The cops, the state troopers, a joint NY/NJ task force, a helicopter... all this for some dude who ran out of his house, handcuffed, in his undies. It's either overkill, or they're hiding something big.

Comments

[zesty_pinto]

Uh.

Uhhh?

UHHHHHHHH?!

I know broken windows and all, but: uhh?

[conuly]

They're the ones who broke the window! And they'll damn well pay to replace it, too.

[kutsuwamushi]

What in the world. A helicopter?!

[conuly]

Stationed directly above my house for hours.

[alatefeline]

!!! !!!

I am glad you are okay and really glad your Mom is recovering. I'm so sorry! That is all scary!!!

[conuly]

Thank you.

Happily, all the animals are okay, and this hasn't set back the kitten socialization hour any. (Actually, they've started using the litterbox, no thanks to the police.)

[alatefeline]

Hooray!

[sovay]

And while we were gone dealing with this, the cops broke into our house to search for our escaped neighbor.

That is not cool!

I'm glad your mother is recovering.

[conuly]

Thanks.

[lydy]

Large gobs of undifferentiated sympathy, to be applied where appropriate. Geez.

[conuly]

:)

[sabotabby]

Holy shit that's terrifying. Best to you and yours.

[conuly]

Appropriate icon is appropriate, thanks.

[st_aurafina]

I'm glad your mom is doing okay - but wow on the police search thing. That's intense.

[conuly]

And completely ridiculous. I know the charge is serious... but it's not that serious. God knows how they'd react if he was a mass murderer.

[fayanora]

Yeah, cops aren't supposed to murder innocent unarmed people either, especially when those people were the ones calling for help, but it happens literally all the time. Cops are cowardly bastards that do what they like, the consequences be damned, because 9 times out of 10 they get off scot-free.

Glad your mother is fine.

[conuly]

Mmm. Well, we're going to file a complaint and all anyway, because dammit, I want my window replaced.

[oloriel]

What a terrifying and shitty day.
Glad that your mother is recovering well. Hope she continues to improve!
WTF to the cops though. It does sound like massive overkill.

[conuly]

Seriously.

[orcofnewyork]

Glad to hear your mom is recovering as best as possible.

JFC that police thing though! How is it that the NY/NJ cops always just vacillate between doing too little to EXTREME OVERKILL?

[conuly]

Damned if I know.

[bibliofile]

Yikes! Glad your mom's doing okay.

re: cops
wtf.

[conuly]

Thanks.

[zhelana]

Glad your mom is doing better.


WTF on those cops though. What did the neighbor do to warrant that?

[conuly]

Well, I always thought he made some really dubious parenting choices.

[zhelana]

haha. last I checked dubious parenting choices were not cause for a manhunt.

[conuly]

I wasn't even sure they were cause to call ACS, though I definitely have questioned them a lot.

[kalloway]

*hugs if you need them*

And I hope your weekend is peaceful, at least.

[conuly]

With any luck. We'll be spending it cleaning. It was already a mess before they showed up, so... yeah.

[silveradept]

Much hope for a good recovery, and that the police will compensate you for the destruction they caused.

[conuly]

Thanks.

[konsectatrix]

Wait wait wait--What the hell now? /loss of mental coherence

....I'm glad to hear that your mother's recovering though. I just. But. ARGh.

[conuly]

Yup.

[siderea]

Jesus Fucking Christ. I'm glad your mom is doing better.

I sincerely hope it's because your neighbor is secretly a superhumanly badass Russian spy/assassin whom no handcuffs can hold or a dangerous shape-shifting alien preparing the way for the invasion of Earth thereby justifying the extremity of the response, and not just cops being over-reactive idiots/assholes.

[conuly]

Given the amount of police presence, it has got to be something more than the drugs + handgun charge story that's been spread around. I mean, that's all bad stuff, but... it's not this level of bad.

[kitcatwoman]

I'm sorry to hear about your mom, but I'm glad she's doing better. My thoughts are with you and your family.

[conuly]

Thank you :)

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Very glad your Mom is going to be okay! It totally sucks that the police broke into your house with no warrant, consent or probable cause - are you going to take any action?

[conuly]

Yes, though we haven't fully decided how much effort we're putting into this - as you might guess, we've had a lot on our minds.