A cop in the midst of conducting a search warrant slammed an interior garage door against a car door multiple times, and the incident was caught on video.
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The incident, involving a police officer in Massena, New York, happened on March 16, but has been widely circulating on social media in the past few days.
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According to North Country Now, the video “appears to show the inside of a garage, which Officer Brandon Huckle enters through a side door. When Huckle opens the door and enters, it strikes a grey-colored vehicle inside the garage, making an audible impact.”
As visible in the video, via Reddit’s r/PublicFreakout subreddit, the cop slams that side door two more times. It doesn’t appear to be accidental.
In the May 5 article, the attorney for the person whose home was searched, Brian Barrett, contends that the damage to the car wasn’t the only concerning part of that search.
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Barrett maintains that police seized items from the home that included U.S. currency. He says his client believes there is a missing amount between what was reported as evidence and the money actually in the client’s house.
“I would say that we have reason to believe the money that was seized as part of the search warrant was not all returned as evidence. We think there’s about a $2,000 disparity,” Barrett said.
Barrett had choice words regarding the officer and the video, saying, “Because of the numerous comments that are made about this video, and people are telling me they’ve had horrendous dealings not only with Officer Huckle, but other officers from this agency, I think it would be more appropriate to bring a complaint to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office or New York State Police” than merely file a complaint with the Manessa Police Department.
He added, “Clients tell me all the time that property is destroyed or stolen during search warrants. This is a rare occasion where we have a video of a police officer destroying a client’s property. I’m more inclined to believe my clients now that I’ve seen this with my own eyes. I’ve got to take a very close look at those cases and the returns on the warrant and things like that.”
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Redditors looking at the video had their own ideas about what Huckle might have been doing. One noted, “This wasn’t done in anger. This was plotting for the next time they want to go after this person. If you break a side mirror while executing a search warrant, you get to pull the guy over and start that whole set of “lawful orders” as soon as he tries to drive away from the house.”
That met with some questioning whether he was actually hitting the front or back of the car, with one concluding, “He’s just a POS man-child doing something malicious because he can. It doesn’t have to be complicated.”
One simply observed, “I feel incredibly safe knowing that guy carries a gun.”
*First Published: May 9, 2021, 9:06 am
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