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Posted on 06/05/2013 6:20:16 AM PDT by Altariel
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - Adam Arroyo has lived in his Breckenridge apartment for three years but has never experienced a day like this past Monday; when police busted down his door in search of drugs, shooting and killing his dog in the process.
"She's over here, chained up, and look at all these bullet holes man. Look at the blood right here," Arroyo explained as he showed Eyewitness cameras where his pit bull mix Cindy had been shot.
"She was tied up in the kitchen like I tie her up every single day, and they shot her for no reason."
When Arroyo returned home Monday evening he found his apartment torn apart, door busted down and several bullet holes in his kitchen wall.
He also found a search warrant for 304 Breckenridge, upper apartment.
The suspect named in the warrant was described as a black male and was wanted on suspicion of dealing crack.
Arroyo is Hispanic and lives at 304 Breckenridge, upper-rear apartment, which has a completely separate entrance and is clearly marked on his mail box.
Reporter: "You have never used or sold drugs in this apartment?" Arroyo: "Never. Never. I don't do drugs. I'm a United States veteran. I work everyday. I'm just trying to live my life."
Arroyo is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and plans to join the National Guard. This incident, however has left him heart-broken and angry.
"For police to wrongfully come into my house and murder my dog... It wasn't that they felt threatened. No. They murdered my dog," said Arroyo, beginning to tear up.
"That was my dog, man. That was my dog. They didn't have to do that, you know. They didn't have to do that."
Arroyo now has to pay to have Cindy cremated. He also had to repair his door at his own cost and has had to miss work.
He plans now to press charges against the City of Buffalo.
Buffalo Police spokesperson Michael DeGeorge says Internal Affairs has launched an investigation into the case, but that police believe they had the proper address.
He also says detectives "don't believe the dog was chained or leashed" when they executed the raid. Adding that if any wrong doing is found in the investigation that officers will face consequences.
DeGeorge could not comment on whether officers found any drugs inside the apartment.
Nah...the dog cheats.
:)
I was just trying to help the poor man who’s dog was shot. So many wondered why he was tied up.
Although ‘crating’ is the usual nowadays, with the ready availability of such things, it wasn’t always so.
“Back in the day”, people might attempt house training or other behavior modification [often for the safety of the dog, in the owner’s absence] by attaching a swivel-hook leash to a swivel bolt mounted on the wall.
It’s not unheard of at all.
Happily, crates, kennels and ‘play pens’ are very common now.
If tying up a dog inside is the only way a person has to keep it safe from harm, it’s not a problem.
Sadly for this poor dog’s owner, it didn’t work.
“Harm” kicked in the door and shot the dog in cold blood.
How anyone can possibly defend this unconstitutional act of brutality is beyond me.
>>>Happily, crates, kennels and ‘play pens’ are very common now.<<<
They sure are. Every luxury imaginable for our furry friends.
Bwahahhahaha!!!
How anyone can possibly defend this unconstitutional act of brutality is beyond me.
Beyond me, too.
But again — that’s a separate issue to be discussed. It doesn’t matter if the dog was tied up or not in terms of the illegitimacy of the action committed here. The cops were wrong. Whether the dog was tied up or not, whether the owner was home or not, whether the dog was a Chi, Great Dane, bully breed, or some other breed...None of that is the point, but sadly that seems to have escaped the notice of some here — who want to make any and all of the above “the point”.
You forgot the reasoning “Oh, I don’t have a bully breed. My dog is a ___________, so he’s safe” coupled with “I haven’t done anything to bring the cops to my door, therefore I’m safe” thinking....
What the hell is wrong with you?
When you are up to your ass in alligators, it is difficult to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp. Cops gone bad and killed an innocent victims dog.
:))
Some breeds should simply not exist. Show me an actual use for the breed. It’s like the Piping Plover, we insist on it’s existence despite it nesting on the coast during hurricane season.
Tell me about it.
The people at the local pet stores *love* to see us come in.
The dogs pick out 3 [or 5] of their “most favorite toys ever!” and I don’t have the heart to put any of them back.
People ask how I stay thin...well, I have *dogs*.
I can’t afford to eat everything in sight.
;D
Turns out it’s raining so the carcass hunt is a no-go.
I have a “spineless snake” helping me FReep, instead.
[and no, I’m not ‘poking him with a stick’]
;D
They are a multi-puporse dog and can excel in all the functions you have listed.
My God you're on the wrong site. Show me an actual use for a passenger car that can go over 60 mph. Show me an actual use for red persian carpets. Show me an actual use for a cigar, or a 2010 Bordeaux, or an Armalite AR-10, or toilets that flush instead of being a hole in the ground.
You and the Free Market are strangers.
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When it comes to dogs there should be a purpose for their existence, like chickens, cattle, goats, etc.
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