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Wrong-Home Raids and the Power of Simple Prep The first knock was almost polite. The second rattled the hinges. A mother stood frozen in a robe, coffee cooling on the counter, a cartoon’s blue glow still dancing on the living room wall. Her son clutched a cereal spoon like a small anchor. Then the door swung open—boots, black vests, shouts. Toys skittered underfoot. A dog barked itself hoarse. Later, she would say she didn’t notice the cold until it was over and the silence sat heavy, like fog after a storm. Officers realized the mistake, mumbled the words no family wants to hear—wrong address—then filed back out. The cereal had melted into a paste. The boy wouldn’t sleep in his own bed that night, or the next. He would ask a new question at bedtime: Will they come back?