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Raleigh women reach settlement with police for $350K over illegal raid at their homes

Yolanda Irving and Kenya Walton have reached a settlement with the Raleigh Police Department over an illegal raid at their homes in May 2020.

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By
Shelle Jackson
, WRAL reporter
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two women have reached a settlement with the Raleigh Police Department over an illegal raid.
Civil rights advocates filed the lawsuit on behalf of Yolanda Irving and Kenya Walton after their home was raided using a no-knock warrant in May 2020.

That federal lawsuit between Irving and Raleigh police was settled for $350,000. Walton was included in the lawsuit.

Both women were bus drivers for Wake County Schools at the time of the raid.

The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in 2020. It claimed officers with the Selective Enforcement Unit forced themselves into the east Raleigh homes of the two women using a no-knock warrant.

According to court documents, Irving's children feared for their lives and thought they were going to be shot and killed by officers. Irving said in the lawsuit that she was "terrified" that officers were going to shoot her son, who is in a wheelchair, because he was "not able to comply with the officers' orders to get on the floor."

Attorneys said the officers were acting on bogus information from an informant. The officer who hired the informant, Omar Abdullah, was fired.
The city declined to comment, only noting it is still considered active litigation until it's approved by Raleigh city council and insurers.
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