Kim Dotcom makes police pay heavy price for ‘military-style’ dawn raid
RT,
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November, 2017
Dotcom
said he agreed to settle for the sake of his children and because he
felt the New Zealand government had recently changed for the better.
The
Megaupload founder sought damages in the High Court for the raid on
his home that was part of a global FBI operation to bring down the
popular file-sharing website.
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The
Special Tactics Group raided Dotcom’s mansion in 2012, using what
he described as “unreasonable” use of force in a “military-style
raid.” The anti-terrorism squad arrived by helicopter at dawn, in
what Dotcom said was, “a Hollywood-style publicity stunt tailored
to appease US authorities.”
More
than 70 police were involved in the raid as they searched the mansion
for Dotcom, breaking open the children’s bedroom doors in the
process. Dotcom’s then-heavily pregnant former wife was made to
stand in the cold in her nightclothes.
Dotcom
and three others were arrested and the US has been attempting to
extradite them to the States ever since.
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Police
reached settlements with the others involved at an earlier date, the
NZ Herald reports. These settlements are believed to be in the six
figures, while Dotcom’s settlement is likely a greater amount.
Dotcom
was also the subject of risk assessments used to justify the use of
the anti-terrorism squad which carried out the dawn raid. Photographs
of him holding shotguns, which were taken when he was clay pigeon
shooting, were among the pieces of evidence taken into consideration.
Dotcom
was also subject to visual surveillance without a warrant, which
included police watching him from neighbors’ houses. A police
officer also wore a hidden camera inside the home the day before the
raid.
The
internet entrepreneur said he respects the New Zealand police: “They
work hard and have, with this one exception, treated me and my family
with courtesy and respect.”
"We
were shocked at the uncharacteristic handling of my arrest for a
non-violent Internet copyright infringement charge brought by the
United States, which is not even a crime in New Zealand."
Dotcom
is continuing to fight his extradition to the US
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