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Fourth Amendment news--Drug raid leaves grandmother dead

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Pompano Beach PD raided a house yesterday, and a 52 year old grandmother was killed by the SWAT team for not dropping a .357, all based on an anonymous tip: Deputies shot and killed a 52-year-old grandmother and made several arrests Saturday during a raid on a suspected drug house in Pompano Beach. Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti said deputies fired at Brenda Van Zwieten after she refused to drop her .357 Magnum handgun. They later found the gun was loaded. Van Zwieten's family said she kept the gun out of fear because of a burglary in her home. The BSO said the investigation began when it got an anonymous tip that Van Zwieten's home in the 300 block of Southwest 18th Court was a drug house. BSO's Selective Enforcement Team gathered evidence and got a search warrant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 14, 2010 (boomark / email).