J.D. Tuccille Reviews The Police War On Dogs

David Codrea’s fellow commentator J.D.Tucille at Examiner.com reviews the Police War On Dogs.

One problem J.D., the scenario you describe in your comments already occurred at Ruby Ridge when Federal Goons dressed in their finest Ninja Warrior Wannabe Gear shot the family dog which started a firefight with a teenager who was shot and killed in his turn which then led to the infamous Ruby Ridge Standoff. Consider it the fight that thuggery built. Soon to arrive in a neighborhood near you.

Tantalizing Excerpt:

That relationship has more disturbing implications. Given the familial connection so many people feel to their animals, and the proximity of so many pet shootings to private homes in which people live and keep whatever weapons they may own, it’s inevitable that killings of dogs will ultimately result in confrontations with people. Put bluntly, somebody is going to see a stranger in a blue shirt gun down Rover in the backyard and grab a shotgun to settle the score.

You can’t shoot down a family member without people reacting as if a family member has been shot down, no matter what the law or department policy may say.

Do police not understand where their actions inevitably lead? Or do they not care?

Complete Link:

http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2008m11d17-Police-shootings-arent-just-a-problem-for-dogs

Unbelievable! Another Cop Canine Killer!

Did I get this straight? The Deputy stopped for directions because he was lost?  Was the Patrol Car Radio out of order?

Complete Link:

http://reason.com/blog/show/129620.html

The War On Dogs File -Part Something, Something Ad Nauseum

In a small town equipped with an Animal Control Department THE POLICE respond to a complaint about a “vicious dog” which had NOT bitten or harmed anyone but was sentenced to death because “he charged” and “showed his teeth”.

They fire a SHOTGUN TWICE in a residential neighborhood (presumably at close range) and leave the dead dog bagged by the side of the road.

The officer who pulled the trigger has been on the force for a year. Naturally, the Chief exonerates the behaviour of his officers.

Where are the 911 tapes and records for the alleged behaviour of this dog?  Remember, this a small town, presumably everyone more or less knows everyone and their business.

What are the CALEA policies for this type of response?

Complete link:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3587273/

Tantalizing Excerpt:

Mount Olive woman lodges complaint after officer kills dog.

Mount Olive, N.C. — A Mount Olive woman says she does not understand why a police officer killed her dog.

Durham, a 45-pound Labrador retriever, was fatally shot Thursday.

Mangum said she questions why animal control officers were not called first to pick up the animal, instead of the police.

SWAT Team Gone Wild Update-Berwyn Heights MD File

The Berwyn Heights SWAT Team Home Invasion story will not die. CATO Institute held a symposium with Mayor Cheye Calvo as a featured speaker.

Podcast link:

http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=726

Introductory Excerpt:

The Prince George’s County police department is under fire for a recent drug raid on the home of Berwyn Heights mayor Cheye Calvo. Unbeknownst to Calvo, a box containing marijuana was delivered to his home. Shortly thereafter, police officers kicked in the front door and shot both of Calvo’s pet Labrador retrievers. The police have subsequently cleared Calvo of any wrongdoing but are unapologetic about their raid tactics. Are no-knock, paramilitary raids an appropriate tactic for drug investigations? Or do sudden, unannounced entries bring unnecessary violence to police investigations? Join us for a discussion of the Prince George’s incident and, more broadly, the militarization of police work in America.

Complete event MP3 link:

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5268

They ALWAYS Shoot the Dog! Even Their OWN!

Good news. The death was accidental.  Unlike Berwyn, Maryland where the Police chased a pup into the Mayor’s kitchen and shot him (the pup) as he ran away.

There has got to be more to these stories. There cannot be as many dog shootings by as many different jurisdictions without some common training or psychological profile element at work.

If you can shoot a family pet, you might just qualify to be in Law Enforcement?

Tantalizing Excerpt:

A Scottsdale police dog was shot and killed by his handler on Friday, but police say they think the death was accidental.

Complete link with video news report:

 

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/29/20080829abrk-policedog0830.html

Swat Team Gone Wild (MSNBC Interview With Mayor Calvo)

Complete Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYQD-btqhKg

Swat Team Gone Wild (Berwyn Heights Update)

Cheye Calvo Family Photo

This story just gets more bizarre.  A couple of knuckleheads randomly mail packages across the country and the Police have license to go berserk?  Anarchy by another name stinks as much.

Complete link:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-mayor0807,0,4563211.story

Tantalizing Excerpt:

“Trinity was an innocent and random victim of identity theft. Apparently, so were four or five other county residents whose names and addresses were stolen and used as addresses on drug packages,” Calvo said at a news conference outside his house, near a garden of tomatoes and strawberries.

“However, Trinity and our family have not been treated as victims of a crime.

Instead, our home was invaded. Our two beloved Labrador retrievers are dead.

My mother-in-law and I were tied up for nearly two hours,” he said. “We were harmed by the very people who took an oath to protect us.”

In once such case, Prince George’s sheriff’s deputies executed a warrant on the home of Frank and Pamela Myers of Accokeek in November. The Myers told sheriffs that they had the wrong address as their dog began barking from the yard.

The couple asked if they could retrieve their dog, but deputies refused. Minutes later, two shots were fired and the dog was killed, according to a notice of a tort claims filed by attorney Michael J. Winkelman. The Myers were never charged and nothing was seized from their house.

“This has happened before, and without oversight, it will happen again,” Calvo said

Say It Ain’t So! BadCopNews Closes!

Another source I did not exploit enough when I could. Sheesh!

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Update February 08,2009:

Okay! I get it! A lot of you folks need to find fresh raw Bad Cop News from around the web.

(This is now officially the most frequently and consistently visited post on my humble little blog site)

(Update 11/01/09: It is now ranked 3rd, maybe 4th. Come’on folks! put it back on top where it belongs!)

So, in my humble Sovereign Citizen way, I provide these links to help abate the fever of my readers.

First, from the other side of the looking glass an actual cop from an actual cop blog who is also a pretty good 2nd Amendment supporter. (Heaven knows I am not eager to bash all cops all the time. Just the ones who need it. If you guys would clean up your cop shops I would not need to post all this crap):

thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/

Next, a generally credible source-David Codrea’s War On Guns Blog with his “Only Ones Files” ( Some are actually kind of funny. Others not so much.)

google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awaronguns.blogspot.com+only+ones+war+on+guns&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

Over at The Agitator we have some pretty scary SWAT Team Tales along with some legal commentary on the implications of it all:

theagitator.com/

And last, in no particular order, some upstart specialized sites:

LawReport.org;

behindthebluewall.blogspot.com;

thumperwatch.org

http://badphoenixcops.blogspot.com/

http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/

http://the7thpwr.wordpress.com/latest-crime-news/bad-cops-bad-cops-who-ya-gonna-call/

http://www.policeabuse.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=26

Remember also I include some stories in my sidebar categories of Police War On Dogs, Feral Cops, Do NOT Talk To Investigators, Open Carry/Constitutional Carry Files, politics and Self Defense.

Maybe this will help calm things down for a while. Other links will be posted as they come to my attention.

Update May 3, 2009. Hard to believe but I left out Sierra Times. Yes, before The ONLY ONES, Before Badcop News, Sierra Times had the Whack’em & Stack’em Files. So, for you history buffs:

http://johnjacobh.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/sierra-times-classic-the-whack-stack-white-paper/

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Tantalizing Excerpt:

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SWAT Team Gone Wild (Part III- The Theory)

This is a little article from The North America SWAT Training Association by one James J. Scanlon entitled Dynamic Entries: Leasons Learned (yes, apparently SWAT experts cannot spell either).

It is hard to believe the Prince George County SWAT Team followed ANY of the guidelines listed before they broke into an elected MAYOR’S home and shot his dogs.

I wonder if the Maryland mission would be considered a success or failure? Maybe some intrepid reader will call the North American SWAT Training Association and ask for their professional appraisal.

Complete link:
http://www.nasta.ws/Tactical%20Response.htm

Tantalizing Excerpt:

Tactical Response
March/April 2005
Dynamic Entries: Leasons Learned:
By: James J. Scanlon

Scouting Phase: The mission begins when we receive the request. We demand a great deal of information from the detectives, but we do so diplomatically. Most detectives don’t understand our needs, so we have to educate them. Many detectives think that we only need an address, when we actually need to know everything from the wording in the warrant to the backgrounds of the suspects. Are there kids in the house? Are there guns or dogs? Are there barricaded doors or lookouts? We have to sometimes pry this information out of the detectives, but our tactics will depend on the information they provide. Obviously, mission success depends on our tactics. Do we execute the mission during the day, or under cover of darkness? Do we deploy diversions and where should they be deployed? Will a ram work, or should we take a chain saw? Information is the key to success! Encourage your detectives to provide this information early, so you can complete a thorough scout. Some detectives wait until the warrant is signed, before informing their tactical team of an impending entry. Then, it’s rush-rush-rush! We need to convince them that we can better serve them, if we have plenty of notice.

SWAT Team Gone Wild (Part II-The Video)

Here it is folks, the house, the family, the people your government has declared Enemy Numero Uno. (A little spanish lingo for those of you in Rio Linde) This guy just happens to be the elected Mayor of a town of 3,000 souls. I like rooting out government corruption as much the next guy, but this seems a little severe. I guess cannabalism always has been.

Call me crazy,but one of these days one of these assault teams will walk into a real bare knuckle, heads-on-pikes gunfight.  It will not be just another routine case of gunning down Little Timmy and Lassie.  (See Ruby Ridge)

Wonder if it will make the National News?

Complete link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tpUjcGZcw

Tantalizing Excerpt:

The Mayor of Berwyn Heights, MD had his home raided by a SWAT team who shot and killed both of his dogs because a 32lb. package of Pot was sent to his home. The Mayor claims he has no idea where or why someone would send the Pot to his home.