"About an hour and a half ago 20 to 30 heavily armed police officers surrounded the house," Whelan said. "One of my roommates said 'I want to see a warrant' and she was immediately detained."
"Are they still outside?" I asked.
"Oh, yes, they're still outside," Whelan replied cheerfully, "The streets are blocked off."
"How you did figure out there was a raid going on?" I asked.
"It sounded like people were falling down on my porch," he said, "Cops were running up both sides of the house onto the porch.
Whelan says his roommate, Erin Stalmaker, went out to talk to talk to the police. She asked the officers why they were there. The officers asked why people were running away from them. Erin reportedly told the officers that their drawn automatic weapons probably had something to do with it. She was detained after asking to see a warrant.
"Are you scared," I asked."
"No, I'm a veteran," he said, "I was in the army. I was a military police officer. I wouldn't have done this."
Whelan said it was especially perplexing that the police would target his home.
"There's nothing here," he said, "These are the "checking" people. They're not even going to be in the demonstration. Some are lawyers."
1,000 miles away, and in the path of a hurricane, I can honestly say the hurricane is less dangerous than our government.
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