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myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life 4 years ago

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:

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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.


Here's a link to another article about this

http://www.washingtonpost...

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:

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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'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

 

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1. myLot reputation of 98/100. SinfulSweet (124)   ranked 5,939 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

I am also appalled after reading the quotes from the article... um law enforcement aren't they supposed to be there to serve and protect and not serve and kill your pets. These people need to realize that many times these informants are drug users themselves and have no respect for the police or the families that the police are about to brutalize and scare the ever living hell out of. As for killing pets, if the dogs are not attacking but simply barking that would be like killing someone for yelling after you bust their door down for no given reason either than a tip from some crack head you trust enough to get their information from!


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

Yes I always thought the law enforcement was to protect people. I think next time the police get a "tip" about something, they should investigate where and whom the tip came from instead charging in like the gestapo into innocent people's homes

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. Barb42 (2794)   ranked 262 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

I remember hearing about those first two cases. That was horrible. I think that too much authority has been given to some of these law enforcement people. Or, perhaps they get self in the way and forget to obey the law. There was no reason whatsoever to shoot any of those dogs. And there sure was no reason to shoot that 92 year old woman! But they have the way and means to plant something to make it look like it was legitimate. But they knew they had the wrong address.


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I'm just betting things happen like this more than we know about...and of course, to cover their hides, they must often place "plants" to justify what they've done


myLot reputation of 96/100. Barb42 (2794)   ranked 262 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

Most people used to be scared to complain. Now they aren't, so we will probably see more and more of this corruption coming out.

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3. myLot reputation of 83/100. xfahctor (7620)   ranked 2,598 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

I guess "oops" just doesn't begin to cover it this one does it? lol. Man, I caouldn't even begin to imagine being anyone on that team or their chief when they realized what had happened. I would love to be a fly on the wall for that meeting. These guys are going to be meter maids the rest of their careeres, lol.
Epic fail!


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I hope they get sued like crazy for this. Meter maids? Would like them in jail serving time instead.

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4. myLot reputation of 92/100. Rosekitty (4785)   ranked 897 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

I have seen all the pics on the news about this and didn't actually know what was up till i read this from you..Thanks..another day in the Law..and then they wonder why we don't like them?
I have things up in my store all about these happenings since it happens to alot of people but they( the Man) try to cover it up or plant things like you mentioned..
Sadly anyone can do this to get back at you and after its over...you lose and no turning back...


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I only heard about all this now through one of my emails to a site I belong to. I don't remember hearing about this on the news at all until now reading about it.

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5. myLot reputation of 95/100. redkathy (1860)   ranked 301 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

This is totally unacceptable yet most common these days! A total abuse of power angry

I was raised to respect police officers. Now I call them jack-booted thugs. I watched a full grown officer jump out of his car and tackle a sixth grade boy off of his bike while riding away from a neighborhood fight. My husband and I broke up the fight before the cops even arrived. Not a gang fight, no weapons, just an old fashioned fist flying wrestling match. No one got hurt and we sent the onlookers home. They obeyed us as they should have. I yelled at that cop, and his response was "He had a weapon" I proceeded to call him a liar, among other things, and that's when my husband sent me into the house. Good thing too because I would probably have been arrested! I proceeded to call the police, speaking to a lieutenant that I knew and let him know just what an abuse of power I had witnessed. Many of them have gotten totally out of hand!


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I saw a video not too long ago too...this took place fairly recently in Philadelphia, where a gang of cops dragged the "perpetrators" to the ground and all began kicking them....I also remember seeing one incident captured on tape of cops of stopping a car, "requesting" that the man and woman get out of their car and were falsely accusing them of some "crime"....they had a cute little puppy which then hopped out of the car and the cops shot the dog...like WTF?


myLot reputation of 95/100. redkathy (1860)   ranked 301 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

Like I said jack-booted thugs!

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6. myLot reputation of 96/100. tamarafireheart (13723)   ranked 406 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

Hi pye,


I am just lost for words, what kind of a law is that, I think it is so disgusting are the law sadist? they must be for shooting innocent people and dogs, are they picking on those innocent people because they are afraid of the drug smugglers? or they just a coward themselves, they shouldn't get away with it, they just murderes and something should be done about it, they are just bl***y trigger cops.

Bright Blessings

Tamara


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I always thought the law was innocent until proven guilty, didn't you? It does sound like they are a bunch of trigger happy sadist

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7. myLot reputation of 94/100. Goodie123 (7548)   4 years ago

That is disgusting Pye, killing the dogs then tieing the mayor and his wife up.

That makes me glad I made hubby phone the police when we moved into this house.
After we had signed the contract on this house and moved in,
We learnt that only 6 weeks earlier that was a massive drug raid here.
It was either or $1 or $2 million.

So you can imagine how I felt, especially after just coming out of hospital.
I had visions of the police knocking our door down in the early morning hours.
For quite awhile after we moved in, the police were still coming around taking photographs of the house and different things.

These people actually had a very large fridge buried in the backyard.
It was on its back with the doors up so they could be opened.
We had to use an endloader to get it out of the ground.


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

If the cops KNEW that the people weren't living there anymore why the heck were the jerks still taking photographs? Too bad at one of the times when you knew they were photographing you couldn't have "mooned" them...hehee


myLot reputation of 94/100. Goodie123 (7548)  4 years ago

They were getting ready for the court case, and said some crap about having to take more photos.
If I had of known before hand I could have been in my bikini. LOL

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8. myLot reputation of 77/100. myklj999 (7218)   4 years ago

I lived "outside the law" for many years, and as such have witnessed many instances of Law Enforcement officials abusing their powers by planting evidence, falsifying paperwork and outright lying on the witness stand under oath. I was always the type that if I was caught, and it was a "good" bust, I never had any problem; after all, they were doing their job. But I have always fought injustice, even when practiced by those who allegedly serve justice. In my opinion, police who lie to "make" a bust appear legitimate are no better than those they are arresting; actually, they are worse.


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

Then you have cops who really are honest and try to expose some kind of corruption within the system...and then that cop isn't exactly "safe"---remember Serpico? I think he's STILL in self-imposed exile as he's still very outspoken about corruption that goes on in Law enforcement--he's still not exactly welcomed

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9. myLot reputation of 95/100. OreoCookie3 (22476)   4 years ago

The ones that killed that 92 year old Kathryn Johnson are doing time now I think I remember hearing on the news. Good enough for them. I hope there is some way to fire those officers and black ball them so they can never get a job even as a Walmart security guard! I wonder how they would feel if something happened to one of their family members including pets in family members!


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I hope those cops are jailed as well..why shouldn't they?..not only did they kill two dogs, but treated an elected official and his wife like criminals and harassed them

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10. myLot reputation of 85/100. rogue13xmen13 (10446)   ranked 1,972 out of 32,933 in life   4 years ago

Sounds like some of the Law Enforcement officers that we have here in California. I'm not shocked. Police departments can be corrupt. That is why I do not trust them.


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 239 out of 32,933 in life  4 years ago

I'm not too fond of our police depts here in NYC either..too many time you hear of stories of someone being gunned down just because he looked guilty

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