[rabscuttle385]

Nanny state/Maryland ping!

[DCPatriot]

Only in The Peoples Republic of Maryland.....

[Drango]

Prince George's police originally obtained a warrant to search Calvo's home...

I remember this case but my facts may be wrong...I recollect, if they had a warrant, it wasn't a no knock warrant.

[angkor]

PG Country PD has been a problem for about the last 40 years.

More recently, about 10 years ago I did a 911 to the PG PD about some guy blithely doing afternoon car break-ins at one of the Laurel shopping malls. I stood there waiting for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes..... nothing.

They never showed up.

I left, with the guy still walking through the lot and casually breaking into parked cars.

[GBA]

Good lord. May I never find myself in Prince George county. It's hard to know if I'd survive an encounter with the county Gestapo, but there's no way my dogs would.

Why do they like killing dogs so much? Is that legal for them to just kill people's animals and then get an "atta'boy" for it?

[Repeal The 17th]

just another reason why i hate cops

[marron]

When police in Baltimore mistakenly raided the home of 33-year-old Andrew Leonard last May, the city refused to pay for Leonard's door, which was destroyed during the break-in. When Leonard called the city's bulk trash pick-up to come get the door, no one came. Days later, city code inspectors fined Leonard $50 for storing the broken door in his backyard.

Sue'em. Jerks.

[Balding_Eagle]

It takes harm to an official before anything is done.

More deaths from illegals driving drunk are happening everyday.

Pray that those deaths are those of governors and legislatures wives, children, grandchildren. That’s the ONLY way anything is going to change on that front too.

The Governors and other elected officials could care less about what happens to the rest of us.

[Natural Law]

There is NO reason, rationalization, or justification for the existence of paramilitary units equipped with black uniforms, face masks, full body armor, assault weapons, explosives, and armored vehicles at the local or county level. If these boys want to play Rambo they should visit their local Army or Marine recruiter and know what it is like to kick in doors with the likelihood of a real armed and trained opponent on the other side.

[Pontiac]

• Eleven days before the raid on Calvo's home, Prince George's police raided the home of a Secret Service agent after receiving a tip that he was distributing steroids. They found no drugs or incriminating evidence.

They make a no-knock raid on no more than a tip. What kind of judge issues a warrant on no more than a tip?

• In November 2007 Prince George's police raided the wrong home of a couple in Accokeek. Though the couple presented the police with evidence that they were at the wrong address, the police still detained them at gunpoint, refusing even to let them go to the bathroom. The couple asked the police if they could bring their pet boxer in from the backyard. The police refused. Moments later, the police shot and killed the dog.

Now how can this be acceptable behavior? How can they get away with not paying restitution for damages in this case? They were at the wrong house they knew they were at the wrong house and they kept the home owners in restraints and killed their dog. This in my mind is unlawful imprisonment or kidnapping.

This no-knock raid stuff is gutting the Forth and Fifth Amendments.

[wastedyears]

Maybe he should disband the local SWAT team.

[Interesting Times]

Ping.

[bamahead]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

So, who peed on their donuts?

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[fireman15]

About ten years ago our house was mistakenly raided and searched by the King County Swat Team. They made a mess, upset my wife and our dogs and refused to give a coherent explanation for their actions. They were rude and offered no apologies. I work with the police on a daily basis as a Fire Lieutenant. I still don't know what to think or how to feel about what happened. Every police officer I have ever mentioned it to has just laughed about it. They seem to take this type of mistake pretty lightly.

[DCBryan1]

This is a disgrace. When will citizens start shooting back? The time is fast approaching to water the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots and tyrannts.

[Albion Wilde]

One of the reasons drug raids are a sacred cow for police departments is that the real dealers have loads of cash and other materials that can be seized by the Department. Bling, tricked-out high-end vehicles, all the trappings of the dealer’s life can be confiscated and sold at auction. This is a non-tax, extra-budgetary source of revenue that, consciously or unconsciously, PD’s may not want to give up. So they work themselves into a permanent state of hysteria over drugs in order to justify their “habit.”

[woollyone]

“In January 2005, police in Baltimore County conducted a 4:50 a.m. raid on the home of Cheryl Lynn and Charles Noel after finding marijuana seeds and cocaine residue in the family's trash”

So they go through your trash?
Cocaine residue?
Seeds?

Has anyone checked their bird food lately?
It contains the same seeds.?
parrot owners beware!

This is as petty as it could possibly be.

::spit::

[Munz]

Police policy is not to blame. It is the court and the judicial system.

If a judge signs a warrant, then the police act under the guidelines of the warrant an it is wrong, then no one is held accountable because the Judges can not be held accountable.

If they enter the wrong house, (different than dictated by the warrant) the police are held accountable or should be.
If they give bad information to the judge to obtain the search warrant then the police are held accountable or should be.
If the judge does not examine the witnesses or evidence properly and gives a warrant to the police and they execute it according to the terms, then no one is held accountable because judges are exempt from such scrutiny. There is the problem.

[alarm rider]

Personally, I hope he sues the bas$#@&* until they day he dies.

There is way too much of this going on.