June 8, 2011
A local news team in Stockton, Calif., interviewed a man who claimed that the Department of Education used a S.W.A.T. team to invade his house because of his estranged wife’s defaulted loans.
Kenneth Wright told the news channel that his door was broken down, he was handcuffed and then held in a S.W.A.T. car for six hours. Wright also said his three children, ages 3, 7 and 11 were traumatized by the incident.
News10 has since removed the interview with Wright.
The story has gone viral on the Internet, prompting the Department to tweet the following statement, “False story circulating suggesting that the Department of Education raided a Sacramento man’s home because his wife was late paying loans.”
Since that tweet earlier this afternoon, the Department has come out with an official comment. It is
