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- Minarchian, on 08/08/2008, -8/+275As usual.
The raid was carried out according to proper procedure.
Because trampling on the People's Rights is what following proper procedures is all about.- ladycj54, on 08/08/2008, -20/+15uh! i,m sorry but police procedure was not used in this matter,unnecessary force was used,killing of the mayors dogs was uncalled for and i,ve sent the national humane society an email and have asked them to step in,re,this matter,i,ve also sent the berwyn heights an email letting them know that they used unnecessary force.those dogs were like their children.i too have a finnish chow mix and she is just like my child,i can nolonger have children and my dog means the world to me.noone i mean noone has the right to shoot an innocent dog,.i,m calling for the police officers to be relieved of their duties and prosecuted in this matter post haste!!!!!!!!!!,,my heart and prayers go out to the mayor and his wife of the loss of their dogs aka their children.
- Noods, on 08/09/2008, -4/+31If you concern is the dogs, your priorities are out of alignment. This happens all the time here in Baltimore and *people* die because of it. We need to end the drug war and no-knock policies.
http://www.examiner.com/a-210987~Family_of_slain_D ... - r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -5/+15Does your keyboard not have an apostrophe button or something?
- greatREDvinny, on 08/09/2008, -5/+4You don't get it do you.
- iamkafka, on 08/09/2008, -18/+4i wish you were the mayor's dogs. die you ***** idiot
- inspecality, on 08/09/2008, -2/+10It's funny how FOXNews.com fails to include the fact that police dressed as delivery men delived the package.
"It was delivered to Calvo's house by police posing as deliverymen and left on his porch at the instructions of his mother-in-law. After the raid, police recovered an unopened package containing more than 30 pounds of marijuana, but they made no arrests."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story ...
- Noods, on 08/09/2008, -4/+31If you concern is the dogs, your priorities are out of alignment. This happens all the time here in Baltimore and *people* die because of it. We need to end the drug war and no-knock policies.
- megamod, on 08/09/2008, -15/+6DUDE...it's FOX NEWS...just close the link just like you would change the channel...
buried as inaccurate...it's gotta be.- TheSuperunknown, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5That's the right attitude to have!
There's very little indication that this story is inaccurate. Fox News' track record would suggest they would side with the police, and they did not. - TheEngineer2008, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4"buried as inaccurate...it's gotta be."
It's accurate. Would it have been that hard to Google it?????
- TheSuperunknown, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5That's the right attitude to have!
- DroogInPhoenix, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4Here is a picture of them with their dogs http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ... And for those thinking those are muzzles, they aren't they are a head harness which I feel is more humane then a choke collar, labs have strong necks, I use to use one on my dog but it made her look like Hannibal.
- Typhoon2009, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Head harnesses ftw
Very good for training a stubborn Weimaraner how to follow you when walking
- Typhoon2009, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Head harnesses ftw
- sinrtb, on 08/09/2008, -0/+14First "Police said the package was one of about a half-dozen retrieved by authorities in the past week along the route of a deliveryman in northern Prince George's. The packages contained a combined 417 pounds of marijuana valued at about $3.6 million. " -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
Second "Prince George's County authorities did not have a "no-knock" warrant when they burst into the home of a mayor July 29, shooting and killing his two dogs -- contrary to what police said after the incident. " -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...- chanop, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1Last I heard, Maryland doesn't issue no-know warrants at all.
- andy101, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2417 pounds worth $3.6 million? So pounds sell for $8,000?! ORLY?
- ch33sehead, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1And ounces, apparently, for $539.
- Minarchian, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8This is what happened....right from the victim himself, in an email to a friend:
http://digg.com/politics/Mayor_Cheye_Calvo_describ ... - roodammy44, on 08/09/2008, -2/+8Damn, America sounds like a worse place to live every day...
- offthewagon, on 08/09/2008, -11/+4Once again a post about police abuse is turned into an excuse to spout cliches about fundamental freedoms...or a lack thereof.
Do Libertarians just write a whole ***** of these and keep them by the computer while they scan digg? Why are they always full of so much wistful sarcasm and lousy puns?
"*sigh* For a country that supposedly holds its freedoms so high it unfortunately lets them fall to the ground far too often"
"You ask for a police force and that's what you get...unnecessary force"
"Brutality is the name of the game in America. The only way to fix it is to change the game"
"America depresses me greatly. I'm ashamed.....one sec mom, don't turn off my xbox. No. I'm going to play it again, I'm just finishing this up. No, I'll eat dinner later, after I get back from the movies. Yes, I did my homework...even though the school is trying to infect me with fascist propaganda. yes I'll get home before ten.
"...ok, where was I. Oh yeah. I'm ashamed to be an American" - jack12345678910, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3why would you suspect a respectable family and public figure to be a drug smuggler on a little thing as a package to their house? wasn't there a tiny chance that they didn't know it was coming? they should've done more investigative work before doing something as drastic as bursting in someone's house, especially killing two dogs. now its irreversible, if they had only busted in without killing anything. a pet is really like a family member. at least now the mayor will be rich, its just too bad money isn't everything.
- contezmc, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3The list of extinct species should be replaced with a list of extinct rights.
Adios, Amendments 1 through 5. - plarp, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2well maybe if more of this ***** happens to governing class.. they'll actually get off their ass, and fix the prob.. but i doubt it.
- Skooma714, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2It's us against them. That how they play it.
- ladycj54, on 08/08/2008, -20/+15uh! i,m sorry but police procedure was not used in this matter,unnecessary force was used,killing of the mayors dogs was uncalled for and i,ve sent the national humane society an email and have asked them to step in,re,this matter,i,ve also sent the berwyn heights an email letting them know that they used unnecessary force.those dogs were like their children.i too have a finnish chow mix and she is just like my child,i can nolonger have children and my dog means the world to me.noone i mean noone has the right to shoot an innocent dog,.i,m calling for the police officers to be relieved of their duties and prosecuted in this matter post haste!!!!!!!!!!,,my heart and prayers go out to the mayor and his wife of the loss of their dogs aka their children.
- jarjarwang, on 08/08/2008, -41/+13More like Faucet News! Because it is always "leaking" information!
- r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -4/+11Um...that makes no sense. At all.
- Markers, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6You tried way too hard to come up with that ingenious one-liner.
- titlemikedotws, on 08/08/2008, -2/+106Why continue the delivery. They should have backtracked the shipment. Just goes to show you anybody could be set up. Wonder what would of happened if the shipment was addressed to the White-house?
- ThinkOutTheBox, on 08/09/2008, -1/+33They get pissed because it wasn't cocaine.
- AeroMerde, on 08/09/2008, -2/+4Poor Barney :(
- sinrtb, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1They did that too I think they were just really bored that day
- scott1, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5"Wonder what would of happened if the shipment was addressed to the White-house?"
The people who send the drugs go straight to Guantanamo- ORBAT, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go straight to Guantanamo.
- RAEP, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2And the pres gets free drugs. Everyone wins.
- ObamaWins08, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Nothing... I'm sure those little brown packages full of dope arrive everyday...
- cheappop, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Anybody who saw Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay knows that.
- protogenxl, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Cheney would have gone Rambo.
- Fhwqhgads, on 08/09/2008, -0/+5Maybe that needs to happen. If enough high-level people get ***** around by this stupid drug war they will perhaps see the light. I can hope.
- jack12345678910, on 08/09/2008, -1/+0alright what im gonna say sounds conspiratorial but this sort of mistake seems too stupid to be made by professionals. you wouldn't raid someone's house without a proper warrant and what judge would allow evidence that isn't concrete at all to be used as justification. this must've been a situation where they pissed off the wrong people.
- PhillyMJS, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1The only dope going into the White House arrives there by limo or helicopter, not UPS or FedEx.
- JackpotCity, on 08/08/2008, -3/+71I understand that people have a job to do, but is it really necessary to make use of such strong arm tactics... I mean, it's not like they were trying to capture the world's biggest mass murderer or anything.
- gplpark92, on 08/09/2008, -8/+4they mistook the mayor of detroit for this guy
- PhilLesh69, on 08/09/2008, -2/+9Some people get jobs where they can hold a gun because they are twisted sociopathic morons. Some of them even pass the psychological tests, and actually get to hold a gun.
It's too bad that a 10 question test can't get an honest answer. If it could, they wouldn't hire people who put kittens in a clothes dryer or shot puppies with their bb guns. - DagonNL, on 08/09/2008, -1/+9An air of military level desperate violence is what keeps these murderers in their job, and feeling empowered. They think they are doing a valuable job in the community. They are not. In fact their are tearing apart US society much more criminally than legalized and widely available narcotics could ever do.
AWAY with the prohibition. Full legalization, corporate recreational drugs, NOW. - Skooma714, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1It's fun for them, that's why they do it.
They LOVE killing and causing terror. - itbescott, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Is anyone else thinking of the Dave Chappelle skit where he makes fun of Law & Order and the cops kill a dog in a suburban home like right off the bat?
- PhilLesh69, on 08/11/2008, -0/+2I think that was a skit where he was asking how people would feel if it were white people being treated like black people.
- Robjayne, on 08/08/2008, -15/+56Government must protect people from themselves. So what if innocent people are occationally hurt. The police should raid every home periodically just to make sure we don,t have any contraband. I bet reed and all digg this up.
- computerfreedom, on 08/09/2008, -2/+11F***ing genius idea, what better way to make sure this doesn't happen again but 'rehearsing' it on a frequent basis.
'Is this the real deal?'
'I don't know'
oh the suspense! - PhilLesh69, on 08/09/2008, -0/+7But the ultimate protection for all the stranger danger parents and paranoid fools who fear the boogeyman hiding behind every bush is to just put us all on 24 hour curfew.
We can petition the government for a right to drive to work, or to the store, or to see the doctor. Otherwise, we have no right to be on the streets.
That way, we will all feel safer knowing that the only people on the street are approved by the government and have a peaceful reason to be on the street. - DagonNL, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3It isn't necessary in civilized countries. Such a think is unheard of in the netherlands.
- codvx, on 08/09/2008, -10/+1You're a stupid a$$hole.
Do you have any idea what the constitution means? God you're stupid.- Aero347, on 08/09/2008, -0/+10It's called sarcasm dude..
- bitterbug, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8Dollar signs. Nice touch. You know, if using a word has such an effect on you that you feed the need to substitute letters to feel good about yourself, try finding another word to use.
As as Aero said, OP was being sarcastic. That, or they're really enthusiastic about "Cavity Search Wednesdays". - kurtu5, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1Aero347, I really wish people would work on it more. Comments would be so much funnier with wit and riposte.
- computerfreedom, on 08/09/2008, -2/+11F***ing genius idea, what better way to make sure this doesn't happen again but 'rehearsing' it on a frequent basis.
- BurningSand, on 08/08/2008, -4/+137All over some weed--I'd say they were victims of the local police! The war on drugs: A waste of time, resources, and lives...
- diggmaddy, on 08/09/2008, -1/+7Honestly! I recently watched "The Untouchables" and that movie is so similar to what's happening right now with this stupid "war on drugs".
- omar91, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3and dogs
- Jgal1, on 08/08/2008, -18/+105This is insane! these cops should all be in handcuffs! Shooting dogs and handcuffing old people in their own homes for some weed. This is a drug teenagers smoke behind their schools. Soccor moms steal it from their kids and smoke it with their girlfriends, but if Phizer isn't charging $180 an ounce for it with a generous gov't kick back it's gotta be a bad thing. Weed isn't killing anyone!! If a cop shot my dog I'd kill him, I would go to jail for murder b/c I would shoot him in his face and anyone else who was even there! Cops are the dumbest people in our society.
- Alegoo92, on 08/09/2008, -31/+4You're a moron you know? Surely YOU are dumber than the average cop.
Have fun killing people for wounding animals.- senatorpjt, on 08/09/2008, -8/+7A dog I know is worth more than a person I don't.
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0"Wounding animals?" Read it again, they ran after a dog that was running away and shot him. And yes there are plenty animals I value higher than people. And the average cop is a moron. And I do have fun, often.
- veronicaromm, on 08/09/2008, -8/+19How is shooting someone in the face going to stop anything? And unless you have been to jail, I would not be so quick to shoot anyone, ever.
- santaliqueur, on 08/09/2008, -3/+14On the internet, everyone is a tough guy. Let him act like one for a while.
- jdaniel284, on 08/09/2008, -1/+7Shooting someone in the face will stop this activity the same way electricity stops someone from sticking a fork in a socket.
And this guy may not being an "internet tough guy". Our forefathers were not a bunch of flip-flop wearing metrosexuals like most of you are these days... when someone ***** with their private property and family, they fought back like wild animals. It didn't matter if it was a wayward criminal or a government tyrant. There are still men like that today, just far and few between. This guy might be one of them. - Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Number one: I am a tough-girl. Number two: if you knew me you wouldn't question that. And number three: I am one of a pair of young professionals who live with 2 large black rottie mixes. The kind of dogs, like in this sad event, cops love to shoot. That is what accounts for my written display of toughness. I would protect those boys like they were my children at any cost, internet or not, of that you can be positive.
I had a cop in my office last week, he was here on his time off for personal business. We have 2 office cats here. One of them jumped on my desk and the cop flipped out, he said "Get it out of here! Get it out of here!" So I put the cat in another room thinking he was very allergic or something. He then said, " This old lady died in the Bronx last week and we went in the apt to answer a complaint of strange smells and she had 16 cats. My buddy and I shot every one of them. We weren't going to deal with that sh*t." At that point I concluded my business with this man and asked him to leave. Is cool now for cops to shoot animals just because? If this bumbling idiot ever charges into my home with guns blaring, I got a bullet for him. Just because you are bigger or more powerful than something or someone it doesn't mean it is your right to harm it. If you are not going to eat it, there is no need to bring it harm.
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -11/+5You, my friend, are a buffoon.
- DagonNL, on 08/09/2008, -3/+5I would too,not a second of doubt. If I see blood splatter from the snow-white fur of my shepherd, see the life fade from his eyes, the cop has a closed casket funeral. I would expect to die there and then, but I'd kill as many as I could.
- Azerael, on 08/09/2008, -8/+3You'd kill random people and throw your life away because of an animal?
Ease off the Naruto, kiddo. - jdaniel284, on 08/09/2008, -1/+9No, he would not kill random people because of an animal. He would kill specific government tyrants that invaded his private property without cause and murdered his pets to which he had invested significant emotional devotion. He would kill specific tyrants that recklessly caused irreparable emotional scarring to his family.
Don't make him out to be a serial killer that is triggered by the sight of random roadkill. Instead, paint him a man with a sense of self-respect and honor living in country of feminized boys that cringe at the thought of defending themselves or their family. - Archon810, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Soccor?
- Azerael, on 08/09/2008, -8/+3You'd kill random people and throw your life away because of an animal?
- Perlpro, on 08/09/2008, -2/+8Agreed with everything you said, up to 'cops are the dumbest people in our society'. Don't blame the cops for the current situation. Sure, there are bad apples, but the War On Drugs is waged by politicians and big business. Same reason why you shouldn't blame soldiers when innocent civilians get killed in a war-zone. The only way to end the insanity is to end the WAR (on drugs, in this case).
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Of course we need the police. They just need to test these individuals better. I'm Italian I have a lot of cops in my family, but truthfully speaking, they are the ones who couldn't hack college. One of my relatives(I hope he/she doesn't read this) is especially dumb, but not dumb alone. This person is also passive aggressive, a little bit crazy and as a kid totally unsafe handling a gun, no matter how much guidance he/she was given. We never thought he/she would pass the psych test, but low and behold he/she is steadily rising through the ranks.
My recent contact with police came Monday morning when I had to make a police report. An insane man is obsessed with my boss, who he believes is following him. The guy has been watching our office for three days and disrupts our business activity. The cops say they can do nothing until he hurts someone. We gave the police his plate number and vehicle desc. and asked them to warn the man, he has been sitting outside our office for all this time but the cops maintain they cannot find him. Later in the afternoon, the man harassed some workers leaving the building. I asked the cops to return to the office and warn him since they claim they have not been able to locate the man.
The cops arrive I tell them about the recent incident. The cops yes me a little and go to leave and then I see the guy sitting across the street. I point to the man and tell the cops, "he's right there." They begin to argue with me that it's not him. I say, "there is his vehicle with the matching plates right next to him!"
Now you can argue there might have been a two-for sale at DD's or that maybe their shift was ending, but I'm gonna stick with plain dumb.
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Of course we need the police. They just need to test these individuals better. I'm Italian I have a lot of cops in my family, but truthfully speaking, they are the ones who couldn't hack college. One of my relatives(I hope he/she doesn't read this) is especially dumb, but not dumb alone. This person is also passive aggressive, a little bit crazy and as a kid totally unsafe handling a gun, no matter how much guidance he/she was given. We never thought he/she would pass the psych test, but low and behold he/she is steadily rising through the ranks.
- thbigtiket21, on 08/09/2008, -4/+0Classic digg reasoning. Generalizations galore. I cannot stand it when people rip on the police. They put there life on the line to protect us. Obviously this situation was very unacceptable and wrong but c'mon. "Cops are the dumbest people in our society." Could you imagine what if would be like without police keeping order? Give 'em some credit.
- LastAXEL, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3give 'em credit?...
When they stop doing warrant-less raids, tasering innocent people(with broken backs even), and treating marijuana users like violent murderers than i will give them some credit. - thbigtiket21, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0my point was not that they are all justified for every bad thing that they do. I'm saying that there are cops that are good, honorable people that deserve respect and credit for saving and protecting lives. Putting all cops into the overzealous drug busting savage group is wrong.
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0I don't know where you live but it's sounds wonderful. I grew up in a town where cops did very unethical things and it was just accepted. The cops were crap. Now I work in a town with the same problem.
- LastAXEL, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3give 'em credit?...
- Alegoo92, on 08/09/2008, -31/+4You're a moron you know? Surely YOU are dumber than the average cop.
- USNavyBlue, on 08/08/2008, -5/+43Good grief, the Police State has officially arrived. The disgusting part to all of this is that this is common in out of control PG County, MD for people unfamiliar with area. The local government is corrupt from the top down and nothing is ever done about it either. This is what happens when the standards to become a police officer are dropped to the lowest common dominator because of AA.
- HonestAbe, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Isn't the victim here at the "top" of your "top down"? He's the mayor, no?
- USNavyBlue, on 08/10/2008, -1/+1Auh - I understand the confusion for you. You have to know the area, background and history and if you don't then I can understand why you ask the quesiton.
- HonestAbe, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Isn't the victim here at the "top" of your "top down"? He's the mayor, no?
- LoneRanger85, on 08/08/2008, -5/+44Prince Georges County police are notorious thugs. This is typical.
- fastract, on 08/08/2008, -1/+30I cannot believe the callousness and disregard for the horror that this family endured by these stinking "police". Please, come to my house with your arrogant and bullying tactics and I,ll be waiting for you.This overpaid and arrogant police chief ought to be fired and tried immediately,and those who were in the "raid" put in prison. My heart goes out to the family, and though the "law" will never apologize, I am so sorry this had to happen to you. My condolences on the loss of your beloved dogs.
- PopcornDave, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6Not only should they be tried, but if convicted should be barred from working in *any* kind of law enforcement ever again - even down to working a night time security shift. There's no excuse for this kind of behavior at all.
- MasterThief117, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1PG County sucks *****. It's a breeding place for crime. The school system there sucks, and the police system there is run by those who got their education from the ***** school system. The entire county is corrupt. No one really wants to take responsibility for the place.
- fastract, on 08/08/2008, -1/+30I cannot believe the callousness and disregard for the horror that this family endured by these stinking "police". Please, come to my house with your arrogant and bullying tactics and I,ll be waiting for you.This overpaid and arrogant police chief ought to be fired and tried immediately,and those who were in the "raid" put in prison. My heart goes out to the family, and though the "law" will never apologize, I am so sorry this had to happen to you. My condolences on the loss of your beloved dogs.
- nutz2u2, on 08/08/2008, -2/+89Don't forget the old saying: "Give a guy a badge and a gun, and he thinks he's God".
- PhilLesh69, on 08/09/2008, -1/+14A boss I had in High School told me once...
"There's two kinds of people who become police. There's the guy who likes to have power and carry a gun, and there's the guy who knows that if he wasn't a cop, he'd be a criminal".- je12u, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1 I'd still rather be a criminal. Best case you make your money and live fun...worst case you get caught but could possibly be respected in prison. One thing you don't want to be is a criminal cop that goes to jail.
- Skooma714, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2But cops rarely go to jail. Hell, they get promotions and medals.
- PhilLesh69, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1je12u,
I like the choice you forgot: I'd rather be the guy who lives a good, respectful and affluent life.
Best case, I make money, live fun and never have to deal with cops other than when I violate some lifestyle or behavior rule, worst case, I never have to try to get respect in prison.
- optikalblitz, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3I kinda wish i had a badge and a gun, though...
- ismellfunny, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1why can't cops be like James Bond? I would love them
- tomjeff08, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Key word "thinks". They still bleed.
From the movie Predator: "If it bleeds, we can kill it". - SAMSON526, on 08/09/2008, -1/+0POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY...
We have heard this many times...The complaints of police brutality have been echoed in the African American and Hispanic communities for centuries and up until that time it was always dismissed by racist whites who think that killing, abusing and violating the RIGHTS of Blacks, Hispanics and Asians is nothing to be concerned about...
Well as time would have it now the absolute powere given to white cops has come full circle and now they have made their victims THEIR OWN...NOW COMES THE UPROAR.
You see whites...now you understand what the African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian American have been telling you about yourselves for centuries. Now who are you gonna complain to about this???- PhilLesh69, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1Sad.
You've been victimized your entire life. Every day, you've been reminded how the man is keeping you down.
Eventually, you came to believe the same things you believed the "other" group did. So now it is whitey's fault, and whitey is all in it together.
You do realize that "racism" isn't reserved only for white people, right? - Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Here we go, we all knew it was coming. The angry black man speech. Go ahead get it out of your system so we can all skim over it.
- PhilLesh69, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1Sad.
- PhilLesh69, on 08/09/2008, -1/+14A boss I had in High School told me once...
- Christianptriot, on 08/08/2008, -3/+48had this been my house, the first officer through the door would have been staring down the muzzle of my carry-gun as it began to fire - with NO knock, No announcement, and NO uniforms on these guys, I would have taken this for an attempted home invasion and begun firing probably before they even entered the house - all the while moving wife and kids to a safe zone and preparing to reload.
Imagine the uproar this would have caused - worse than it already is - if the mayor and family were Black? Or muslim?- Jgal1, on 08/08/2008, -0/+14Excellent point, if these people were black or muslim every American should get a bill from them for $3.
I put their county in a search engine and these people are a hot mess. Stay away from Prince George County! Drive Around It! - Elise1984, on 08/08/2008, -0/+27Yeah, I would wish you luck with that too, but I'm sure that you would be the one going to prison for defending yourself, never the police.
They bear no responsibility for their mistakes.
I can't remember where, but I remember hearing about an 80 something year old lady that went to jail when police raided her house in the middle of the night... she was scared, understandably, and shot and killed one.
It was a drug bust, they got the wrong house. It didn't matter though, she spent the rest of her years in jail.
Welcome to the police state.- Pissoff, on 08/08/2008, -1/+11This one time a 7 year old killed a cop that was attacking his mom, and the other cops tazed him to death!
- dagnome1984, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11I thought they killed her on the scene if I remember correctly.
- Pissoff, on 08/08/2008, -1/+11This one time a 7 year old killed a cop that was attacking his mom, and the other cops tazed him to death!
- AeroMerde, on 08/09/2008, -11/+3Cool, an internet tough guy. Hey, someone bullied me on AIM. Can you give him a talking to for me?
- WileyK, on 08/09/2008, -3/+4And you'd be staring at the ceiling with two in the chest and one in the head the second they saw you pointing a gun at them.
- Ahnteis, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1No, it'd take them several minutes of firing without stopping if other news stories are anything to go by.
- rickytan, on 08/09/2008, -0/+10They'd kill you, and possibly your wife and kids. US police raids approach every situation like the worst case scenario. All you'd hear about was some raid gone wrong and how your kid reached for something and the officer's reacted as if his life was in danger.
2 weeks suspension with pay for less than 2 cops involved and 2 weeks later we'd all be talking about something else.
Police get away with murder in the country. Bottom ***** line. - enantiodromia, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3god DAMNED your e-peen is HUMUNGOUS!
also, you would be dead in .8 seconds without ever firing a single shot- tomjeff08, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Not if you've set up your house for just such a potential scenario. Like anything in life, it's about your preparedness. My doors cannot be knocked down without at least 4 GOOD knocks. Trust me, by that point I'm already shooting through the door with armor piercing rounds.
- Jgal1, on 08/08/2008, -0/+14Excellent point, if these people were black or muslim every American should get a bill from them for $3.
- duggtodeath, on 08/08/2008, -4/+16I am sure the Mayor has a nice house in a great neighborhood -- why did they think to raid it for drugs?
- Arkavus, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8I know from experience that it's possible for a major drug dealer to live near a mayor.
Not that I'm saying they should have raided the house. I don't think they should have but I'm just saying its very possible.- H0tKarl, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4I'm guessing your experience wasn't as a mayor.
- throop77, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1mail me some shizzy
- ElChapusero, on 08/09/2008, -5/+6Right! I mean, it's not like nice white people, in a nice house, in a great white neighborhood could have any drugs on them!
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Well I would say probably not. It's not where I would look for drugs, Paco.
- HonestAbe, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Because they were doing a really ***** job of investigating a pot transportation scheme.
- PhilLesh69, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
An OPTOMETRIST, the son of my father's class of 64 West Point classmate, was shot in the chest during a raid. A raid over being a BOOKIE.
They shot and killed an eye doctor over taking sports bets!- voyetra8, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4And, not surprisingly: No charges were ever filed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
I guess as an officer, you are free to shoot anyone, anytime, for any reason.
"Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan Jr. said that when a person fires a gun without malice and unintentionally kills someone, "they do not commit a crime."" - PhilLesh69, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1It's about time Horan retired. He was the Commonwealth's Attorney when I was in high school 20 years ago.
- voyetra8, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4And, not surprisingly: No charges were ever filed.
- Arkavus, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8I know from experience that it's possible for a major drug dealer to live near a mayor.
- alphonseragusa, on 08/08/2008, -7/+22Ruby Ridge. Waco. Elian Gonzalez. 9-11. Now this, one of thousands of the like.
HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE?- AeroMerde, on 08/09/2008, -5/+11Your conspiracy ***** and promotion of radical, weaponized cults doesn't help your cause.
- unfairunbalance, on 08/09/2008, -3/+0What you call conspiracy is correct. The government conspires to commit murder on its citizens daily. Fake drug war, fake terror war, 9-11, Oklahoma City, Waco, Ruby Ridge, the first World Trade center attack, the 2 Kennedy assassinations, MLK, Gulf of Tolkin, USS Liberty, Chile...............etc...etc..
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -5/+9Waco?
Seriously? - sturmgiest, on 08/09/2008, -1/+12Read about Ruby Ridge again. Yes, the family was completely crazy, but they didnt even know they were being stalked by heavily armed FBI assault teams until their dog spotted one. It was an overuse of force, and you cant justify the FBI sniper shooting them unprovoked. Furthermore, the whole incident was over a ***** NFA sawn off shotgun law. Is it really worth killing people over a "shotgun with a barrel length of less than 20 inches"? The family did nothing else besides that. They were crazy, they had neo-nazi connections, but that doesnt mean its ok to kill them.
And Waco? Waco was a no-knock early morning raid by SEVENTY-FIVE ATF AGENTS WITH ASSAULT RIFLES. They did not try to send a single car up to the compound. They went in with an army, unannounced, no negotiations in the early part of the raid. Yes, it was a crazy cult, but it was once again an overreach of government authority. Again, it was also over some NFA items.
But 911 truthers need to stfu. Neither raid was a conspiracy, they were just examples of terrible decision making and over reach of police.- throop77, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Good comment.
- sinrtb, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2http://www.cato.org/raidmap/ if you want some stories that do not involve truthers or Waco. More in line with ruby ridge.
- AeroMerde, on 08/09/2008, -5/+11Your conspiracy ***** and promotion of radical, weaponized cults doesn't help your cause.
- eil9524, on 08/08/2008, -3/+37This was the Mayor for crying out loud. I'm sure some DA was/is just looking to make a big name for himself. The cops acted cowardly when they shot the dogs. I agree with Christianptriot, the same would have happened at my house. What a bunch of stupid meatheads. I am so sad for these good folks, I hope they get justice and I hope the cops soon become minimum wage security guards (UNARMED)! The DA can kiss my fn ass!
- ganjadude4391, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1i hope the cops go to jail, wont happen but the badge should definitely be revoked
- Ghostman555, on 08/08/2008, -6/+20 I have four "Feral" dogs. They stay at home. They weigh anywhere from 55-150lbs. Nobody wanted them. I'm not a fanatic. I think that my past letter's confirm, "i like to talk to folks." Now, shoot my dogs? I gotta go with "J Gal " ......No one is gonna shoot my dogs. Cops or not. What if I was a serial killer, or a bigtime drug dealer, would it warrant them busting in my house? Sure it would. But the Mayor? These thugs didn't even know his name. Hahahaha. This is ridiculous.
"Steal my car, throw eggs at my house, ***** in my small swimming pool. BUT DON'T YOU DARE SHOOT MY DOGS." Buncha damn, overgrown, bullies, not worth of wearing anykind of badge,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ghostman- Typhoon2009, on 08/09/2008, -2/+2Nurse, I need 200cc of Level 1 English Lessons, stat!
- xerodustrial, on 08/08/2008, -1/+41Poor puppies. :(
This ***** with letting police walk away unscathed for doing insane ***** has got to end. - dondara, on 08/08/2008, -0/+27Anybody who feels threatened by a Labrador is a coward, a moron and unfit to wear any uniform. Just take those pigs out back and shoot them. They deserve nothing more.
- tomjeff08, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4I hate to see the ammo wasted. Rope is reusable.
- littlebylittle, on 08/08/2008, -2/+66According to the oversight people I just called, it was the Sheriff's Dept. that carried out the raid.
As far as I'm concerned, these are Dirty Cops.
Prince George's County
Office Of The Sheriff
1601 McCormick Drive
Largo, MD 20774
Michael Jackson, Sheriff (No Joke)
Phone: (301) 883-7000
Email: sheriffinfo@co.pg.md.us
http://www.co.pg.md.us/Government/JudicialBranch/S ...- modese7en, on 08/09/2008, -2/+2The Sheriff's department is a separate entity from the county police. I don't know who exactly you talked to, but it was the county police, not the sheriff's department that operated the raid. Here's the press release straight from the county police chief.
http://cms.princegeorgescountymd.gov/policenews/de ... - ladycj54, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0i sent them an email letting them know of my disgust of the shooting of the dogs.they are morons and don,t deserve to wear the uniform.i hope the officers are prosecuted!!!!!!!!!
- modese7en, on 08/09/2008, -2/+2The Sheriff's department is a separate entity from the county police. I don't know who exactly you talked to, but it was the county police, not the sheriff's department that operated the raid. Here's the press release straight from the county police chief.
- DrPaul2008, on 08/08/2008, -2/+18Man, they love killing those dogs, apparently. :/
- DroogInPhoenix, on 08/09/2008, -0/+12Don't forget that one of the dogs was shot while running away.... And from one article I read the couple was forced to watch one of their dogs suffering as it laid shot and bleeding and were unable to help.... ***** those assholes, all over some pot...
- throop77, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3I love my dog more than I love most of my friends. If that happened to me, I would be dead, due to some apparently insane reaction on my part.
- Skooma714, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2They precisly why they do it. So they can have an excuse to kill you.
- viniciusb, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1Actually, it wasn't over some pot, it was over nothing.
- DroogInPhoenix, on 08/09/2008, -0/+12Don't forget that one of the dogs was shot while running away.... And from one article I read the couple was forced to watch one of their dogs suffering as it laid shot and bleeding and were unable to help.... ***** those assholes, all over some pot...
- Mhelm, on 08/08/2008, -1/+40Lets not forget that these things happen to common people everyday in this country, but we never hear of it because they aren't rich politicos living in fancy houses. This is what we get when we give up freedom for a false sense of security. We get a POLICE STATE.
- dagnome1984, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11A map of the various botched raids.
http://www.cato.org/raidmap/ - biggerapple3am, on 08/09/2008, -4/+0Yes, we live in a police state.... Jesus Christ some people are ***** retards.
- MrKraut, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3to people like you I just have one thing to say: I hope they come to your house one day by mistake... and you'd better pray that if that happens, no one of your family has a knife or a gun near them, 'cause they'll sure be goners, and no one's going to jail for it
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0If you take the time to actually READ the article, Mhelm. It says they lived in a "MODEST" home, that is a nice way of saying middle class or lower.
- dagnome1984, on 08/09/2008, -0/+11A map of the various botched raids.
- ladycj54, on 08/08/2008, -4/+15uh,i,m sorry but unnecessary force was used in the shooting of the mayors dogs,i,ve sent an email and asked the national humane society to step in,re:this matter.i,ve also sent an email to the berwyn heights police chief letting them know that i,ve notified the humane society.and that they used unnecessary force.noone has the right to shoot innocent dogs period,nuff said!
- ncc1701, on 08/09/2008, -3/+2buried for posting variations of the same poorly written message over and over again.
- sfacets, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3Punctuation dude. '≠,
- Renster84, on 08/09/2008, -2/+1I hate to pay the devil in the situation but untill you read the police report and other sources you can't go kicking off about force and justification.
Your using foxnews as a source.
nuff said
- dildoolielly, on 08/08/2008, -4/+18Dear speudo-patriot-act--"freedom"restricted American citizen,
If the cops are at your door don't answer. You have no obligation to answer the door. Don't even bother talking to them, because cops are trained to find any silly infraction. If they had a warrant to being with you would have m16s in your face and your dog's brains splattered on the wall.- dagnome1984, on 08/09/2008, -1/+8If you are going to quote me at the very least include my screen name.
http://digg.com/people/Seriously_injured_in_fall_c ... - sulthernao, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6They didn't open the door to the cops, they just barged right in and started shooting the dog. Then they shot the dog that tried to run away. Then they tied up the mother-in-law and placed her down on the floor by the dead dog. Absolutely horrendous behavior.
- Aero347, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1This isn't going to look good on their resumes.
- PhilLesh69, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3I agree with what you are saying. If the cops come to your door, never let them in. Open the door, walk outside onto the doorstep and close the door behind you, and then talk to them. Don't actually "talk", but just explain that you have nothing to say. Cooperate, but don't give them any information.
I had this happen when I was renting my basement to a *****. He started dating a 15 year old he met at the McDonald's drive through. A ***** 26 year old who was dating a 15 year old.
One morning, the cops came to my door. I stepped outside and talked to them. They told me that they were the police officers assigned to Langley High School, and that she had not shown up to school that day, and that her friends named my tenant as her boyfriend, etc.
They asked if they could come into my house to look for her. I told them that there was no way I was going to allow them into my house without a warrant, because I don't know what they might find that they could then pin on me. I told them that this tenant was obviously doing illegal things, and I do not want to expose myself to being charged with whatever illegal activity he might have been doing, and possibly have my home seized for whatever illegal ***** this guy was up to. I told them that he could have drugs in his room, for all I know, and letting them in to do a search could put me at risk of losing my home.
They were cool about it. The one cop said "Yes sir, I understand. If you see her, please call me, here's my card. And, if you see any illegal activity in your house, we know you are just the landlord, and we can help you out, we can arrest this guy and get him out of your hair. We don't seize property from people who are not involved in illegal activity".
Yeah right, I said. I hear ya. But you've got to know i can't take that risk. I've got a mortgage. But if I can get this dirtbag out of my house, he's all your's.
And my tenant's father was a director or some other higher up at FDIC, James Baebel, and I later learned that when John Baebel rented my basement, he was on parole for Credit Card Fraud. Oh, the irony.- Seth024, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2"obviously doing illegal things"
Don't tell the police that there is illegal activity going on inside the house. That's like pleading guilty. They won't need a warrant anymore because they have probable cause. - Aero347, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1What happened to honesty?
- PhilLesh69, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1Seth024, I didn't say he was doing illegal things in my house, I said he was obviously doing illegal things.
- Seth024, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2"obviously doing illegal things"
- dagnome1984, on 08/09/2008, -1/+8If you are going to quote me at the very least include my screen name.
- ladycj54, on 08/08/2008, -2/+16oh to the officers that shot the dogs i have notified the national humane society and have asked them to step in re:this matter.i am a member of the national humane society.
- enantiodromia, on 08/09/2008, -2/+1and this is going to make any kind of difference HOW?
as a cop, you are trained to shoot the dogs when raiding. do you really think the humane society is going to do anything about this?
- enantiodromia, on 08/09/2008, -2/+1and this is going to make any kind of difference HOW?
- FrankHope, on 08/09/2008, -1/+71The PG Police chief says, "The Calvo family members were the apparent victims of a local drug ring."
NO, they were the victims of a gang of thugs dressed in police uniforms. There is no way to justify using a SWAT team to bust down a door in a drug case without any evidence that the "suspect" is dangerous. First they bust down the door and then they take some gratuitous shots at some family dogs. Whoever is in charge of this unit should be held responsible and fired. You mean it never occurred to these drug enforcement "professionals" that somebody would send a package to an innocent person. In other words some stupid petty drug dealers are smarter than the PG police.
If this happened to a black family, it would never even have made the news. This is just the way the Police do business every day. Don't think it can happen to you? Think again.- insertAliasHere, on 08/09/2008, -6/+4"If this happened to a black family, it would never even have made the news."
*****.
In San Antonio, several years ago, something similar happened. The cops got the wrong address to a duplex, and went in the wrong side. So instead of drug and gun dealers, the swat team found several dirt-poor illegal Mexican immigrants living there. It was ALL over the news when it happened. Everyone knew about it. And the city apologized to the immigrants.
So what makes you dig and search for racism where there isn't any?- sulthernao, on 08/09/2008, -0/+9Apparently these very same cops (PG) had done the same thing in a previous drug raid. It wasn't in the news. The only reason it is in the news is because this guy is a mayor.
- askantik, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2I don't think it has to do as much with race as it does with poor people. In general, if things like this happen to poor people or people who are not prominent, we never hear about it. That's why on TV you hear about some pop star dying or a movie star overdosing, despite the fact that it happens to thousands of "regular" people every year.
- sinrtb, on 08/09/2008, -0/+3I have no idea what you are talking about.
Just as I am sure you never heard of any of the policy brutality that i local to my area. Rarely does it make the national news unless its a rich white person.
That kinda proves Franks point. - insertAliasHere, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1@askantik
If it was about class, and not race, why did he say "black family" instead of "poor family?"
@sinrtb
What happened in San Antonio wasn't brutality, it was a unintentional (and misfortunate) mistake.
It made national news. Perhaps you didn't hear about it because it was several years ago, before digg. Maybe you missed the news that day or week.
I'm not denying that because it happened to a mayor that it will get more coverage; it makes for a better news story. News is a business, and they deliver what sells. It's simply a fact of this reality. But to say that other incidents won't get any coverage because it happens to minorities is just wrong. - FrankHope, on 08/09/2008, -1/+1If you have ever been to PG county or Washington, DC, then you will know why I said race. PG (Prince Georges) County is known for its rascist police force. DC is one of the most segregated cities in the US.
BTW, if you RTFA you will notice it says the same thing about race.
FTA: "Maryland State Sen. Paul Pinsky, who represents the suburban Washington district, said the case was a good example of frequent police action in minority communities that fails to capture the same level of attention as Calvo's case."
- dagnome1984, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Always trying to blame someone else.
- insertAliasHere, on 08/09/2008, -6/+4"If this happened to a black family, it would never even have made the news."
- FrankHope, on 08/09/2008, -1/+30This is a perfect example of how the Police feel empowered to do anything they want without any respect for the law or the rights of American citizens.
- iJessicaRabbit, on 08/09/2008, -12/+9http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5it3aTQrD8Kz2hZ6 ...
yuck, link anywhere but Fox news... disgusting news network.
This story is very sad. I could not imagine what I would do in their shoes. I'd be absolutely heartbroken. - m2garand, on 08/09/2008, -6/+21I'm an anarchist. I believe the police are a completely worthless part of government. Police very rarely even investigate crimes. My mother's house was broken into, the cops came over wrote a report and then filed it. No questions to the neighbors on whether they saw anything, no fingerprinting the jewelery box that the theifs took, no going to local pawn shops, nothing. No investigation whatsoever.
- FrankHope, on 08/09/2008, -1/+10That's the reality. And if you sit in a courtroom on jury duty and see what goes on, you realize there is very little justice at that end either.
- Minarchian, on 08/09/2008, -0/+14There's more justice that *could* occur in the courtroom, if only people knew they have the ability to judge the law as well as the facts.
- Kent4jmj, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Good point. If you know the law is unjust, unconstitutional or inapplicable vote Not Guilty.
- tomjeff08, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Minarchian nailed it. The only reason there isn't more justice occurring is ill informed jurors.
Once people realize that jurors and Grand Jurors are the 4th branch of government and the MOST powerful branch of government, we can turn this ship around.
- AeroMerde, on 08/09/2008, -16/+7Police are busy. If you want them to investigate every single crime with forensics and lots of time, be prepared to pay more taxes for a larger and better police force.
Anarchist, that's funny. Let me know when you grow up.- Brad324, on 08/09/2008, -1/+6okay, mr. Rainbow dog with an eye-patch, he'll be sure to let you know.
- m2garand, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1You don't think breaking into someone house is worth investigating?? Next time it could end up with someone dead.
This is pretty normal, police virtually never investigate theft and they only do minimal investigations of murder. Since the government gains no money by investigating crimes like these they have no incentive to do anything. There are tons of police to hand out speeding and parking tickets though. They are just basically revenue collectors for the state.
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -10/+4You're an anarchist because nobody looked into a petty theft? Anarchy was a cool concept in middle school, I agree with AeroMerde, let us know when you grow up.
- askantik, on 08/09/2008, -7/+3I don't see how anyone can really say police are TOTALLY worthless...
- nblsavage, on 08/09/2008, -0/+7Yeah, they're at least good at keeping the donut population under control.
- HonestAbe, on 08/09/2008, -3/+5Yeah, anarchy. That will solve everything. What could be better than corrupt police? Corrupt militias with no accountability whatsoever!
- m2garand, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3How are current police accountable?? Watch "Waco: Rules of Engagement" and then tell me how police are accountable.
- bratterscain, on 08/09/2008, -3/+4So do you think that's wrong or right the police done that? If you think it's wrong and are trying to fight against it, even verbally, then congrats, you aren't an anarchist. It happens in any society. Early on citizens may protect them and their loved ones but with complex societies where people just don't have the time and other resources to look after themselves, policing units are rendered. And I'm sure you see nothing wrong with having others protect the elderly and children who can't do it themselves, right? Well it is always bound to happen in a complex society. Now as of its effectiveness now or in certain areas, that's another topic.
- FrankHope, on 08/09/2008, -1/+10That's the reality. And if you sit in a courtroom on jury duty and see what goes on, you realize there is very little justice at that end either.
- jgaba24, on 08/09/2008, -0/+26Imagine if this was just a regular schmoe and not the mayor...It would be business as usual
- Minarchian, on 08/09/2008, -0/+7Or there would be dead people.
I suspect at least someone knew this was the mayors house anyway.
I bet the Chief was thinking of political points he could earn.- sulthernao, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4It was out of city police. The police chief for the city that the mayor represents was absolutely pissed off at the Prince George police.
- Typhoon2009, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Political points? I don't know about you but a lot of Washingtonians I know who have heard this story are mighty pissed at the entire PG county police.
- Minarchian, on 08/09/2008, -0/+7Or there would be dead people.
- peheimbach, on 08/09/2008, -2/+5When a Chief Executive of the country cannot respect human rights himself, but is still expected to be the EXAMPLE for not just our military but also our law enforcement, how can we expect that his philosophy -- as embodied in his "Executive Orders", signing statements and other supposedly needful circumventions of the law -- will not "trickle down" to those who depend on him for leadership.
Welcome as well, to the new Salem witch trials -- where ANY means to get you seen / associated with drugs is enough to trash you -- especially if you're a political, business, or especially religious opponent. - CoolHandLuke70, on 08/09/2008, -1/+7The police chief must have been High, Melvin High!
- MarkEarhart, on 08/09/2008, -7/+2Only a well planned, organized armed rebellion of the people with lots of prayer offers hope of restored liberty now.
- Neiby, on 08/09/2008, -1/+4I disagree with the prayer part, but you might be right about the rest.
- spkrcity, on 08/09/2008, -2/+9The general public is getting sick of pigs and their oppressive police state tactics. I became aware of this when I saw Pineapple Express the other night. I don't wanna spoil it, but there is a scene where Franco yells "***** the police!" The audience in the theater roared with approval. It was awesome.
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2Okay, I saw the movie, too. If you're going to try to compare "Pineapple Express" with John Q. Public's feel on "oppressive police state tactics", you've got some serious ***** issues, pal.
- spkrcity, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1You must not have read my entire comment, or your lack the mental capacity to fully understand my point.
When hundreds of people in a movie theater clap and cheer at a character who yells "***** the police" while wielding an AK47, I think its reasonable to assume the public has had enough. - Mark2600, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1Or, hear me out, maybe the demographic that this movie is appealing to (14-30 year old stoners) happen to feel the same. That's like yelling "***** Hitler!" during Schindler's List (hyperbolic, but it serves my point). It is what it is.
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0No spkrcity is right. I remember wondering as a kid why everyone had such a negative view of the police. I thought they were pretty nice and impressive when they came to my classroom with their dogs and finger ink. I just figured it was the appeal of rebellion that is transferred from teachers to cops/bosses after high school. I decided I would have faith in the police until I was given a reason not to.
Well it didn't take long for me to figure out first hand what sh*t bags they were. As a young girl being proposition by a thirty-something officer I remember wanting to rip his head off and put it on a spike in my yard as warning to all other sex offenders in uniform. I haven't met one cop since that has restored my faith, I'd sooner trust a criminal.
It's funny because I and other people I know with similar beliefs all watch cop shows. I think because the characters are usually ethical and good people. It's so far from reality, adults watch these shows looking for what they'd like to see in their own town cops.
- spkrcity, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1You must not have read my entire comment, or your lack the mental capacity to fully understand my point.
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2Okay, I saw the movie, too. If you're going to try to compare "Pineapple Express" with John Q. Public's feel on "oppressive police state tactics", you've got some serious ***** issues, pal.
- spkrcity, on 08/09/2008, -0/+32From the yahoo news article:
"The deputies opened fire and executed our dogs the very second they broke down our front door," Calvo, 37, said at a news conference on his front lawn Thursday. "We were harmed by the very people who took an oath to protect us."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_us/ma ...- VicHislop, on 08/09/2008, -0/+10They were Black Labs too! Are you kidding me? What, was SWAT afraid of being licked to death?
- Napiertt, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2If they were White Labs, I'm sure they wouldn't have been shot
- VicHislop, on 08/09/2008, -0/+10They were Black Labs too! Are you kidding me? What, was SWAT afraid of being licked to death?
- Patrikc325, on 08/09/2008, -1/+15The cops that killed those dogs belong in a cell next to Michael Vick!!
- ladycj54, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0amen to that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- ladycj54, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0i whole heartedly agree!!!! i want to see those officers prosecuted!!!
- ladycj54, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0i agree,animal planet is going to have a special about michael vick,he deserves the death sentence for what he did.he only got a slap on the hand.
- Jgal1, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Really? Do you have any more info on that? When can I look for it?
- JKap, on 08/09/2008, -6/+3Police State bloopers and practical jokes!
- UltramegaOK, on 08/09/2008, -14/+5People get more worked up over a couple dead dogs than human lives.
Over 1,000 people were killed in South Ossetia yesterday in the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
Get your priorities straight.- TheEngineer2008, on 08/09/2008, -1/+11It's not about dogs. It's about our liberty.
- bluesman3535, on 08/09/2008, -1/+5Ultra, yeah I can see your priorities are straight, going to a 3rd world totalitarian society with irrational societal comparisons to scramble for distant cover for your corrupt local States buddies. But we can always find countries with cannibals if your cheap PR tactics fail.
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2Yeah, because all 1,000 people that died were militia.
Don't blame the Citizens for the Govt's policies.
- Mark2600, on 08/09/2008, -1/+2Yeah, because all 1,000 people that died were militia.
- evilWEED, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4then tell us what american citizens can do for south ossetia.
nothing in my opinion.
but if enough americans complain about brutal police, then maybe something will change... - RadioDaze, on 08/09/2008, -0/+0The point is this, there is little you can do to stop a conflict in a foreign nation, but in your own country, you at least know your rights, and have the ability to fight this sort of ***** and injustice.
THINK ABOUT IT
- Jax904, on 08/09/2008, -3/+34Police are getting a bit out of control, Of course they did nothing wrong LOL. As a African American I'm mad that this has to happen to a white privileged person to get any attention. I live in Jacksonville FL, and see the the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office (JSO) do things like this all the time, illegal searches and bad arrest. I used to be a police officer and left the force because of the corruption I saw.They smoke more weed than some of the people they arrest for possession under 20gms. What a joke such a harmless drug. Legalize it and watch crime will go down. Maybe then we can keep child molesters, murderers, & rapist in jail instead of telling us where they may be living when they get out.
- veronicaromm, on 08/09/2008, -0/+15How could the police not know, Its the Mayor? Something is seriously wrong with this picture. Police are getting more and more out of hand. Before they raid a place isnt it customary to know who lives there. This stinks of something more sinister.
- Ahnteis, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6They weren't local police.
>Before they raid a place isnt it customary to know who lives there.
That would require competence.
- Ahnteis, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6They weren't local police.
- ThinkOutTheBox, on 08/09/2008, -0/+34Yea this will really piss you guys off. He was interviewed and CNN showed the clip. He said, when they raided his house he asked for a warrant every 30 minutes and their reply was This is a No-Knock warrant. It took 3 DAYS to produce a warrant and then when he did get a copy of the warrant it wasn't even a No-knock warrant. Hows that for ***** up.
- Mojavegreen, on 08/09/2008, -1/+21I bet that if this had happened to an adverage no name person they would still be locked up charged and then imprisoned and no one would be none the wiser about this scenario.
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I dont even know why I just did that.- HellifIno, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2Is it art? I don't get it. : P
- X9001, on 08/09/2008, -0/+9I am surprised this wasn't up earlier, those cops are so *****
- mechard7512, on 08/09/2008, -0/+9Surprise!
It was...
http://digg.com/world_news/SWAT_team_kills_2_dogs_ ...
- mechard7512, on 08/09/2008, -0/+9Surprise!
- bovox, on 08/09/2008, -9/+4Man. I'd feel threatened by those dogs too. They're as big as horses.
- PopcornDave, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8Imagine if the mayor had Chihuahuas the terror those big bad cops would have felt. My god, they probably would have shot up the entire house.
Seriously, has anybody ever really seen a pet Labrador that was vicious? They're usually tamer than stuffed animals.
- PopcornDave, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8Imagine if the mayor had Chihuahuas the terror those big bad cops would have felt. My god, they probably would have shot up the entire house.
- iamtehwinnerz, on 08/09/2008, -8/+3Digg, i love you, but seriously, this was on reddit a week ago. Digg's algorithm need's to be tinkered a little.
- Ahnteis, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2It was on Digg a week ago too. It'll probably be on next week also.
- RANDOM667, on 08/09/2008, -0/+8Maybe drug dealers are going to start sending drugs to government officials then report it to the police to make the government destroy itself using its own laws and police.
- ryan83189, on 08/09/2008, -1/+6I'm glad they charged the house, guns blazing, and opened fire. Those drugs could have easily taken 4 years off of his life, if he smoked them that is.
- redsoxmb545, on 08/09/2008, -1/+18Why the ***** did they have to kill the dogs?
- antechinus, on 08/09/2008, -1/+12The dogs probably failed to obey a direct order from the police officer, giving cause for them to be arrested. The policeman didn't have handcuffs suitable for the dogs so it was easier to shoot them. Pretty logical really.
- Swellin, on 08/09/2008, -1/+3One dog was shot, the other ran away from the SWAT team, and was then shot in the back, how is that for ***** up.
- DroogInPhoenix, on 08/09/2008, -0/+4Nothing more then intimidation.
- enantiodromia, on 08/09/2008, -0/+6Two reasons:
1.) SOP
2.) When you are a presumed "bad guy", you are punished in several ways, one of them is by getting your pets killed
- antechinus, on 08/09/2008, -1/+12The dogs probably failed to obey a direct order from the police officer, giving cause for them to be arrested. The policeman didn't have handcuffs suitable for the dogs so it was easier to shoot them. Pretty logical really.
- fegul, on 08/09/2008, -6/+6This is straight out of Chappelle show, anyone else remember that episode?
- DigitalBullet36, on 08/12/2008, -0/+0I remember that episode. It was funny on the show, but not in real life.
- gfxlonghorn, on 08/09/2008, -6/+4Maryland and he looks like Carcetti... I need a season 6 pumped into my veins stat!
- fvaldivia, on 08/09/2008, -13/+1so...we should give a ***** about that?
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