Posted on 06/05/2013 6:20:16 AM PDT by Altariel
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - Adam Arroyo has lived in his Breckenridge apartment for three years but has never experienced a day like this past Monday; when police busted down his door in search of drugs, shooting and killing his dog in the process.
"She's over here, chained up, and look at all these bullet holes man. Look at the blood right here," Arroyo explained as he showed Eyewitness cameras where his pit bull mix Cindy had been shot.
"She was tied up in the kitchen like I tie her up every single day, and they shot her for no reason."
When Arroyo returned home Monday evening he found his apartment torn apart, door busted down and several bullet holes in his kitchen wall.
He also found a search warrant for 304 Breckenridge, upper apartment.
The suspect named in the warrant was described as a black male and was wanted on suspicion of dealing crack.
Arroyo is Hispanic and lives at 304 Breckenridge, upper-rear apartment, which has a completely separate entrance and is clearly marked on his mail box.
Reporter: "You have never used or sold drugs in this apartment?" Arroyo: "Never. Never. I don't do drugs. I'm a United States veteran. I work everyday. I'm just trying to live my life."
Arroyo is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and plans to join the National Guard. This incident, however has left him heart-broken and angry.
"For police to wrongfully come into my house and murder my dog... It wasn't that they felt threatened. No. They murdered my dog," said Arroyo, beginning to tear up.
"That was my dog, man. That was my dog. They didn't have to do that, you know. They didn't have to do that."
Arroyo now has to pay to have Cindy cremated. He also had to repair his door at his own cost and has had to miss work.
He plans now to press charges against the City of Buffalo.
Buffalo Police spokesperson Michael DeGeorge says Internal Affairs has launched an investigation into the case, but that police believe they had the proper address.
He also says detectives "don't believe the dog was chained or leashed" when they executed the raid. Adding that if any wrong doing is found in the investigation that officers will face consequences.
DeGeorge could not comment on whether officers found any drugs inside the apartment.
Even if you busted into the wrong house? You’d just gun the dog down? And you do stand for individual freedom, do you not?
I’m no fan of pitbulls either, but cops aren’t just shooting them... they’re slaughtering all breeds of dogs on sight as a matter of practice when they break down doors.
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one...
I am speechless, what else would you as a cop shoot when after you wrongly enter someone’s home? Never mind I really don’t want to know as I am sure it would be a very chilling answer. But please tell us you are not a LEO, because there are already to many of your trigger happy types among or Law Enforcement Agencies now.
I feel the same way about Germans.
Yeah .. and Japs, too
You are correct. Suspicion of having illegal drugs should not warrant armed swat teams busting down doors and killing dogs and sometimes people. If guns or gold were declared illegal then that’s OK too?
Perhaps he can’t afford a dog crate or cage; perhaps he considers a chain more humane than either option.
In either case, the cops deliberately stormed an innocent man’s house and killed his dog.
THAT is the crime here.
Here are relevant questions: did they know a veteran resided there? If so, was his military service the *reason* he was targeted?
You got that right it is a psyc op kill the owner’s dog and you just sent a very chilling message that if you ‘screw’ with us the dog won’t be the only dead thing we leave behind.
they didnt shoot it because it was a pitbull
they would have shot that dog if it was a poodle
somehow sometime the ROE of “them vs us” has changed
when the police bust in, the dogs get shot
couple years back local mayor here had “mistaken” police bust-in and in front of him and his wife, they shot all 3 of his killer chocolate labs, including the one that was trying to run and hide
We are becoming a police state.
More evidence that the police are getting out of control. Looks like the warning to lock and load is getting closer.
Why cant those idiots nab a suspect when they leave their homes or apartments?
It’s not idiocy, it’s tyranny.
Which is easier for a Statist—to nab the right guy outside of his apartment, or to terrorize the wrong guy and violate his rights?
Well bless your heart. What a man.
We’re already there.
“... he can’t afford a dog crate”.
They are pricey and I get the feeling that this man wasn’t rolling in money. Plus, I had a friend who would use a long leash on her dog in the kitchen. The reason? Simple.. the rest of the house was carpeted. The kitchen had linoleum... thus, it was easily mopped. If her work look like it was going to be possibly extended by an hour or two, she would use a long leash so the dog had freedom of movement and if she soiled... it was easily mopped up.
Every time cops kill a dog, I look at my little Yorkie, Prissy, and appreciate her little life. She is asleep on my recliner with me now. Every dog owner who is close to his/her dog, must feel the same way I do about Prissy.
I don’t know if I could keep from shooting a person who shoots my dog, cop or not. To me, shooting my dog is a declaration of war.
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