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FBI to Review Raid That Killed Mayor's Dogs
The Washington Post ^ | August 8, 2008 | Rosalind S. Helderman and Aaron C. Davis

Posted on 08/08/2008 6:41:44 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

The FBI has launched a review of the violent law enforcement raid of the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo in Prince George's County last week that resulted in the deaths of the family's two dogs.

The agency has begun "reviewing the events that occurred at Mr. Calvo's residence," said Richard J. Wolf, spokesman for the FBI in Baltimore, which has jurisdiction over federal civil rights investigations in Maryland.

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Courts across the country in recent years have ruled that it is almost always unacceptable for police to kill pets in the course of searching a home. Cases in three federal circuits have found that killing pets amounts to unreasonable seizure.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: banglist; berwynheights; cheyecalvo; cops; dog; dogshootings; donutwatch; fbi; govwatch; jackboot; jackbootedthugs; noknock; noknockraids; pgcounty; policestate; rapeofliberty; shoot; swat; wod
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To: Squantos

ping


21 posted on 08/08/2008 7:11:17 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: faloi

Much more...

http://www.cato.org/raidmap/index.php


22 posted on 08/08/2008 7:16:29 AM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: faloi
more and more the police in this country look like they belong in a banana republic

"Badges?... We don't need no... stinkin' badges!"

23 posted on 08/08/2008 7:20:21 AM PDT by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Courts across the country in recent years have ruled that it is almost always unacceptable for police to kill pets in the course of searching a home.

Now they have to rewrite all their manuals.
24 posted on 08/08/2008 7:20:53 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

When strangers with guns invade the home, a well-trained dog will try to defend his master’s family.
Shame on LEOs who kill these faithful dogs. They should be made to pay restitution by way of a hefty fine and jailed for the pain they have caused the family.


25 posted on 08/08/2008 7:26:55 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: blam

Clearly they are hardened drug dealers.


26 posted on 08/08/2008 7:26:55 AM PDT by Free Descendant
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

It is a sad state of affairs when private citizens have to live in a walled, gated compound to protect themselves from criminal police squads.

See also KATHERINE JOHNSON, the 90 year old grandmother murdered by Atlanta JBTs during a home invasion/no-knock assualt on her home. (Cops planted a bag of weed and lied to get a warrant, close to these Md dog murders).


27 posted on 08/08/2008 7:28:12 AM PDT by wrench
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To: pangaea6; thefactor
I've lost most of my respect for law enforcement.

The noble masses of law enforcers are themselves victims of the drug war. These paramilitary anti-drug units seem to be worst for sullying the image of law enforces to the public. They should only be used to protect life not to enforce drug laws.

How can you justify shooting a lab that is running away from you? The police have refused to appologize.

28 posted on 08/08/2008 7:30:57 AM PDT by Free Descendant
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To: archy
About as hard as when they made the crime of hitting or kicking a police K9 *assaulting a police officer* in many states.

That's a gross double standard, eh?

29 posted on 08/08/2008 7:32:23 AM PDT by Free Descendant
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Let’s be honest with ourselves here.

The PG County Sheriff is black.

The FBI has conducted one operation after another against law-abiding citizens with ruthless tenacity and disregard for rules of evidence.

The FBI has specialized in covering up their own spectacular failures. The FBI has become a very adept at playing the political game in DC, and making sure that they’re “sensitive” to “minority feelings.”

Does anyone who doesn’t believe in the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny *and* Santa Claus honestly believe that the FBI is going to do anything other than help the PG County Clowns cover their plush, donut-fed posteriors?


30 posted on 08/08/2008 7:34:57 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: faloi
I hope the end result isn’t a bunch of medals for courage under adverse circumstances.

I-TEAM: SWAT Team Honored For Raid On Wrong House (MN)

Amazing! Something has really gone wrong with these people.

31 posted on 08/08/2008 7:38:32 AM PDT by Free Descendant
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To: Free Descendant
The noble masses of law enforcers are themselves victims of the drug war.

I used to believe that too.

But over time I have concluded that unless these masses are actively engaged in preventing this, reporting it, and providing testimony against the perpetrators, then they are part of the problem too. And, in my personal view, equally guilty.

32 posted on 08/08/2008 7:40:18 AM PDT by surely_you_jest ( Obamarrhoids are a pain in the ass . . . .)
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To: kittymyrib

According to one of the report I read, one of the dogs was shot while running away.


33 posted on 08/08/2008 7:42:36 AM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Killing dogs is considered a "last resort," said John Gnagey, executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association, a group that provides tactical training for police departments and is advocating a national accreditation system for SWAT programs.

What B.S. Remember at Waco, killing all the dogs kept in kennels at the back of the structure was one of the first things our heros did, after shooting up the place from a helicopter with "non fixed weapons".

34 posted on 08/08/2008 7:45:54 AM PDT by A. Patriot (CZ 52's ROCK)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

PG County is a giant cesspool and it never will be drained.


35 posted on 08/08/2008 7:52:50 AM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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To: NVDave
The FBI has become a very adept at playing the political game in DC

Not surprising, considering how they've always played the PR game very well.

How many people know that when the G-men took out Dillinger, the case that made the FBI famous, said G-men shot a couple of innocent by-standers?

36 posted on 08/08/2008 7:58:21 AM PDT by Knitebane (Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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To: blam

Quite obviously bad drug smugglers, and those vicious Labs, Good thing no cops had a toy ball or frisbee or they’d really have been in trouble.


37 posted on 08/08/2008 8:03:30 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I, too, hope the Mayor ends up owning the sheriffs department and the deputies.

They served a standard warrant in a “No-Knock” fashion, which in and of itself should have nullified the warrant. The Deputies KNEW FULL WELL what type of warrant they had.

Shooting of a family pet after it was running away! Only reason is to put fear into and intimidate the family inside.

Refusal to give a copy of the warrant to the Mayor when requested smells, period. It was delivered HOURS later, and not by the officers who served the “alleged” warrant.

Looks like the Sherrif has taken lessons from the County police recently. Liars, ALL OF THEM! Oh, and before the pro law enforcement lobby jumps down on me with their jack-boots, it is because of the “Code of silence” and the “Blue Line” that covers up this type of activity. If it had been just an “Ordinary Citizen”, we would have never heard of it.

And, remember, it could happen to YOU!

Glad I no longer live in Pee Gee County. Sadly, I sill have to work there.


38 posted on 08/08/2008 8:15:08 AM PDT by ace2u_in_MD (You missed something...)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Can anybody tell me was a County PD is? I'm from out west and counties have Sheriffs and Cities have PDs. This story uses the terms PD and Sheriff...I'm confused.

I know Fairfax County has a PD...

39 posted on 08/08/2008 8:21:41 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Some police forces are way too quick to use their paramilitary SWAT teams and no knock warrants. The cops and the person who planned this “search” need to be fired and, if appropriate, charged. There is no excuse for this sort of raid where, in broad day light, thugs with badges raid the house of a suspect with no history of violence with guns blazing. This isn’t Hollywood. I don’t want cops knocking down doors, tying up old ladies, and shooting up houses based on very circumstantial evidence.


40 posted on 08/08/2008 8:23:03 AM PDT by DemonDeac
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