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Delish, who was inside the Kokesh residence when the raid occurred,
said, “After two loud knocks at the front door and a brief pause, the
police broke down the door with a battering ram.”
Once the police were inside, they threw a flash grenade into the
foyer area, she said. “I thought someone got shot.” A flash grenade is
a non-lethal explosive that produces a blinding flash of light and loud
noise, devised to temporarily disorient a person’s senses.
There were eight adults inside of the home and one pet, she said.
“Luckily Adam’s pit bull Baloo was safely secured in his crate at the
upstairs of the home.”
“The 30 to 40 police officers that entered had lasers, body armor and creepy-looking helmets,” she said.
Delish said she was shaken-up by the incident that lasted six
hours. “I went towards the back of the home to exit, and there were four
or five police officers on the back porch with drawn firearms.”
The adults were ordered into a small front room, their cell phones
were taken, and they were summarily handcuffed without being Mirandized,
she said. Miranda is a warning given by police to criminal suspects
in police custody before they are interrogated to preserve the
admissibility of their statements in a court of law.
“Their behavior was unprofessional and their search of our persons and the home gratuitously unconstitutional,” she said.
“They ransacked the two-story home, and pushed items into piles,” she
said. “One of the officers purposefully knocked over a glass of water
on my possessions.”
One of the adults had a Glock 30 pistol in his possession, Delish
said. “He immediately informed the police and they retrieved his
firearm.”
“Later he was punched in the back of the head for asking to use the
rest room,” she said. “I witnessed Kokesh being kicked by a police
officer while he was handcuffed and seated.”
“The police used every opportunity they could to rough us up,” she said.
