Children handcuffed in police drug raid (and SOP of shooting the family dog)

Albany Times Union ^

[spunkets]

"It would have been a lot simpler if you'd simply responded "I can't". But thanks for playing our little game."

Simpler than what, a person that thinks there' a pit that would pee and run?

[Lurker]

I've seen it happen. My buddies Pit is the biggest wuss dog on the planet.

He rolled over and wet himself when my 6 month old Papillon barked at him.

One of the funniest damned things I've ever seen....

L

[CrazyIvan]

Question here. Not being personally familar with knock-the-door-down police drug raids, is it typical or even heard of, for police officers to carry and use shotguns?

I have had one officer tell me that although some of the bleeding hearts get all upset about using a riot gun, the intimidation factor of one many times prevents violence that might happen if the officer was only carrying a sidearm.

[sgtbono2002]

****"This type of search warrant execution can be very dangerous from a law enforcement point of view," he said.***

So they made this dangerous raid for 60 bucks worth of Marijuana.

Now I am as anti-dope as anyone on this forum. I hate drugs, but these guys screwed the pooch. they got the wrong house and wont admit it because it may make them liable. No police force in their right mind would raid a home for 60 bucks worth of Marujuana.

But at least they got to wear their swat,ninja suits and Combat boots. Got their jollies busting down the door and shooting the dog. Now try getting some real dope dealers dickweeds, Try busting a Coke dealer or heroin dealer,or an amphetamine factory. Get some priorities before you kill someone for a reefer.

[Redcloak]

That would explain why the dog viciously fled from the kitchen into the bathroom.

[Casio]

I will say that I have absolutely no doubt that this dog got vicious and was about to attack. It's a friggin' pit and they are ALWAYS MEAN and NASTY to strangers upsetting the household.

So it is mean and nasty. That's just too bad. Police coming to the house, for them the dog is an inconvenience no question, but they don't have some automatic right to execute the family pet, so it won't be a bother, since it isn't illegal to own one. And the dog is certainly not part of the drug issue, the potential crime.
Additionally, while arresting somebody, the police is seeking an alleged criminal, not a convicted one.

Gabor

[somniferum]

Bradley was arrested and charged with misdemeanor counts of criminal sale of marijuana

Efficient use of tax payer money and police resources bump.

I feel safer already.

[spunkets]

"That would explain why the dog viciously fled from the kitchen into the bathroom."

I think the first shot might of motivated the dog to run into the bathroom. If it did go there. Could be the dog was wounded and they finished it off. The first shot though would have been when the dog got vicious in the first place.

[Bogtrotter52]

I am surprised that in the article the woman did not deny any knowledge of drug sales going on....that is usually the first thing that comes up. And bottom line....its a pit bull....and just a dog

[ThanhPhero]

The dog was not only not threatening, they had to chase it down. Killing the pets, no matter what the circumstances of the raid truly is considered one of the perks of going on a raid.

[Charlespg]

these idiots need to lose their jobs

[Rb ver. 2.0]

$60 worth of weed will buy a lot of dougnuts.

[ThanhPhero]

My daughter has such a dog. It is a brindle pit bull and purely a coward. The problem is that my daughter raised it. I told her to get it trained by someone else but she just couldn't do that. She wanted a sweetheart and she got one. He is quite useless.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Interesting. I wonder if police knocked down your door and harmed something you cared about if you'd be so cavalier?

[spunkets]

"Police coming to the house, for them the dog is an inconvenience no question, but they don't have some automatic right to execute the family pet, so it won't be a bother, since it isn't illegal to own one. "

Evidently the boy was selling pot from the home. If the family didn't want the cops in there, they should have told the boy not to do it. The cops had a valid warrant for that house that a judge signed.

" So it is mean and nasty. That's just too bad."

Given the circumstances, the cops had the right to be there. Any thing mean and nasty opposing them and posing a threat to them, is likely to be rightfully shot.

[abovethefray]

Would the same standards be applied to an encounter with an armed suspect ? Specifically, would the cop have to be shot before returning fire to defend him(her)self ?
It's probably better just not to sell drugs out of your home, and avoid all these sticky little problems.

[darkangel82]

They need to lose their freedom for the next decade, too.

[AirForceBrat23]

Did anyone think that you could tell if the dog was running away or not by looking at where it got shot? If its rear end got hit, it was probably running away!!! :-p

[abovethefray]

How can you prove that the dog peed and ran away?I have noticed that when people are in trouble(with the law, for instance)they make up stories to reduce their culpability. If you weren't there, you don't know what really happened. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion,tho.