鲁比·约翰逊v. Gary Staab and Gregory Buschy of the Denver Police Department

ACLU of Colorado lawyers filed suit against Denver Police Officers on behalf of Ruby Johnson for violations of the Colorado Constitution for ransacking her home based on an utterly deficient search warrant for a crime that Ruby had nothing to do with. Ms. Johnson was a 78-year-old grandmother who lived alone in her Montbello home when she was subjected to a terrifying hours-long search by a Denver Police Department (DPD) SWAT team in body armor and carrying automatic weapons. 2022年1月4日，伊万卡. Johnson’s world was shaken when a DPD SWAT team showed up at her home of 40 years, searching for stolen goods and evidence of a truck theft. The hastily undertaken and outsized operation was based on a manifestly deficient search warrant and turned up nothing because Ms. Johnson and her home had no involvement whatsoever with the alleged incident.

在搜查的前一天, DPD Detective Gary Staab was assigned to investigate a January 3 theft of a truck. 卡车的主人, 杰里米•麦克丹尼尔, 说里面有两架无人机, 六个武器, $4,000的现金, 还有一部旧的iPhone 11. The sole basis Detective Staab identified for connecting the crime to Ms. Johnson’s address was McDaniel’s use of Apple’s Find My app to try to track the old iPhone, which had allegedly pinged in the Montbello neighborhood. But contrary to Detective Staab’s representations to the reviewing judge, the Find My app in fact made clear that the iPhone’s location could not be accurately identified, and there was no basis to identify and search Ms. 约翰逊的家.

We brought this action against DPD Detective Gary Staab, who obtained the warrant and led the ensuing illegal search, 和州警局的格雷戈里·布希警官, who reviewed and approved the deficient warrant. The Colorado Constitution requires that search warrants be based on probable cause supported by a written affidavit before police can invade the privacy of someone’s home. This fundamental protection ensures that all of us can maintain the sanctity of our homes from police intrusion. Here, however, the deficient warrant authorizing the search of Ms. 约翰逊的家 was unsupported by probable cause.

This case, as part of the ACLU of Colorado’s Campaign for Smart Justice, is just one example of a larger problem of police obtaining warrants and invading people's homes based on false information, including — like in this case —when police misrepresent the significance and accuracy of technology.

Aclu新闻稿:

Jury Finds Denver Police Officers Violated Colorado Constitution, Awards $3.7600万美元的损失

ACLU Sues Denver Police Detective Over Unlawful SWAT-team Search of Montbello Grandmother's Home

媒体:

"78岁老妇获赔3美元.7600万年 after SWAT raided her home, found no evidence，《利记sbobet》，2024年3月4日

"奶奶赢了3美元.7600万年 after SWAT raid destroys home based in Find My iPhone app ping officers 'did not understand'”,法律 & 《利记sbobet》，2024年3月6日

"SWAT team invaded sacred woman's home, found no evidence, suit says. 她赢了3美元.76M", San Luis Obispo Tribune, March 5, 2024

"科罗拉多陪审团判3美元.7600万年, finds two Denver Police officers guilty of constitutional violations《sbobet篮球》，2024年3月4日

"An iPhone app led a SWAT team to raid the wrong home. 店主起诉并赢得了3美元.800万年，《利记sbobet》2024年3月7日

"Black Grandmother Wrongly Raided by Denver Police Gets $3.7600万年", Chicago Defender, March 6, 2024

"评审团奖金3美元.7600万年 to Denver woman over SWAT raid of her Montbello home，《利记sbobet》，2024年3月4日

"科罗拉多州的一位祖母获得了3美元.7600万年 after bungled SWAT raid based on Find My iPhone ping， NBC新闻，2024年3月5日