What a Bunch Of Friggin Idiots~~Your Law Enforcement At Work?

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I only just now came across this story of how a Swat team conducted a violent raid of the home Of Mayor Cheye Calvo in an alleged drug bust...and in the process, killed the family's two dogs What happened was that this was a "plant" by drug dealers who delivered a package filled with marijuana and was addressed to the Mayor's wife Trinity. The drug dealers gave an anonymous tip to the police of the package and that's when an organized raid by the police's Swat team came into the picture. The Swat team didn't even have a what is known as a "no-knock" warrant and just barged right in,raided the family's home, killed their two dogs, and tied up the Mayor's wife's mother and the Mayor, interrogating them for several hours. Since this has happened, the Mayor and his wife have been cleared of all charges of alleged involvement with drug smuggling as this was a clear case of a "plant" by drug smugglers. This isn't the first time such tactics were done by police Swat teams...as you'll read in the excerpt below that a 92-year old woman was gunned down for being a suspected drug smuggler...I MEAN COME ON Here's one excerpt from one source: (Quote) [i]Recently, a D.C.-area sheriff's office SWAT team and county police narcotics officers in Maryland burst into the house of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo after they saw Calvo take a suspicious package inside. (The package, which contained marijuana, was intended to be intercepted by a drug smuggling ring that exploits unsuspecting addressees.) During the raid, they shot and killed the mayor's two Labrador retrievers. (1) In the ensuing investigation, it was discovered that the police did not even possess a "no-knock" warrant for the botched SWAT-style raid.(2) In November 2006, the Atlanta area was shocked when 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston was gunned down by narcotics officers who kicked down her door (an incorrect address was supplied by an informant) in another bungled “no-knock” drug raid. Protecting her home from the sudden intrusion, Ms. Johnston fired one round before being shot 39 times by police; they then handcuffed her and, as she lay dying, planted marijuana in her basement to cover up their mistake.(3) Each year, SWAT teams across the country conduct an estimated 40,000 raids, many of them directed at people suspected of nonviolent drug law violations.(4) These brutal tactics -- heavily armed police in military-style attire breaking down doors and tossing flash-bang grenades -- have become routine. But it’s obvious such tactics are not justified for routine drug raids. [/i] Here's a link to another article about this http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080702161.html It seems this isn't the first time too that these "gun-ho" members of the police force have blatantly killed off family pets while in pursuit of alleged and wrongful drug busts. Here's an excerpt from the same article: (Quote) [i]FBI reviews precede investigations and are used to determine if law enforcement agencies followed procedures. The agents will likely look at both the forceful entry of the mayor's home by sheriff's deputies and the narcotics investigation by county police that led to the search, legal experts said. They will examine "what information did the police have about the residence at the time they went there, what justification did they have to enter under those circumstances," said Jim Sotos, a lawyer who has written about evolving search and seizure law. An attorney came forward yesterday to allege a possible pattern of animal abuse by the sheriff's department. Michael Winkleman said he is representing another family whose dog was shot by sheriff's deputies in November, along with a woman who is suing the department for searching her home without a warrant and threatening to shoot her dog. In the first case, Winkleman said, sheriff's deputies arrived at the Accokeek home of Frank and Pamela Myers with a warrant for another house on their street. After the couple informed the deputies of their error, they continued to question the couple and looked around their home. As they spoke, the couple's 5-year-old German boxer began barking in a yard, out of sight. Soon after, according to Winkleman, the couple heard gunshots, and they found the dog shot to death. He said the family is preparing to file suit. [/i] I'm so mad about this I could puke...I mean how would YOU like it, if you were innocent of any wrong doing, and you were home and all of a sudden you had a SWAT team kick down your door, raid your home and without a yes, no or maybe, shot your pets in the process. I hope all these people, including the Mayor Calvo sues the police really big time. Sorry, but when I hear stories like this makes me all the more not have any respect for any law enforcement