Teens Remain Squarely in Crosshairs of NYC Law Enforcement, Panelists Say [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 2/14/1712:00 PM

Paula Clarke thought the country was under attack. Groggily wiping the sleep from her eyes, she felt the house shake as a SWAT team with automatic rifles tore through the front door and charged into her Bronx home. Helicopters hovered in the predawn sky and flash grenades exploded around her.

“I felt like we were being attacked by ISIS or someone, like foreign terrorists,” Clarke said. “It was like a nightmare from which I still have not awoken.”

She eventually learned it was not foreign terrorists, but 700-plus local and federal officers who had swarmed her home as part of a New York Police Department-led gang raid. Her 21-year-old son, who was not home at the time, was on their list of targets.

[For more of this story, written by Karen Savage and Daryl Khan, go to http://jjie.org/2017/02/13/tee...ement-panelists-say/]

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