Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Barbara Arnwine, Civil Rights Lawyer, Has Home Raided By Police

The Huffington Post
First Posted: 11/28/11 04:10 PM ET Updated: 11/29/11 09:37 AM ET

A civil rights lawyer said she is outraged and is sharing her story with the media, after her Maryland home was raided by police shortly before Thanksgiving.
Barbara Arnwine, the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said her Prince George County home was raided by a SWAT team and other law enforcement the morning of Nov. 21, Politic365.com reports.
"They held us at gunpoint for three hours," Arnwine told Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. on Sharpton's radio show "Keepin' It Real." "There is no justification for them operating like this. It's totally unprofessional and unjustified."

Full Story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/28/barbara-arnwine-civil-rig_n_1117186.html

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