On 8/12/2010 12:07 AM, zxcvbob wrote:
> Cheryl wrote:
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>
>>> The Austin Police Department can't shoot back at anyone without getting
>>> sued. Shit, they even bowed down and shot a dog yesterday, and all hell
>>> still broke loose.
>>>
>> All hell breaks loose when police shoot dogs here, too. There was a
>> case about a year or two ago where the house of a mayor of a nearby
>> city was raided and the elderly mother and wife were bound by the
>> police and the dogs shot all because of a shipment of drugs not meant
>> for them.
>>
>>
>
>
> I remember that case, in Berwyn Heights, MD. The mayor's name was Calvo.
> The police knew the drugs were not intended for Calvo, *because they
> planted them* on the porch. They went apeshit when someone inside the
> house saw them lurking outside and "blew their cover". One of the dogs
> they shot was running away and they followed it into the other room so
> they could shoot it.
>
> The police deny any wrongdoing, have only conditionally cleared Calvo,
> and as far as I know have refused to settle and a lawsuit is still pending.
>
> If someone as politically-connected as a mayor still hasn't gotten
> satisfaction after 2 years, what chance to any of us peons have?

And this is the government that expects us trust it to take care of us.