Animals
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table.
Suddenly, police with guns drawn kicked in the door and stormed in, shooting to death the couple's two dogs and seizing the unopened package.
Calvo insisted the couple's two black Labradors were gentle creatures and said police apparently killed them "for sport," gunning down one of them as it was running away.
"Our dogs were our children," said the 37-year-old Calvo. "They were the reason we bought this house because it had a big yard for them to run in."
The mayor, who was changing his clothes when police burst in, also complained that he was handcuffed in his boxer shorts for about two hours along with his mother-in-law, and said the officers didn't believe him when he told them he was the mayor. No charges were brought against Calvo or his wife, who came home in the middle of the raid.
Prince George's County Police Chief Melvin High said Wednesday that Calvo and his family were "most likely ... innocent victims," but he would not rule out their involvement, and he defended the way the raid was conducted. He and other officials did not apologize for killing the dogs, saying the officers felt threatened.
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We are very scared to think that police could burst into our home and kill a beloved pet. Something similar happened close to where we live Police Murder Dog in Owner's Yard Due to Wrong Address . Somehow pets must be protected from the police. The most outrageous thing of all is in both these instances the owners were innocent of wrong doing. The police must be held accountable for these murders.
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Animals
Laws must be created to keep police from killing dogs
Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table.
Suddenly, police with guns drawn kicked in the door and stormed in, shooting to death the couple's two dogs and seizing the unopened package.
Calvo insisted the couple's two black Labradors were gentle creatures and said police apparently killed them "for sport," gunning down one of them as it was running away.
"Our dogs were our children," said the 37-year-old Calvo. "They were the reason we bought this house because it had a big yard for them to run in."
The mayor, who was changing his clothes when police burst in, also complained that he was handcuffed in his boxer shorts for about two hours along with his mother-in-law, and said the officers didn't believe him when he told them he was the mayor. No charges were brought against Calvo or his wife, who came home in the middle of the raid.
Prince George's County Police Chief Melvin High said Wednesday that Calvo and his family were "most likely ... innocent victims," but he would not rule out their involvement, and he defended the way the raid was conducted. He and other officials did not apologize for killing the dogs, saying the officers felt threatened.
Read the rest of the story here.
We are very scared to think that police could burst into our home and kill a beloved pet. Something similar happened close to where we live Police Murder Dog in Owner's Yard Due to Wrong Address . Somehow pets must be protected from the police. The most outrageous thing of all is in both these instances the owners were innocent of wrong doing. The police must be held accountable for these murders.
- Rosie's Story
This is Rosie's Story as pieced together from the police report and an eye witness account. At some point Rosie got on the wrong side of her 6 ft high fenced in yard when her owners were not home. Perhaps the children spotted chasing her let her out...
- Nanook And Pooka: Social Activism - Justice For Rosie
Please read - We must put a stop to police killing our pets. Nanook and Pooka: Social Activism - Justice for Rosie Update the story just gets more tragic. It appears from the evidence that Rosie was in her own front yard when the police tasered her and...
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We found this by way of Jan's Funny Farm. Yesterday we learned of two dogs who were killed by the police, today we learn of a dog who has been falsely imprisoned. People we need LAWS that will prevent the wanton killing of our pets and false imprisonment....
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James Kilpatrick ask Two petitions are now pending in the Supreme Court that once again raise the issue of misconduct by police. Would you vote to hear the cases? I certainly would. Case 1 Led by veteran Dennis Watters, seven officers made their raid...