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Oops? Police stage pot raid on mayor’s house, kill two dogs. May be mistake!

August 15, 2008 |  Tagged , , , , , |

According to an AP story in the Denver Post, Maryland police raided the home of the Berwyn Heights mayor on July 29th and shot his two black labs over a package of marijuana that had been placed on the front porch.  The parcel was apparently part of a dope smuggling scheme that involved a FedEx employee, who delivered pot-filled packages to the homes of innocent people.  The parcels were then to be picked up off porches by an accomplice.

The mayor, Cheye Calvo, triggered the police attack when he picked up the package addressed to his wife and took it inside.  Mayor Calvo claimed one of his dogs was shot while running from the invading officers.  AP, “FBI looks into raid on home of mayor,” The Denver Post, Denver Newspaper Agency, Denver, CO, 08-08-08, page 5A.

According to the initial report, the Mayor and his mother-in-law were in the house during the ordeal.  The mayor’s wife came home during the raid to find her dogs dead and her husband and mother in handcuffs.  No one in the house has been charged according to the article.  The county police chief offered no apology for shooting the dogs, saying the officers felt “threatened.”

I don’t know about you, but if police officers mistakenly invaded my home and shot my pets, I would be angry.  If I were the mayor of a town and had a certain amount of political clout, I think I would spend a considerable amount of time to ensure, to the best of my ability, that the police chief and the officers involved in such an erroneous, violent invasion never worked again in law enforcement.

Cowboy police raids drive a terrible wedge between the people of a community and the public agencies hired to protect them.  If it turns out that this raid was a mistake, badges should be forfeit.  We don’t need more Wacos or Ruby Ridges.  Thank God no human beings were killed this time.  Where is the Liberal outrage about the dogs?

Def Mech

 


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