They charged the guy with misdemeanor possession and ultimately let him plea down for paraphanalia.
What a bunch of A-holes.
Why does SWAT need to enter a house to arrest someone in the first place? They could wait until the guy comes out and nab him outside, where it is safe. At the door of his car, pull over with cop cars enmasse, at the grocery store, at the video store, heck, why not at his job?
There is no reason for these raids. The danger outweighs the benefit. Said danger being to others in the vicinity and even pets.
Do they get a charge out of shooting their gun at an innocent living being? It’s not like they were going to eat the dog for dinner. Nope, just kill it, cuz they can and their steroids are pushing their aggression.
Besides, is some guy smoking marijuana really worth this effort? Seems like a a lot of resources and manpower for such a dinky charge and a child could well have been injured or killed by an errant shot.
Law enforcement has their job to do but, their are more intelligent ways of overpowering a suspect and these miscreants did not use their heads for anything more than a hat rack.
A military style raid and shooting pets, for that?
Good God!
this line from the other thread...leo is outta control, or is in 'training' to weed out the weak links in their teams...squeemish about the dogs gettin shot, back to traffic duty...