Police Kill Family Dog During Raid (yet another isolated incident)

ABC News ^ | 2/7/09 | Jeff Hager

[ellery]

Yet another "win" in the War on Dogs.

[ellery]

ping.

[Larry Lucido]

“but that doesn't mean that there wasn't good information that there were weapons there before we had a chance to get inside the house."

Right. Must have flushed the evidence down the toilet.

[Feline_AIDS]

I need to know what kind of dog it was before I decide if this upsets me.

[allmost]

An interesting link for those interested in this general topic. A bit incomplete yes and they don't have a 'shot the dog' map, but some might be interested.
http://www.cato.org/raidmap/index.php?type=1

[I see my hands]

The only people who don't do drugs are those who can't handle unreality.

[ellery]

The reports I’ve seen say Australian Cattle Dog, hiding in the bedroom.

[FreedomPoster]

I try to post that on every thread of this nature. Thanks for the help. We need as many as possible to see that.

[ellery]

What does this story have to do with drugs?

[familyop]

Everyone knows where Elkridge and Howard County are. [Little irony and sarcasm there.]

[IrishCatholic]

Do you have any more info? Or is this it?
Is the guy a gang banger or the local deacon?
Has he been arrested before? Arrested for violent crimes? Does he live in a nice neighborhood or the ‘hood’?
How did the Gestapo jack booted thugs pick his house in the first place?

Before the hysterics start and the gossip between the back fence of the trailer park results in spilled beer, perhaps judgment can be reserved until more is known about the assassination of the Chihuahua.

[Pearls Before Swine]

"No. We didn't find a weapon in this particular case,” said Sherry Llewellyn, a spokeswoman for the department, “but that doesn't mean that there wasn't good information...

That's exactly what it means. The information was no good. Also, if its a couple of weapons, why not send a heavily armed team but do a knock on the door service of the search warrant? You don't need 25 guys.

[RobinOfKingston]

"No. We didn't find a weapon in this particular case,” said Sherry Llewellyn, a spokeswoman for the department, “but that doesn't mean that there wasn't good information that there were weapons there before we had a chance to get inside the house."

Sorry, Spokeswoman Sherry. The fact that nothing was found means exactly that "there wasn't good information ..."

Just curious. Does anyone reading this trust your government?

[packrat35]

This crap won’t stop till cops start to die instead of us or our pets. The fact that now anything will bring down these no-knock raids is bad news for all of us.

[Lurker]

"I'm not gonna sit down and let people walk all over me and say 'sorry' and walk out of my house."

There would be a large number of cops looking over their shoulders every single day for the rest of their lives had this happened to my family.

L

[editor-surveyor]

Under ‘the one,’ this crap is bound to increase.

[allmost]

If they had a ‘shot the dog’ map it would probably cover entire states.

[ellery]

Uh, isn’t the fact that they didn’t find anything enough of a concern for you?

But since you asked, here are some more links. The man involved is a computer analyst for Mariott. In addition to killing his dog, they cuffed his twelve year old daughter.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/020609_dog_killed_during_raid

http://wjz.com/local/warrant.search.house.2.928336.html

http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/02/07/another-maryland-swat-team-kills-a-dog/

[randomhero97]

Damn straight Lurker. I can’t really say anything, though, for the most part I have only dealed with the good cops. Of course, they respected that I was military.

[shadeaud]

Wonder if it was Dog the bounty hunter that got wacked