Video of SWAT Raid on Missouri Family

[Wonton Capistrano]

http://reason.com/blog/2010/05/05/video-of-swat-raid-on-missouri

YouTube- Columbia Mo SWAT Raid 2/11/2010. Cops Shoot Pets With Children Present



SWAT team breaks into home (http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/feb/23/family-questions-swat-drug-search-that-led-to/), fires seven rounds at family's pit bull and corgi (?!) as a seven-year-old looks on.

They found a "small amount" of marijuana, enough for a misdemeanor charge. The parents were then charged with child endangerment.

So smoking pot = "child endangerment." Storming a home with guns, then firing bullets into the family pets as a child looks on = necessary police procedures to ensure everyone's safety.
Just so we're clear.

[copsey]

I had to shut it down after they shot the dog and it started yelping. The ****ers should be shot themselves.

[mcmx588]

Wow. That is some straight up BULL****

[DBerg649]

A perfect example of when the side effects of enforcing the law is more detrimental than the side effects of the drug used that brought on this type of action. Absolutely disgusting. If any of you guys get the chance, you should look up some of Barry Coopers videos. He was a narcotics officer somewhat in my area, and he basically describes things like this as being the reason he got out of law enforcement. Just paraphrasing, but he said something along the lines of, "You get 12 guys in full body armour, carrying more guns than they could ever use, raiding a house and ripping screaming, crying children out the arms of their parents for something so harmless, and we're supposed to expect those children to recover from that, and trust police officers when they become adults? ... We didn't care about enforcing the law. It was all just for the adrenaline rush."

[CR125guy]

This is so common, police shooting dogs just because they are there. Its ****ing sick. The SWAT team for pot? Really? What were they raiding them for anyways? Did they get the wrong house. I can't beleive some states pot is a misdemeanor charge. In California, speeding tickets are a bigger fine than having pot on you. :nuts:

[IGASAURUS]

That's a lawsuit in the making right there.

[odmxrls]

And the ACLU only accuses the U.S. military of kicking down doors and terrorizing people. Discharging a firearm several times near a child is't child endangerment?

[eighttwelve]

And the ACLU only accuses the U.S. military of kicking down doors and terrorizing people. Discharging a firearm several times near a child is't child endangerment?
probably not in the context of a drug bust. Even if it's a failed drug bust.

[copsey]

The SWAT team should be fired, either from their jobs or upon, and the Judge that issued the warrant should be removed.

[eighttwelve]

The SWAT team should be fired, either from their jobs or upon, and the Judge that issued the warrant should be removed.
While I think this is pretty ****ed up, and I bet you're probably right, I don't think any of us have enough information to really justify that. :lol:

[motocrossguy958]

i heard about that when it happened. really really pissed me off. no reason for shooting the dog. if they are that worried about it, they should have low dose tranq. guns on their legs for animals. really sad. i hope they all get royally f*cked and released from their jobs. gotta add that sadly this happens in the country everyday. bogus charges for a minuscule amount of weed and endangering the lives of children and women and very docile pets. and again i want to say that the ones who shot the animal for no reason deserver to have every pet they have for themselves and their kids shot and killed right in front of them to know they how it feels

[Party Boy]

and again i want to say that the ones who shot the animal for no reason deserver to have every pet they have for themselves and their kids shot and killed right in front of them to know they how it feels

Am I reading this wrong, or did you just say that all of those SWAT officers should have their pets and kids killed right in front of them? I'm hoping you just worded that sentence poorly.

But yeah, that's jacked. That's definitely a law suit in the making, and I hope that guy gets his moneys worth.

[CR125guy]

probably not in the context of a drug bust. Even if it's a failed drug bust.

Yup, courts will always side with the police. All they have to do is say they felt endangered. As for busting the judge, judges pretty much have immunity from that, it has been decided by the SCOTUS already. This is the messed up world we live in.

[motocrossguy958]

Am I reading this wrong, or did you just say that all of those SWAT officers should have their pets and kids killed right in front of them? I'm hoping you just worded that sentence poorly.

But yeah, that's jacked. That's definitely a law suit in the making, and I hope that guy gets his moneys worth.

yea its worded weird. the family pet that they have for them selves and their kids, should be shot in the same fashion that this families dog was shot. right in front of the family.

[Tenacious K]

I'm here to play devils advocate, but forgive me if I don't sound like as much of a psycho as motocrossguy958... How do you guys think you would do entering an (alleged) drug house after bursting in, to see two dogs there? Would you risk being distracted or attacked by either dog, trying to ascertain whether or not they will become aggressive, (or going with the mood of the thread) probably trying to figure out what the tenants wallpaper says about their personality at the same time, or maybe whether they are Capricorn or Sagittarius, while for all you know someone is flushing meth down the toilet or loading a sawnoff? Prob' not... Also, I agree that weed should be legalized (as much as I think smoking it is dumb), but while it is illegal, the proceeds of buying and selling it don't often go towards charities if you get what I mean, so that's a good enough reason right there to treat it just as seriously as any other illegal drug. To be honest, I'd rather lose my job and have a bunch of internet experts wish evil on me than get my throat ripped open by a dog, or shot

[Wonton Capistrano]

(5) Personnel may use force in individual or unit self-defense, or in
defense of other persons within the immediate vicinity of the personnel,
or to prevent the actual theft or sabotage of property designated as vital to
national security or inherently dangerous property. When force is used, only
the minimum force necessary to control a situation or deter the use of force
against personnel or others within the immediate vicinity of threatened
personnel is authorized. Personnel, however, are not required to
place themselves or other persons within their immediate vicinity, in
unreasonable danger of death or serious physical injury before using deadly
force.

[motocrossguy958]

I'm here to play devils advocate, but forgive me if I don't sound like as much of a psycho as motocrossguy958

hey now, my first post was just worded a lil off, and i know that i would do ok raiding a house as i have trained some our swat team here, one of my family members is swat captain. the thing is they didnt give themselves enough to embrace the situation. as soon as they went in the door bang a shot, and you hear the dog start to cry. thats why i said they should have low dose tranq guns for animals. i know in that scene your dont have much time to react, but come on.

[Tenacious K]

hey now, my first post was just worded a lil off, and i know that i would do ok raiding a house as i have trained some our swat team here, one of my family members is swat captain. the thing is they didnt give themselves enough to embrace the situation. as soon as they went in the door bang a shot, and you hear the dog start to cry. thats why i said they should have low dose tranq guns for animals. i know in that scene your dont have much time to react, but come on.I guess it's hard to speculate without being there. Maybe the group responsible are just "cowboys" like some people are saying. I know someone who was a victim of police brutality with our own version of SWAT not too long ago, so maybe it's just to be expected with the type of people who are attracted to the job because of the reputation SWAT etc gets?:uhoh:

[odmxrls]

Here is another case where a SWAT team shot family dogs, 2 black labs. This time they may have done it to the wrong person.
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Berwyn Heights mayor sues Prince George's County over SWAT raid that killed his dogs | Washington Examiner (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Berwyn-Heights-mayor-sues-Prince-Georges-County-over-SWAT-raid-that-killed-his-dogs-48810647.html)

Berwyn Heights mayor sues Prince George's County over SWAT raid that killed his dogs

By: Alan Suderman (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bios/alan-suderman.html)
Examiner Staff Writer
June 23, 2009


Berwyn (http://media.washingtonexaminer.com/images/250*157/23CALVO_web.jpg[/IMG]Berwyn) Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo, right, and his wife, Trinity Tomsic, filed suit against Prince George’s County over a botched SWAT raid in which their two dogs were killed. (ANDREW HARNIK/EXAMINER FILE)

A suburban mayor whose black Labrador retrievers were gunned down by a SWAT team in an errant raid said Monday that he is suing Prince George’s County because its law enforcement agencies are incapable of policing themselves and need outside oversight.
Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo said in his lawsuit that the county police and sheriff’s office frequently break the law by having SWAT teams enter innocent people’s houses without a proper warrant and “randomly and routinely” kill family pets.
He is asking a judge to order the county to change its policies because the county’s leaders have shown “they lack the will and credibility to do so,” Calvo said.
Calvo also asked for unspecified damages in the lawsuit. The sheriff’s office raided Calvo’s house in July after county police incorrectly identified his wife as part of a drug ring. The incident has gained international attention.

“I’m tired of being embarrassed by Prince George’s County government,” Calvo said. “Our communities are tired of being embarrassed by this county’s failed leadership.”
Calvo said he doesn’t plan on running for county executive, but would do “anything in my power” to prevent Sheriff Michael Jackson, who may run for the position, from being elected to any office. Current County Executive Jack Johnson, whose term will end in 2010, is prevented by term limits from running again.
Jackson has repeatedly defended his department’s actions, and last week said that an internal investigation had shown that his deputies had acted in a “professional and acceptable manner” by shooting the dogs because they had posed a threat.
Calvo disputed Jackson’s assertions and said the SWAT team had fully intended to shoot his dogs before they raided his house. Deputies opened fire on Calvo’s 7-year-old dog Payton immediately after entering the house, Calvo’s lawsuit said, and then they Calvo’s other dog, 4-year-old Chase, in back as he was running away.
A spokesman for the sheriff’s department declined to discuss the lawsuit, but said that if county voters were unhappy with Jackson’s performance, they could vote him out of office should he run again.
A spokesman for the police departments also declined to discuss the lawsuit, but said the police department used SWAT teams 400 times last year.

[CR125guy]

I don't care what SWAT is looking for, it's not ok to RAID someone's house and open fire because you are amped up. I've said it before, SWAT for the most part, sit around 360 days a year jerkin of on their "tacti-cool" equipment. Then when it's go time, they think they are the military, kicking in doors and opening fire without a single warning. Sucks that they have to worry about some guy flushing pot down the toilet, does not give them the ok to shoot animals.

@Motocross958, why would you say the things you did if you train SWAT and have family who are SWAT? Makes no sense. Neither does the fact that someone in the police department who trains SWAT would recommend using a low dose tranq dart on a dogs leg. How old are you?:shrug:

[motocrossguy958]

@Motocross958, why would you say the things you did if you train SWAT and have family who are SWAT? Makes no sense. Neither does the fact that someone in the police department who trains SWAT would recommend using a low dose tranq dart on a dogs leg. How old are you?:shrug:
wow i really need to start proof reading what i put up here better. i get so quick to post i leave out key words that make what im trying to say clear. let me clear that statement up. i have trained some with our swat team here. and the officers need to have a low dose trang gun to use on animals instead of having to use lethal force that is unnecessary. and i will be 25 in august.

[DBerg649]

wow i really need to start proof reading what i put up here better.

But if you put something up here better, there should be no reason to proof read it. You should focus more on proof reading the stuff that you did a worse job of putting up :-P

Just messing with you ofcourse :thumbsup:

[swedishfishmx]

God I love Missouri...better yet my bro lives in Columbia...

[CR125guy]

wow i really need to start proof reading what i put up here better. i get so quick to post i leave out key words that make what im trying to say clear. let me clear that statement up. i have trained some with our swat team here. and the officers need to have a low dose trang gun to use on animals instead of having to use lethal force that is unnecessary. and i will be 25 in august.

Well if you make SWAT, I hope your trigger finger isn't as happy as your typing fingers :-D

[motocrossguy958]

my trigger finger is rather conservative, you could say. and im not going out for swat. i just recently enlisted to the navy. lol

[eighttwelve]

A detroit girl was recently killed in a police raid.
TV Show Videoed Police Raid in Detroit That Killed Aiyana Jones - AOL News (http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/tv-show-videod-police-raid-in-cdtroit-that-killed-aiyana-jones/19481558)

[YamahaRacin27]

So who was filming and why? And why would they let that video become public? I just don't see why the swat team would act that way knowing that they were being recorded.