Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

February 19, 2008

It was after midnight when Yee Moua [MOO-ah], a Minneapolis resident of Hmong descent, heard the sound of a window shattering, followed by the quiet murmur of male voices. She frantically dialed 911 to summon the police.

When the intruders came upstairs, Yee?s husband Vang fired a shotgun at them, provoking a brief burst of return fire. Thankfully, nobody was injured. It was after the exchange of gunfire that the couple learned the invaders were the local SWAT team, which had been sent to the wrong address.

Former US Attorney Tom Heffelfinger, who is representing the family, observes: ?The law is very clear: every homeowner has the right to use deadly force, if necessary, to protect his home and family? from any intruder.

Innocent people die all the time in misdirected no-knock SWAT raids. Will the death of a few policemen be necessary in order to get law enforcement and the courts to take the Fourth Amendment seriously again?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.