Liberty MavenMayor’s Dogs Shot Dead By Police, Drug War Victim?
July 30th, 2008 11:29 pm | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Civil Liberties, Drugs, law, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Media, Politics, Video | 6 Responses
The Mayor of Berwyn Heights in Maryland’s Prince George’s County had a rude awakening. Apparently, a 32 lb. bag of marijuana was sent to his house addressed to his wife. A SWAT team busted down his door, shot and killed his two black labs, and held him for questioning for hours. The Mayor claims he has no idea where the pot came from. He also said that if the police would have just knocked, he’d have let them in.
Instead his two dogs are now dead and all members of his household are “persons of suspicion”.
Must I point out how incredibly ridiculous this event is? It demonstrates the lunacy of the war on drugs. In a somewhate related note, CNN today had a poll asking if marijuana should be made legal. Over 65% said yes. When will we learn our current policy is having the opposite of its intended effect? Maybe someday. Watch the news report of the story below.
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July 31st, 2008 at 12:48 am (#)
Also note the Mayor’s opening remarks in the report…
“I thought it was a home invasion. It was inconceivable to me that my government would be coming through my door.”
Then relate that to the case of Ryan Frederick in Virginia… you can read about that tragic case here:
http://reason.wikia.com/wiki/Ryan_Frederick
The times are scary.
August 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am (#)
Not mentioned in the above TV report, per an Associated Press article dated 7/31/08 about this incident, the police delivered the package to the home to set up the mayor. The county police and sheriff’s office never contacted the local police chief about their planned SWAT raid:
“Prince George’s County Police said Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo brought a 32-pound package of marijuana into his home that had been delivered by officers posing as delivery men. The Tuesday evening raid was conducted by county police narcotics officers and a sheriff’s office SWAT Team.”
August 1st, 2008 at 11:38 am (#)
[...] a twist to the recent drug raid on the Mayor of Berwyn Heights MD in which both of his black labs were shot and killed the AP is reporting the 32 lb. bag of [...]
August 7th, 2008 at 2:57 pm (#)
In this whole situation the police are just as dangerous as the suspects who mailed the package to the mayor. This is outrageous and is unexceptable that we have physcopaths in our goverment that are willing to kill over a marijuana. Drugs are not the problem. The judgement of our police and goverment leaders is. I feel so sorry for the mayor, his family and his dogs. Something has to change.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm (#)
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November 19th, 2008 at 12:52 pm (#)
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