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Police Raid Berwyn Heights Mayor's Home, Kill His 2 Dogs
Washington Post ^
| July 31, 2008
| Aaron C. Davis
Posted on 07/31/2008 11:19:39 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A police SWAT team raided the home of the mayor in the Prince George's County town of Berwyn Heights on Tuesday, shooting and killing his two dogs, after he brought in a 32-pound package of marijuana that had been delivered to his doorstep, police said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; pgcounty; wod
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To: WOBBLY BOB
181
posted on
07/31/2008 1:25:51 PM PDT
by
Robbin
To: An Old Man
Troll? Maybe not from a poster whose been around since 2001. Not that we haven't had a few over the years.
But I smell a cop trying to justify his actions from a morally questionable standpoint he's never really had to consider before.
182
posted on
07/31/2008 1:27:25 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(What would a free man do?)
To: thefactor
so the whole 3rd party set-up thing is pretty much a non-issue. No it's not. Who mailed it?
183
posted on
07/31/2008 1:28:15 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
To: TalonDJ
no i have not ruled it out completely. but usually the simplest answer is the right answer: this guy bought the weed and had it addressed to his wife. if they were being set-up, that is a heck of a chance to take that a drug dog would get a hit off the box.
and yes, i am a cop. a damn good one as it turns out. or so people tell me.
184
posted on
07/31/2008 1:28:40 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(contributing nothing of value to threads since 2001...)
To: TalBlack
The tough thing about being a cop used to be that their own safety was secondary to the Constitution and the rule of law. Not any more.
And as they selflessly put themselves in harms way to protect us all they garnered the highest respect.
Thugs like these are rapidly blowing that respect away.
185
posted on
07/31/2008 1:29:23 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: thefactor
and a part-time mayor of a small municipality is not someone i would call a high order politician.Have you seen what he's involved with when he isn't being part-time mayor? Real ID legislation, insurance issues, genetic research policy, intergovernmental affairs, and more.
but the cops can only go on the info they have at the time.
Which apparently consisted of pot+house=must kick in door, kill dogs
186
posted on
07/31/2008 1:31:13 PM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: DJ MacWoW
someone in arizona mailed that much weed to a small town mayor in MD to set him up? i don’t think so. his contact in mexico sent it. but hey, i have been wrong before.
187
posted on
07/31/2008 1:31:38 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(contributing nothing of value to threads since 2001...)
To: Red Badger
A suspicious package addressed to his wife? My wife always has packages coming in the mail. It's a fairly common occurrence for me to find a package on my front porch. I just carry them in and leave them somewhere my wife will find them, just like this guy.
188
posted on
07/31/2008 1:32:55 PM PDT
by
TKDietz
To: thefactor
See my post at #180.
Have you heard of this happening in your area?
189
posted on
07/31/2008 1:33:55 PM PDT
by
beltfed308
(Heller: The defining moment of our Republic)
To: thefactor
They really have lowered the IQ requirements it seems. Condoning this type of military raid and the killing of innocent pets must excite some of the low brows it seems.
190
posted on
07/31/2008 1:33:55 PM PDT
by
commonguymd
(A de facto single party country is nigh. The partisan bickering is a mere bilking mechanism.)
To: Dead Corpse; An Old Man
you smell a cop? what gave it away? when i wrote that i am a cop? nice work.
what are people questioning here? the raid itself or the tactics? i myself have questioned the tactics used. but i do not question the raid itself.
191
posted on
07/31/2008 1:35:33 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(contributing nothing of value to threads since 2001...)
To: thefactor
someone in arizona mailed that much weed to a small town mayor in MD to set him up? i dont think so. his contact in mexico sent it. but hey, i have been wrong before. I don't give a damn who sent it. Nothing in this case justifies a no-knock paramilitary raid. They could have put the house under surveillance, detained him when he left, and executed a search warrant by civilized and constitutional means.
192
posted on
07/31/2008 1:36:20 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Cthulu '08! Why vote for the lesser evil?)
To: thefactor
193
posted on
07/31/2008 1:36:57 PM PDT
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: thefactor
someone in arizona mailed that much weed to a small town mayor in MD to set him up? It doesn't say the package originated in Arizona. That's just where a dog sniffed it out. And it was addressed to his wife who is a finance officer for the state.
his contact in mexico sent it.
Then it wouldn't have originated in Arizona.
That's not the point. WHO mailed it?
194
posted on
07/31/2008 1:37:28 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
To: thefactor
They did not tell you what the ‘shift key’ was for in cop school?
You called this a good raid because no humans were hurt. Two dogs shot, one door kicked in, citizens terrorized, zero arrests. I call that abject failure. I think your police department needs to set its standards of sucess a little higher.
I suppose you think these guys earned those medals too: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053650/posts
195
posted on
07/31/2008 1:37:34 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: beltfed308
You are trying to reason with a low brow thug excuse maker of the highest order. He gives the industry a bad name by condoning the apparent growing cowardice of the police forces out there. Maybe it is something to do with quotas forcing out the good public servants.
196
posted on
07/31/2008 1:38:01 PM PDT
by
commonguymd
(A de facto single party country is nigh. The partisan bickering is a mere bilking mechanism.)
To: beltfed308
absolutely. here it's done with electronics bought on a stolen credit card. they have to give the proper mailing address that matches the billing address on the card. they wait on the stoop of the building awaiting the delivery.
when the delivery guy shows up, "hey, that's me. i was just having a smoke out here. i can sign for that."
absolutely viable here. perhaps.
197
posted on
07/31/2008 1:38:36 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(contributing nothing of value to threads since 2001...)
To: patton
nicht mir. ich weiss nicht.
198
posted on
07/31/2008 1:39:57 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(contributing nothing of value to threads since 2001...)
To: thefactor
i myself have questioned the tactics used. but i do not question the raid itself.
Depends on what you call the tactics and what you call the raid. Certainly if they found some pot in the mail they need to follow up and track the sender and receiver down. Swat teams and deadly force however were not justified.
199
posted on
07/31/2008 1:40:04 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
200
posted on
07/31/2008 1:40:56 PM PDT
by
commonguymd
(A de facto single party country is nigh. The partisan bickering is a mere bilking mechanism.)
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