Having a hard time with collateral damage, are we? 
Posted on 09/28/2006 5:26:29 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
Having a hard time with collateral damage, are we?
What dollar amount of illegal drugs should be the cut-off point for raid or no raid?
Don't take drugs. Allow others to face God as they choose.
I had a large yellow lab years ago. He tore up a trespasser running around my backyard. Dogs don't know cop from crook.
Respectfully Thanh, I just don't think the dog's been exposed to strangers in the house, causing a ruckus where your daughter was in a loud confrontation with them.
So a cop is on a raid and a dog comes at him, You want him to either avoid the dog or wait until it attacks. Mean time the bad guys are arming themselves to resist. Yep let's put the good guys at MORE of a disadvantage and put their LIVES MORE at risk to protect a dog. Makes perfect sense to me. (/sarc)
But not their own facts.
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He's a wuss until he isn't...there's not a pit bull killingin history where the owners didn't say...HE WAS SUCH A SWEET DOG...Pit Bulls should be outlawed. PERIOD.
Pitbull terriers are typically very mellow dogs with respect to people. I do not know how they react to a home invasion - most dog breeds with which I have had experience would not be passive in such a situation, but some breeds are not the threat that people think. What really sets off a pitbull is another dog - another dog in their territory or challenging their space turns on a switch in the pitbull - they are/were bred for fighting other dogs, they were not bred as watchdogs (though their musculature certainly makes them appear intimidating).
That being said, it is SOP for the cops to kill the dog not because of the threat or potential thereof to the police. The reason they kill the dog is to get maximum shock affect on the family whose home they are invading.
No knock raids are an abomination to our Constitutional freedoms. The perpetuators of this type of no-knock violence (all in the name of law and order) are themselves as thuggish as the criminals whom against they act - different sides of the same coin.
Instead of no-knock raids - the tool of tyrannical regimes throughout history - why do we not insist on less violent solutions to our social problems?
The para-militarization of law enforcement in this country means we can expect a greater frequency of these types of incidents and an increase in their lethality. The rationality and acceptance of excessive force by law enforcement is dispicable. $60 worth of mj - wow! People in that area should sleep a whole lot better tonight knowing the police are on top of this sort of crime. Accomodations and medals should be issued....
Facts are just that. We have none in this instance. Seems like a lot of jumping to conclusions is all.
Well if the cops had the previous sales in the apt then why did they not bust the punk then instead of the JBT raid?
I'm pretty sure we should just all surrender and expect a SWAT team any moment.
They're moving toward armed raids to inspect the food in our refrigerators and cupboards for "illegal" trans-fatty acid content.
Hysterical broads should be outlawed.
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Aw, the poor drug dealer.
Because an undercover cop (most likely alone) does not do that.
No, not at all. The dog got vicious and posed a danger in the beginning. It simply sounds like the first shot was effective in causing the dog to retreat, if that's what happened.
And some of the people who agree that it's worth it think they're "conservatives." Nauseating.
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