Immunity and Accountability
March 8, 2024

Karen Jimerson and James Parks are former Lancaster, Texas residents, whose home was raided incorrectly when police were supposed to be serving a warrant for a house two doors down.

When Karen and James sued the officer who orchestrated the raid, he received qualified immunity. Now, they’ve teamed up with IJ to hold the officer accountable.

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Family seeks to hold officer accountable after he led SWAT raid at wrong house

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Family seeks to hold officer accountable after he led SWAT raid at wrong house

Everyone who visits a home for the first time—including delivery drivers, plumbers, and Girl Scouts—knows that you have to make sure you have the right address before barging in. Somehow, Waxahachie Police Department (WPD) Lieutenant Mike Lewis didn’t get the memo. In the dead of night, Lewis directed a heavily armed SWAT team to storm a home in which the innocent Karen Jimerson was getting ready for bed while her loved ones slept.