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"Basically, they had a standoff with a dog," the woman's attorney said, Courthouse News Service reports.
Shaniz West told her ex-boyfriend, Fabian Salinas — a wanted felon — to finish clearing out his belongings from her home while she was away registering one of her daughters for first grade on the morning of August 11, 2014.
When West, who was six months pregnant, returned with her children, an eight-year-old and six-month-old, a slew of Caldwell police SWAT officers surrounded her home.
West gave officers the key to the front door since she wasn't sure whether Salinas was still inside — but they never bothered to use it.
Instead, SWAT brought in an armored vehicle and, for the next ten hours, waged war on the house.
"During the course of the standoff Caldwell police officers broke numerous windows to gain entry, crashed through ceilings while they were maneuvering through the home, and punctured holes in the house by shooting canisters of tear gas that released noxious chemicals into the home," West explained.
While the prolonged assault on the house continued for hours, the irate homeowner says, her "pet dog Blue was the only occupant of the home."
Comment: "Child sexual exploitation is a pervasive crime that continues to happen within our communities"...because they let it. "Police ignored many reports of abuse out of fear of being branded as racist." What is more important than the wellbeing and safety of your children? This is appalling, unforgivable.