by Robin Marty
According to News10 in California, Stockton resident Kenneth Wright had
his door broken in by a S.W.A.T. team executing a search warrant in the early
morning hours. Wright claims both he and his children were terrorized by
the intruding and unexpected police presence in their home, as the team
searched their house for hours.
The
reason? The father claims it was over student loan delinquency.
The news
report states that the Department of Education’s Inspector General confirms
that they issued the search warrant and that they have agents permission to do
this type of procedure. They were accompanied by one local police
car and police officer as well, although local police have been quick to assure
that they were not responsible for the actual breaking down of the door, nor
did they conduct the search itself. Police also state that Wright was
never handcuffed.
The OIG also
says that the issue was not student loan delinquency, but possible embezzlement or fraud involving loans or federal
aid.
Education
Department Press Secretary Justin Hamilton said in a statement to The Lookout
that the department “does not execute search warrants for late loan payments.”
He said the Office of the Inspector General “conducts about 30-35 search
warrants a year on issues such as bribery, fraud, and embezzlement of federal
student aid funds.” Hamilton said the department cannot comment on this
particular case until the investigation is over, but did add that the claim the
warrant was executed for late loan payment is untrue.
Whether it
was delinquency or fraud, one thing that seems clear – that so many people could envision that the federal
government sending a S.W.A.T. team to apprehend someone who defaulted
on their loans shows the exact state of our trust in the government today.
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