Phil Colins – not the musician – messaged myself with this story about the Buffalo Police. He states:

I will attempt to make a very long story considerably shorter. On June 16th, 2013 in Buffalo, NY my 2nd and 4th amendment rights were blatantly violated. The news reports are false in most areas due to lack of information at times and the police trying to not look like they went overboard for no reason.

I had a friend staying with me who brought his girl. They got in a verbal argument that ended in her leaving with all her stuff. The next day 70 police cars, followed by 2 full SWAT units and 2 hostage negotiators, showed up at approximately 4pm EST guns drawn and pointed at my face. Seems my guest apparently had a misdemeanor warrant from Maine – not a felony warrant, a misdemeanor. The claimed they just wanted to get my friend and if he didn’t come out they would call the SWAT team in. After less than 20 minutes he exited my apartment and I locked him out. The police immediately started yelling up to my windows saying they had to be let in to make sure there were no people in danger. My pregnant wife, which was my girlfriend at the time, and I were the only two people in my apartment. I told the police that no one was in danger and that they had no basis to obtain a warrant.

That’s when they claimed they heard I owned a AK47 and needed to check to see if it was legal and safe. I said that is ridiculous. I have proof that I owned my AK47 prior to the Safe Act and it has no illegal features. They were in correspondence with my attorney Alan Hoffman the entire time as he miraculously answered my first call. Well before the 5 news networks and several thousand bystanders showed up. I felt like I was in GTA, just missing the helicopter, but it was a nightmare beyond all fearsome scary contemplation. I had many trigger happy cops pointing guns at not only me but my pregnant wife. They then tried claiming I had hindered an investigation and obstructed justice. I asked how and they had no real answer other than my friend took a few too many minutes coming out. I told them they needed a warrant and I wasn’t coming out. They then started screaming and moved the SWAT teams in stating “They are coming in!”

I finally surrendered after about 4 hours out of fear that my wife may be hurt. When we got outside I started screaming “she is pregnant” at the top of my lungs. Now, I’m in the back of the hostage negotiators car as they work out a document with my lawyer that states they can only go in one extremely specific area in my home to retrieve the AK47 but nowhere else in my home was to be searched. I signed it because they started threatening me that if I didn’t “it’d be years before I got my guns back due to the amount of red tape he could wrap them in.” They also kept asking me if I had a dog. I repeated several times that, “no I do not have a dog. I have cats.” I then heard an officer state that “if there is a dog he is going to blast it.” I screamed and almost started crying “If you hurt my cats I will f*#%ing murder you!”

They finally went in and came out with anything in my home that could be even considered a weapon. All of my guns, crossbows, any kind of bladed weaponry, ammo, Walter p38 bb gun, etc. I couldn’t see this as I was down the street to far to clearly tell what was going on – too many pigs in my way. They then took the cuffs off me and told me I was free to go. Confused, but relieved not to be going to jail, I asked which officer had my keys and they pointed him out. As I ran up to him I noticed all the stuff they took. I flipped and started screaming “thieves!” They then cuffed me again and took my wife and I around the corner to the station for 25 minutes and let us go again.

I spent the next month having my lawyer try to call the police station to get all my weapons back. When the pigs got sick of my lawyer annoying them they decided to show up at my house and arrest me for the charges they claimed in the video (above). I ended up having to choose between being found guilty and missing the birth of my first child. Since the judge tends to favor police over citizens I decided to take a plea bargain to disorderly conduct. Which enraged me as my conduct was not disorderly in any way, shape, or form. I defended my 2nd and 4th amendment rights. For this I get a class B misdemeanor or violation, seventy hours community service and a couple hundred dollar fine. Now my wife and I both have incredible problems sleeping, as well as nightmares, and when within close proximity to a cop I get light headed, sweaty, and nervous. Damage has most certainly been done. My other attorney Jeffrey Voekyl stated that I’m not likely to win a civil lawsuit against the Buffalo police due to pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. My wife had pregnancy complications and then the baby so life has been crazy. I’d like to start a fund for lawyer fees and counseling fees for not only me but my wife Also I need an attorney willing to help. Can anyone help?