Shoot First, Ask Later - In Prince George's, a drug bust goes awry.

Washington Post ^ | August 7, 2008 | Masthead Editorial

[neverdem]

THE DRUG raid by Prince George's County law officers on the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo last week was a Keystone Kops operation from start to finish.

Acting on a tip that a 32-pound package of marijuana had been sent by Federal Express from Arizona to Mr. Calvo's home (addressed to his wife, Trinity Tomsic), Prince George's police swung into action. Which is to say they got on the phone, calling law enforcement agencies to see who might have a SWAT team available to bust the unsuspecting Calvo family. (It seems the police department's own team was tied up.) After being turned down at least once, they finally struck a deal with the Prince George's Sheriff's Office, whose track record with domestic disputes is extensive but whose experience with drug busts is slight. And it showed.

[neverdem]

Report: Warrant Discrepancy In Raid At Mayor's Home

[wendy1946]

Between civilization and the no-knock drug raid, we’re ultimately going to have to choose one. There’s no such thing as having both of them.

[wastedyears]

You got that right.

[blam]

Mayor, wife and two dogs

[NonValueAdded]

Simple solution, the raid commander should lose his LEO credentials.

[bamahead]

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[ken21]

it’s getting so that the police are just another gang,

albeit, a city-paid legal gang.

[neverdem]

sad story

[The Worthless Miracle]

I hope someone follows up with this. I;ll be interested to know what happened to these “officers”. I don’t see a need for there ever being a no-knock raid for drugs.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Already covered this morning here.

[bamahead]

Well put!

[phrogphlyer]

Simple solution, the raid commander should lose his LEO credentials. That's a start, but not enough. The commander and everybody else involved ought to be in jail.

[kms61]

a man kills my dog, cop or not...well, prudence dictates I keep my mouth shut on a public forum about what my reaction would be.

[TBall]

Because they enjoyed it. It was fun for them to kill the dogs.

[GBA]

"Some one tell me why they have to kill the freaking dogs?"

There's another thread on this tonight and this was posted:

"One of the dogs they shot was actually running OUT of the room to hide."

[Kevmo]

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