2022

August

Friday the 5th

• Tear gas grenade thrown by New Mexico deputy caused house fire that killed teen Brett Rosenau: investigators The only possible cause of the fire that killed Brett Rosenau, 15, last month was a grenade thrown by a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputy who was a member of the SWAT team that July night, local fire officials said Friday. The Fire/Arson Investigation Division of Albuquerque Fire Rescue ruled t...

July

Thursday the 14th

• Brett Rosenau Is the Latest Child Killed in a Botched SWAT Raid The death of the 15-year-old has sparked protests in New Mexico.

Wednesday the 13rd

• Suspect cops used to justify deadly SWAT standoff has only been charged with violating parole As it turns out, the suspect Albuquerque police used to justify bombing a home with powder irritants and leaving 15-year-old Brett Rosenau to die of smoke inhalation was not wanted on federal warrants at all, the news nonprofit Source New Mexico...

Tuesday the 12nd

• APD was ‘mistaken’ about federal warrant for the man targeted in SWAT raid It’s an unfortunate example of how the media sometimes takes law enforcement’s statements as gospel, an ACLU policy analyst said.

Friday the 8th

• Community outraged after a SWAT standoff leaves a teen dead and a home destroyed Demonstrators marched in Albuquerque’s International District Thursday night to protest police violence after an hourslong SWAT standoff ended in a home burning down and the death of a teen who was inside.

Thursday the 7th

• Albuquerque Police releases new details in SWAT call, 15-year-old’s death