XML FeedsINNOCENT MAYOR IN MARYLAND HAS TWO PET DOGS KILLED BY POLICE
By Matt on Aug 9, 2008 | In Welcome, News, Background | 1 feedback »
The Mayor of Berwyn Heights, Maryland Cheye Calvo got a taste of what the less influential people in this country are dealing with on an ever-increasing basis. Police brutality, excessive force and authority out of control.
The Mayor arrived to the house after work, took a parcel inside that was left on the porchand put it on a table. Police kicked in the door and stormed in, with guns drawn, shooting to death the couple's two dogs and seizing the unopened package that contained 32 pounds of marijuana.
Calvo and his wife were not connected to the drug possession in any manner of ownership. They seem to be victims of a method devised by two men to smuggle millions worth of marijuana. They had it sent to a number of unsuspecting residents and then a second person would follow the route to retrieve the packages.
Calvo was furious at the invasion. He stated Thursday that he and his wife, are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the conduct.
"We were harmed by the very people who took an oath to protect us."
The two dogs killed, were black labradors. Anyone familiar...
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http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
By Radley Balko
No-Knock Raids - A special report on the militarization of law
enforcement and the dramatic rise in the use of paramilitary police units for
routine police work.
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That's some background information that you might appreciate.
The Calvo family isn't the first...and it won't be the last.
Law enforcement agencies don't just kill innocent dogs in such 'raids.'
Every year, more than 300 innocent Americans are killed and/or severely
injured by law enforcement agents in these "mistaken" raids. The lives of
thousands of other innocents are permanently disrupted, their reputations and livelihoods damaged beyond repair. Most of these SWAT team raids are breaking down doors to serve warants for non-violent crimes. They're serving a simple bench warrant. Most of these SWAT team raids are not breaking down the doors of violent criminals such as murderers, armed robbers, rapists or even child molesters. Federal, state and local governments have by-passed the Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act and have militarized Federal, state and local 'civilian' police departments.
Be assured that more than one family in your state has had this happen to
them, which can be said of every state in the Union. Had Mayor Calvo not been
who he was, living where he lived, and had he not known exactly what to do
and say to protect his rights, you would have read and heard an entirely
different story from the media, if you had read or heard about it at all.
Imagine more than a dozen Waco or Ruby Ridge-type events happening each and every day in America...and you'll have a grasp of the reality of what
'freedom' in contemporary America truly means.
This is not an issue about left vs right, Republican vs Democrat or
religion vs atheism. This is not about race or nationality or even about the
poor vs the wealthy. This is about Freedom.
S.
Warren "Bones" Bonesteel
Author and Researcher
Sgt USMC 1976-1983
55 Crestview Drive
Rapid City, SD 57701
(605) 348-2830
wrsteel@blackhawke.net
[EDIT NOTE FROM THE TWEAK SHOW BLOG]
Thank You for the post. More Americans need to become aware of what is happening in this country and speak out against it. I visited the site. Very informative.
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