FBI to Review Raid That Killed Mayor's Dogs

The Washington Post ^ | August 8, 2008 | Rosalind S. Helderman and Aaron C. Davis

[An Old Man]

Liz Michael is not going to like that one bit.

[DemonDeac]

This reminds me of the case in Atlanta where jackbooted storm troopers blew away an 80 something year old lady and a case in NC where goons in uniform killed a kid who stole a playstation. They knocked on his door at 2 AM. As the unarmed teen came to the door an officer got spooked and started firing through the closed door killing the kid. Why you need a heavily armed swat team to take down a college kid in the middle of the night who was suspected of stealing a playstation is beyond me. I guess SWAT hadn't had much to do in a while in Wilmington and wanted to have some fun.

[ko_kyi]

I hope the end result isn’t a bunch of medals for courage under adverse circumstances.

Optimistic, aren't you. Seems like the groupies are slow to jump in today. How long to get a bingo on the list?

1. It's a tough job and stressful, so give them a break

2. They just want to go home to their families at night, so they can't take any chances.

3. You would take the word of some guy getting drugs mailed to him over the word of a fine police officer?

4. You might criticize, but you would call the cops in a split second if someone was breaking into your house.

5. The guy probably sent his dogs to attack the cops, he is lucky he didn't get shot himself.

[Still Thinking]

What about animal cruelty?

Which now, for some bizarre reason, is a federal crime.

[Still Thinking]

Well, especially when state agents should be LESS protected by the law than those they serve. Serve, remember?

[ace2u_in_MD]

In Pee Gee County, Law enforcement Is provided by County Police Department, the Sherrif’s office, and many cities / towns have local forces.

County is the Prime force in the more populated areas, where the Sherrif usually is prime for the more rural area. Both have jursidiction county wide. County police are responsible for Major Crime, and run the Crime Lab.

When I graduated from high school in the early 80’s, the 3 biggest bullies had been recruited for the County Force...

[GBA]

It is obvious you are either very misinformed or clearly insane and have run out of your meds. For the sake of innocent citizens who may not realize what a danger you pose, please stay inside your home and away from an unsuspecting population.

In the mean time, read the various posts of this story. These are not the "To protect and serve" variety of law enforcement we once looked up to and turned to when we needed help. These are the dangerous, out of control Nazi enforcer type who need to be in jail.

[ace2u_in_MD]

Uh, GBA, I think he was being sarcastic…

[GBA]

I certainly hope so.

[brityank]

"If a widespread pattern of [knock-and-announce] violations were shown . . . there would be reason for grave concern."

—Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Hudson v. Michigan, June 15, 2006.

 

Is there 'grave concern' yet?

[GBA]

After re-reading your post, I see that I was wrong in my post to you and I apologize for slamming you like that. This story has me needing meds.

[commonguymd]

Militarization of police forces ping.

[ko_kyi]

me too.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

You obviously didn’t read the story.

[CodeToad]

Considering the Famous Butt Incompetents allowed an FBI agent to shoot an unarmed 16 year old in the face for trying to unbuckle his seatbelt after the armed agent screamed at him to get out of the car...well, I expect nothing but a coverup. Let’s not forget Ruby Ridge.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

My apologies. I just belatedly caught the satire in your post.

[ko_kyi]

I guess I was a little too subtle after a long week of work :)

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

No, your post was fine. I’ve just been tangling the past few days with a couple of the LEO groupies you mentioned, and jumped to the conclusion that you were another one of them, without really thinking about what you were saying.

[Manly Warrior]

1. If they cannot handle the stress, they should find more mundane work-remember, they work for US, the people and are sworn to UPHOLD the laws of the (fill in the jurisdiction AND the US Constitution...).

2.I agree, so they shouldn’t be causing citizens to automatically wonder if they really ARE the police, not some home invasion squad....

3. The “some guy” happened to be known as the mayor of a local town. Getting something mailed to you is not a crime-especially if you did not arrange it. Remember #1 above? The US Constitution?

4. No, I would defend my family first, calling 911 when either I or my wife could do so w/o putting anyone at risk. My right to life and that of my family is paramount in the type of situation you describe. Remember, LEOs do not have to respond to any specific 911 call, only in general (SCOTUS decision back in the 70’s)and response time varies from a few minutes to hours....

5. Maybe the dogs were simply doing what loyal dogs do.... Suggesting that the Mayor set his dogs on the cops is purely speculation and w/o merit.

All this being said, I respect and support my local LEOs-they know me and I know most of them, we shoot together on occasion and drink coffee some mornings (I swore off donuts long ago...).

[ko_kyi]

See post 59 - I think I caught a few people off guard. Too close to the way the groupies post, I guess.