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Update: News of this raid and the video has gone viral and the Columbia Police Department is scrambling to put the spin on this. Let them know how you feel; vote in this local news poll on the issue:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/polls/2010/may/do-you-tink-swat-actions-were-appropriate/results/
(Columbia Daily-Tribune) In response to widespread “misinformation” developing on message boards and blogs, as well as a death threat toward Columbia police officers, Columbia Mayor Bob McDavid and Burton held a news conference Thursday afternoon.
Burton said police have fielded questions from several agitated callers concerning the two dogs shot. Some callers have received incorrect information that the corgi is the dog that was killed for being aggressive toward officers, and others told police they were told the pit bull that was killed because of its aggressive behavior was in a cage.
“It’s simply not true,” Burton said.
The chief, who is personally conducting the internal investigation, walked reporters through his understanding of the incident. Three officers shot at the pit bull, and the first missed completely, which is when the corgi is believed to have been shot in the paw, he said. The pit bull acted aggressively toward a SWAT member again as they pushed into the home, which resulted in the animal being shot, he said. After being shot, it moved to attack a SWAT member, which is when the dog was killed.
Here it comes: the victim was a dangerous druggie, a narcotics kingpin with a lethally aggressive pit bull. Because two confidential informants (read: snitches with something to gain by rolling on someone, true or false accusations be damned) alleged he had large amounts of marijuana and a police garbage search yielded pipes and baggies with pot residue on them.
(Columbia Daily-Tribune) “It was unfortunate timing,” said Lt. Scott Young, SWAT commander.
Deputy Chief Tom Dresner, former SWAT commander, has said he is confident narcotics were in Whitworth’s residence before police entry.
Columbia police spokeswoman Jessie Haden said there sometimes was a lag between the time a warrant was issued and when SWAT could execute the warrant. The problem was SWAT members’ primary assignments, such as their role as beat officers or investigators, would take precedence over SWAT and they would have to work overtime to participate in SWAT operations.
So, in the police opinion, the mistake wasn’t in sending automatic-weapon wielding cops into the family home, shooting up the place with a child present and killing the family pet. It’s that they served the warrant too late to catch the victim with what they believed to be large amounts of weapons of mass destruction, er, marijuana.
There is a Columbia City Council meeting on May 17th at 7pm. Blogging’s great, but in-person protesting and activism are better. I’m calling on our Missouri NORML chapters to come out and demand an end to these tactics. Click the link, join the one near you, and get involved in fighting back.
We’ve told the story of drug war canicide – dog murder – before here on the NORML Stash Blog. From the LAPD dog killing during dispensary raids to the Buffalo man who pleaded with cops to let him put his beloved pets in another room before cops gunned them down, and even the mayor of a town in Maryland forced to sit handcuffed near a pool of his slaughtered black labs’ blood during a SWAT raid that turned out to be in error.
This incident in Missouri happened in February and is just one of the 100-150 militaristic raids on homes every day in America, most often to serve narcotics warrants, which usually means marijuana, the substance involved in almost half of all drug arrests. But never before have we brought you actual video of law enforcement protecting us from adults smoking a bowl in their own home and serving us by executing family pets in front of small children.
(Warning: if you love your dog as much as I love Roscoe P. Coltrane, my Jack Russell terrier, scratch its belly and get to your serenity place before you view this. It is very disturbing.)
If you notice toward the end of the video you can see what appears to be a small bong on the coffee table. The Columbia, Missouri SWAT team sure took down a big-time drug kingpin while he slept peacefully with his wife and seven-year-old child, huh?
(Columbia Daily-Tribune) Police discovered a grinder, a pipe and a small amount of marijuana, Haden said. Because the SWAT team acts on the most updated information available, the team wanted to enter the house before marijuana believed to be at the location could be distributed, she said.
“If you let too much time go by, then the drugs are not there,” she said.
Drug distributors traditionally have a history with firearms, which is why the SWAT team is used when executing such warrants, [police spokeswoman Officer Jessie] Haden said. If the SWAT team believed they could have executed the warrant successfully during the daytime when the wife and child were not present, they would have, she said.
Well, the “drugs” weren’t there, now, were they? But let’s pretend they were. Let’s say the man was holding enough marijuana to qualify for a felony charge in Missouri (over 35 grams). Are we to understand that holding any more than an ounce and a quarter in Missouri is justification enough to send SWAT to burst into a man’s home late at night and start firing weapons and slaughtering his pets and terrorizing his wife and children?
And what exactly is it that made the SWAT team believe it couldn’t execute a successful warrant in the daytime? The presence of his pit bull and corgi (yes, these cops shot a corgi) or that his wife and child would be away so he wouldn’t mind going down guns blazing to protect his lucrative marijuana empire? And if he had enough pot to have a lucrative marijuana empire worth shooting cops over, how exactly did he manage to get rid of it all in the few hours between daytime and that night?
No, folks, the justification is simple: shock and awe. These cops are taught that “druggies” are dangerous armed hostile mentally deranged lunatics who all emulate Tony Montana from Scarface. Then they are taught how to dominate and intimidate and that one of the quickest ways you can do so is to show them you have the power of life and death. And they do this as a message to all the other “druggies” out there that they are not safe and that they are serious about engaging the “enemy” and winning the “war”.
Radley Balko at Reason’s Hit and Run (a top libertarian blog) has been following the story and promises an update from the victim’s mother, who was present at the raid. Jane Hamsher at FireDogLake (a top progressive blog which has recently begun a new campaign for legalization), Scott Morgan at Drug War Chronicle, and Pete Guither at DrugWarRant have also been following the story.
In the end the victim pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia in exchange for dropping the charges of misdemeanor marijuana possession and second-degree child endangerment. Yes, you read that right: the police burst into this man’s home, shooting weapons in his home and killing his dog with his seven-year-old sleeping in the next room and he’s the one who was endangering his child by smoking pot in his own home.
P.S. You’d think the ASPCA or PETA would be all over this, wouldn’t you? I did, but found no reference to any police-shooting-dog stories on either of their websites. I once got in contact with people in their organizations but got no interest from them on addressing these clear cases of cruel and unethical treatment of animals. I even tried contacting Bill Maher, a high-profile PETA supporter and marijuana legalization supporter to spotlight the topic, but I’ve never received any response. None of these animal rights supporters seem to think a family pet has a right to be protected from police brutality if the owner is thought to be a “druggie”.
P.P.S. Paul Armentano reminds me that in 2004, seven in ten Columbia, Missouri residents voted for the end of the “arrest, prosecution, punishment, or sanction” citizens for their medical use of marijuana, and six in ten voted for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use. So the dog was murdered and the family terrorized over something only 30%-40% of residents believe is a crime.
WHAT THE FUCK!
oh my god, really unbelievable.
This shit is too depressing.
Once marijuana is legal, cops from the prohibition should be banned from using it, and i hope they get cancer and have to suffer as much pain, as they have inflicted on the public. What happened to protecting and serving the public?
Only thing they are serving is their wallets and the only thing they are protecting is their circle jerk brotherhoods and FOP//PBO.
fucking nazis.
Totally Brutal, The Real Terrorists now wear Uniforms with Badges and carry assault rifles, Dude did a hell of a job NOT going off and cussing them out, I would NOT have been so Quiet, Gonna shoot me while i`m handcuffed? You better NOT!!
I hope the Nazi Bastards burn in HELL!!!!!
This is so sad… and ridiculous. I couldn’t imagine dealing with that.
I’m at a loss for words. I made the mistake of watching this at work and I am in my office swimming in tears. There is too much lunacy infecting the Missouri law enforcement. I only speak for them because this video makes it very clear that they thought they caught a big-shot drug dealer when they really only ended up killing a family pet. Where is the humanity in that?
to clarify, 35 grams of marijuana is decriminalized in columbia; even a stem is punishable by jail time in the rest of the state.
I seriously beleive they need to reevaluate the procedures more the next time.I personally wouldn’t want none of these guys on a swat team in georgia.
Yo from Finland. This is insane. I share my home with a gorgeous and sympathetic mix-breed dog. And I have two bushes growing in my closet. Something like is a f-ing nightmare.
It’s sad really.
I’m just heart broken over this! That poor dog’s cries of pain. OMG. I can’t believe those people can go home and feel good about what they did. Over pot? So senseless and unbelievable.
d.i.s.g.u.s.t.e.d.
This turns my stomach! That poor child is going to have a lifetime of issues after seeing cops storm in and shoot his dogs right in front of him. And they thought he was being damaged by seeing a bong?
i cannot beleive how horrible this was for a family.Over a little pot. What the hell is this world coming to.
im really surprised something like this would happen here in columbia. since living here, ive noticed that most law enforcement doesnt really care too much about pot. apparently these fucking PIGS didnt get the memo
I hate to break it to you, but PETA is really just another left wingbat terrorist organization more interested in making money than in doing anything to actually help or protect animals. “According to government documents, PETA employees have killed more than 19,200 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens since 1998. This behavior continues despite PETA’s moralizing about the “unethical” treatment of animals by farmers, scientists, restaurant owners, circuses, hunters, fishermen, zookeepers, and countless other Americans. PETA puts to death over 90 percent of the animals it accepts from members of the public who expect the group to make a reasonable attempt to find them adoptive homes. PETA holds absolutely no open-adoption shelter hours at its Norfolk, VA headquarters, choosing instead to spend part of its $32 million annual income on a contract with a crematory service to periodically empty hundreds of animal bodies from its large walk-in freezer.” http://www.petakillsanimals.com/article_detail.cfm?article=134
My tear just put out my J ='(((
This has to strike the hearts of anyone for or (previously) against prohibition. This is direct evidence of tyranny by our government, plain and simple, and we should not let this fade out of the lime light.
Absolutely shocking.
I am forcibly reminded of the whole Elian Gonzalez affair. I can only hope this gets the media’s attention as much as that story did. Thank you NORML for trying to show the world how crazy it is despite everyone else’s attempt to hide it.
I say call em and give em hell… Their phone number is: 573-874-7652 in case anyone wants to call them.
Deputy chief Tom Dresners # is: (573) 874-7421
Or call:
Jessie Haden
Public Information Officer
(573) 874-7448
This is like The Onion’s video about the DEA agents busting a kid for an estimated $45 worth of paraphernalia. (It’s a satirical look at real life, except in real life people die.) The video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2uqJ4xTx8k
Talk about police brutality. Understanding it was a raid, I have also been involved in a raid, and needless to say these officers must have been obiding by their own set of rules. The raid I was involved in also only INVOLVED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA and some paraphernilia. But instead of killing the family dog, which there wasn’t one, they let THEIR K-9 UNIT shit INSIDE the house and they stepped in it and tracked it all throughout the house not bothering to clean it up. Also they destroyed several hundreds of dollars worth in furniture trying to find the “big” bust of which they never found. Tell you what, it was also around 3AM that it happened.. hmmmmm should try during the daytime, might get better results.. But to all officers involved, you should be ashamed of yourselves, put yourself in his situation….
It sickens me that this type of abusive power takes place in what has been labeled the greatest country in the world. It’s scary to think how far this can be carried in the future. What next, police lynch mobs? As Americans we need to take steps to relieve the police of some of their power. They are there to protect and serve, not shoot, kill and terrorize.If only it were that easy, huh?
ARE YOU SHITTIN ME! THIS MAKES MY FUCKIN BLOOD BOIL! ITS OK THO CUZ IN A FEW MONTHS IT’LL BE LEGAL IN CA SO ALL YOU FUCKIN PIGS GET READY TO GO OUT AND FIND A REAL FUCKIN JOB! AND GUESS WHO WON’T HIRE YOUR WORTHLESS ASS!
These fucking coward pigs should be dragged out of their homes, dragged out onto the street, and shot in the head. Period.
The fact that this incident happened at all is just ridiculous!! The ‘so-called swat members’ in this case, wanted to catch a “so called drug dealer”, so bad they didnt even do ANY or survellience to see what this family was up to?!? And they killed a family member (the dog) just to find a misdeamor amount of MJ?! Everyone on that “so called team” should be fired and the family should be able to sue for invasion of privacy!!
I actually like it when cops get shot now. You guys are filthy monsters for doing this to people . FUCK THE POLICE.
seriously…fuck the police….they suck
Once again proof that the unjust classification of this herb as a schedule 1 narcotics kills. Not cannabis. I know when Nancy Regan and Barbera Bush pushed their husbands into this rediculous situation (escallating the war) they had the best of intentions in mind, but it was not thought through. Exactly the reason to undo that injustice to this country.
Good thing they didn’t shoot the people, they might end up being the president some day.
that video was so sad it made me cry. i cant believe that guy was able to compose himself after he figured out that they killed his dog. this “war” must stop. it is sense and meaningless. this toke is for all the lost pets!!
What a horrible thing to happen to such a normal family. This is tragic and something needs to be done about this. Why is this necessary anymore? I can’t even begin to want to know what that kid is going through….
November 2010 is going to be an awesome and exciting month in California!
Why is that they can’t use “less than lethal” force on animals on these raids instead of routinely dispensing of peoples pets when these folks aren’t even charged with a crime yet?
And people wonder why I think you have to be a sick individual to work on one of those teams. I couldn’t even stand by while one of my team mates did such a thing on a routine basis.
And PETA probably doesn’t want to take the chance of offending the police state for fear of backlash.
this is so disturbing, i hope those cops are punished in some way for there actions…
Who in god’s name would want to live in a state that allows cops to do stuff like this…..
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND SICKING.WE have the right to be in control of our own body’s.An by the way someday they just might do that to the wrong person only he/she could have more fire power an more ready, like they say what comes around goes around.Either that or Cali will have some domestic immigrants…lol
I never make comments regarding such statements but that may have been one of the most painful videos to watch hearing the dogs dying in the background. For many families a dog is a member of the family and is loved. And really? A corgi is about as threatening to a 200lb body-armored individual as one of the stuffed animals from the kid’s room where he was sleeping. And to kill them in front of a child, for shame.
While I have great regard for police in many aspects of what they do, their behavior towards the public with regards to drug policy and in this case needless murder of innocent animals makes me agree with NWA, F* the police. Such behavior should make respectable law enforcement ashamed because what is happening is not protecting the public but making them fear and despise the people meant to protect them.That kid is sure gonna be a proud supporter of police for the rest of his life I’m sure.
maybe they should be concerned about Bin Laden and his whereabouts.
It’s not shocking that the ASPCA refuses to acknowledge that this happens. They have their own “police”.
This is the same organization that supports implanting microchips in your pets. How is that humane? How is that YOUR pet with THEIR ****ing chip in it??!
I’ve seen their “Animal Cops” show many times. While there is genuine care for animals shown, it’s obvious that they are nothing more than a militarized “Animal Control”.
You should see the debate on the followup article in the cited paper there. Over 600 comments and growing. A lot of repeat posting but some real polarization. There is also a poll that clearly shows most people think the LEO in this case were out of line.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/may/03/drug-raid-inquiry-is-ongoing/
Lots of people claiming he was more upset over the dog than his family. It’s called shock. The highest point of trauma gets the brain to speak.
Wow, this is pathetic. They shot his dogs and then HE was endangering his child? Wtf happened here.
Actually, shooting dogs is quite tame for American law enforcement–state police forces and SWAT teams–at least by the standards of liberal minded, urbane and civil Massachussets. One of my mother’s friends has a daughter who was raped by an MA State cop and was impregnated. Actually one state cop even took a you-tube video of himself sexually violating a pornographic actress (barbie cummings?) during a “routine traffic stop” in exchange for not charging her with drug possession–this case unfortunately is quite rare, as only the stuppidest most thuggish of cops videotape their own misconduct (as those filmed shooting the little corgi did). The trick is getting to photograph them without their shooting you (or worse, destroying the camera!). For precisely this reason cops are notoriously sensitive about being photographed: if enough people took photos of them murdering and raping people (not just innocent Welsh Corgis) they would be at the top of the public enemy list.
i cant believe that happen. i didnt watch the tape because it would have freaked me out as well as fed up with the system on marijuana laws. one would think pet groups would have made a big deal over this.
I THINK THIS IS THE MOST DISGUSTING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! WHY WOULD YOU SHOOT A DOG WHEN IT WASN’T ATTACKING YOU? USE PEPPER SPRAY LIKE YOU ARE LEGALLY SUPPOSE TO! YOU KILLED A INNOCENT ANIMAL OVER A LITTLE POT, DO YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF NOW? IT JUST NEEDS TO BE LEGALIZED CAUSE YOU ARE MAKING MORE PROBLEMS WHEN IT’S NOT LEGAL THEN IF IT WERE LEGAL! BIG BAD COPS WITH THEIR FAMILY DOG KILLING GUNS! GOOD JOB PEOPLE GREAT WAY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
That it so crazy what happened. Pissed me off.
wow, i would seriously have pulled a gun on the cop for shooting my dog
I’m in absolute shock! That’s totally ridiculous, and I’d sue them for using cruel and unusual force!
I really don’t know. There are people that advocate this approach. Here you see one of the top 5 reasons to not smoke cannabis: the cops can break in your home and legally shoot your pets right in front of your children. Who the hell are they protecting?
All we have to do is VOTE to end this insanity.Our day will come…
This is totally facist. The witch hunt must stop. I hope theese cops are punished for animal cruelty, even though I know they won’t be. Furthermore the fact that man is charged with child endangerment when cops are firing automatic weapons in their residence is complete hypopcrisy! End prohibtion of cannabis and get theese criminals (i mean police) out of our homes, NOW!
Outrageous,, all I can say is I was waiting for the “Seig Heils”
And people wonder why no one has respect for law enforcement… Hard to describe how angry this makes me. Corgi’s aren’t even big enough to pose a threat to anyone in that room except the child.
Yet another great example how the ‘War on Drugs’ has ruined our country. Just imagine what would have happened if the little kid rushed out of his room and got shot in the same way.
The cop who shot that dog most likely wasn’t even charged or even reprimanded for firing his AUTOMATIC WEAPON inside a HOME when there was NO CLEAR THREAT PRESENT. This makes me sick.
By the way, nice couch! I have the same one.
I.. this…
what the FUCK.
God this is disgusting. Drug warriors are trained to have a God complex and this is what results from their indoctrination. The drug war is a war on American citizens, this is hardly an example of their worst behavior but still terrible. LEGALIZE IT! STOP HARASSING DECENT AMERICANS!
this is beyond ridiculous and makes me so sick.
I think this is nothing short than domestic terrorism by militerized police. they should keep these tactics to the mexican usa border, They also should have to compensate the dog owners for the loss of their pets. I think this was despicable behavior by police for what a bong and a little pot. how would they like it if they where treated this way? END PROHIBITON NOW!!!
this is a public outrage.
I cannot believe what I just watched. What reason did the police have to murder animals? What reason did they have to search that house to begin with? This is absolutely ridiculous, I am very angry that my tax money is going to things like this, what a discrace to America. These police should be beaten, stripped of their badges and forced to be attacked by dangerous animals. I actually feel physically sick right now after watching this, it reminds me of Ruby Ridge and Waco, and I’m starting to get very upset.
So let me get this straight.. humans are not allowed to consume drugs because they are too dangerous, but much smaller K-9 units are trained with drug tainted toys? So the police can kill your dog if they feel threatened and send their k-9 cop to attack you, but if you defend yourself against their K-9 cop you can be charged with (not animal cruelty) but with the endangerment or murder of a police officer? This has truly gotten out of hand! These police are seeming more and more like Nazis or the Gestapo than American law enforcement!
What a tragedy.
I am reluctant to criticize the police officers individually because there job is dangerous and officers are senselessly slain by ruthless thugs. However, it’s overwhelming clear that our government resources should not be used to terrorize the peaceful marijuana using public. Republicans and Democrats can unite on this issue – legalization and reasonable regulation of marijuana will cost society far less.
oh jesus…that is some sick shit……more of this should be aired…its shock an awe all right.
After this successful raid on a pipe, and a couple of joints worth of marijuana the ninga comps can go party till they can’t see straight drinking their alcohol to celebrate their great courageous victory, and of killing that vicious family pet. Lets all hope they, and their bosses down more than 12 shots in an hour of 86 proof while they celebrate. here brave coppers, have one more on me.
This makes me sick to my stomach. they were just ignoring him when he asked why they shot his dog.
Can you fix the offset on the video?
Who is the criminal here? This is the only the cops can keep Prohibition alive. FEAR.
I saw this on ” live – Leak ” this morning . How do you know it was just a ” Marijuana ” bust / how do you not know they were there because the guy was selling meth ?
Let’s not jump to conclusions . Granted if was just for ” Pot ‘ then that’s just ridiculous but don’t just assume it was a Pot bust and that hard drugs were the real cause of this bust . While i agree that killing little dog(s) was uncalled for and they should of done it when there were no children in the house you must look at the facts surrounding this case first before making assumptions that may not be true .
[Paul Armentano responds: No one is ‘assuming’ anything. The raid was over marijuana; the warrant for the search was for marijuana; and ultimately the only drug found was a minor amount of marijuana. Those are the facts.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/05/06/swat-raid-prompts-police-review-policy/
SWAT officers raided the home of Jonathan Whitworth, the dog’s owner, eight days after securing the search warrant on suspicion that Whitworth was dealing marijuana, Burton said. The officers encountered a pit bull and a Welsh corgi when they burst through the door of Whitworth’s home at 1501 Kinloch Court in southwest Columbia. They fatally shot the pit bull and wounded the corgi. Whitworth’s wife and child were also in the home when the police executed the raid, according to a report in the Columbia Tribune.
Whitworth pleaded guilty on April 20 to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia and was fined $300.]
[Russ adds: Ironic. Pleaded guilty on 4/20.]
This is unbelievable! I can’t believe that this ‘cold blooded’ murdering of pets goes on in drug raids. Please leaders, at least stop this now! This ‘army’ is wearing enough armor to repel an attacking mountain lion, for Christs sake!
As far as I am concerned, if California (Richard Lee) really wants to get serious about legalizing marijuana this year, stories like this need to hit the mainstream airwaves. I will gladly donate money for commercials that demonstrate the widespread animal abuse that is going on in the war against marijuana. Put this story, and others like it, on the radio, in billboards and on TV — California!
Wow im lost for words! I didnt know this was going on, i feel…well dam im pretty f’in mad! So i can see if the dog was a pitbull(mad one)What the hell is going on in this world, i dont think i can finish a comment for this i have such harsh feelings right now, what gives them a right! that poor dog was awoke in the middle of the night and maybe it was a people dog.. i dont get it!!!! they just shoot it WHY??? cant they use tranqulizers? i bet the dog was happy and wanted to be pet and was met with death. Look at the f’ed up world we live in everyone! stand up for gods sake, do whats right. that poor dog and family.
This is just so sad …..
Like the Nuremberg Trails, every one of the S.W.A.T. members should be charged before the court as war criminals.
those cops should be shot, i sold bud, i have 2 friendly pitbulls, the only thing i ever had to worry about was police. I didnt have enemys selling bud, i never faught or robbed or ripped people off, other than selling weed i was a law abiding citizen, but cops terrorized my life by robbing me for my money, weed and bongs. destroying my house and car in raids, ruining my relationship with my girl by locking me up, damn near make u wanna kill urself but luckily they didnt shoot my dogs cause thats something that turns a good hearted law abiding citizen into a serial cop killer.
WOW! I am speachless…
speechless*
I can’t believe that cops have turned into such pussy’s. These kind of things have been happening for far too long. We have got to take our country back from these brain dead followers. These guys are in for a very rude awakening when we finally say enough. Then we will see if they are just following orders when we order them to die!!!
It seems that the police need to be policed.
This is sooo outrageous! I have never seen anything like it! The poor dog posed absolutely no threat to the officers entering the home. Dogs bark–thats what they do. This seven year old child will be scarred for life over this incident. I can’t believe there has been no action toward the person that shot the dog. That is animal cruelty if I have ever seen it. This family has a right to keep their pets safe in their own home and this is utterly ridiculous!!!
Good god man. Pot is soooo bad but people mix alcohol and firearms all the time.. Are you kidding me??
and it continues…
Wow this sure sounds familiar and will probably to anyone who has been raided in the middle of the night. Our local heehaw police yanked my 18 year old daughter out of her bed with a gun to her head. Just glad he didn’t pull the trigger. After all they only found 1 gram of marijuana and a pipe after searching our house for 3 hours. When will we stop this madness? Washington has gone mad!
And if he had enough pot to have a lucrative marijuana empire worth shooting cops over, how exactly did he manage to get rid of it all in the few hours between daytime and that night? answer: swat kept it and smoked for free in there cool party van so they don’t get busted they wouldn’t want this to happen to their dog!!!
Can he still sue for endangerment from the police even though he did a plea to drop charges to a pipe?
This was a frightening article and video. I don’t even own a dog, but that just look absolutely terrible.
I’m surprised the organizations and mr. maher you contacted haven’t responded… I have a feeling Bill Maher reads NORML though, so maybe you’ll get a mention out of him.
This is absolutely outrageous. This needs to be an advertisement on TV to show the mass public just exactly what is happening. That WE are the victims of these horrendous laws against freedom and the pursuit of happiness for all free men and women. I really think just add some captions and buy some air time on the Television NORML are you LISTENING?
Wow. So sad hearing the dog cry. They shot it right when they went in the house it didnt even bite anyone. There should be a law that they are not alowed to shoot unless its a huge viscous monster that is lockjawed on some cop. If i was that guy shoot my dog i would def want to shoot back. This should be huge news. our society is fu$ked
about time this cruelty comes to light, what mean assholes
I cant believe what I’m watching. Something needs to be done we are slaves to the police. They can literally do whatever they want. This is beyond horrible and needs to be addressed by the justice system immediately.
Oh wait…
This is terrorism in action.
That shows the true side of the war on marijuana cops are the criminals in this case. Is a plant really worth this!!?????
I am truly saddened to live in the same state that this just happened in. The fact that smoking a bowl of the bud from a PLANT that grows out of the GROUND is considered child endangerment is insane. Did they search for alcohol in the fridge? Prescription pills? Knives? No, they went right after the dime bag of pot, bong and grinder, which are OBVIOUSLY more dangerous than alcohol, knives or pills that are in probably 75% of american households. Or how about live ammunition around a 7 year old? Who should REALLY be charged with child endangerment here? And who should have to pay the therapy bills for the rest of his life?
The one thing you dont rad much of is that a pit bull was killed, and the corgi was wounded. Another thing you dont read much about is that the pit bull was in a FUCKING CAGE!! And the corgi is no more dangerous than the 7 year old boy!! Fucking simple minded old fogeys are running this country into the ground, STAND THE FUCK UP everyone!!!
Horrible!!! Putting myself in the poor man’s shoes, I would grab my gun and kill all those SWAT scum if I knew they killed my beloved pet! Americans, it is time to arm ourselves against our tyrannous government! I am just turning 21 years old and will be purchasing a gun to defend myself against none other than the boys in blue. Sorry, if I have to fight to the death to defend my freedom, then I will do it!
WOW!!! is this America???? how sad !! wake up people …. legalize NOW.. stop this inhumanity against animals and humans!! very disturbing!
Good thing they got that dangerous criminal
Now I can sleep better at night knowing that could happen to me
(SARCASM)
This is sure to get a lot of hits. Please fix the video’s position! It’s covering up links on the right and is making the site look terribly unprofessional!
I had a case in Phoenix where they shot the family chow who was standing right next to a prone ten year old when the police shot the dog with a .223 round. The dog exploded spraying the ceiling and the ten year old with blood and guts.
Disgusting.
Its time to shoot back. We’ve put up with this crap for way too long. Arm and defend yourselves. The days of just bending over and taking it are over.
Please, please, please, make sure this is headline news all across the country, everyone! Tell all your friends, FACEBOOK it, get it out there. The time to end this is now!
I agree, NORML please help us by spending some money on making this more public, I am asking all my friends to donate to the cause, everyone else should do the same. If LEGALIZATION fails it’s because of YOU not acting to change the laws.
well, when you have a child and you do something you know could invite an act of terror from law enforcement, it is child endangerment – but, of course, it shouldn’t be the terrorists that should be allowed to reason the accusation, as terrorists never blame themselves for anything.
revolting disgust aside, this would be a perfect example for what califorina could use to show what happens if pot remains illegal.
show them the needless suffering of the family and brutality from the police. we can defeat prohibition. it’s just like “radical Russ” said “you cannot fight emotion with logic”
A well executed tactical entry. Great teamwork.
[Russ responds: Tactical entry, huh? I guess if euphemisms help you sleep better at night, officer, good luck to your soul. You’re the kind of person who would have complimented the accountants at Dachau for their meticulously pristine data entry.
In case anyone else needs some more euphemisms, remember that when police burst into your home and kill your dog, it’s a “well executed tactical entry”, but if you shoot back and kill their dog, it’s “murder of a police officer” (see http://www.policespecial.com/inthelineofduty/K9.htm for the chance to offer online condolences to slain K-9’s… I couldn’t kind a similar site to offer condolences to citizens who lost their dogs, often for little or no drugs found at their residence… but I did find this bit from Radley Balko’s work in The Daily Beast:
You have to wonder what kind of people want to be cops. I wonder how they can live with themselves after doing something like this. This is what we get when we don’t act at the polling place. Speak out! VOTE! Call your representatives. Tell them what you think of their heavy handed ways.
Many on the columbia tribune site are fools. Some claim that it was the guys fault for having a small amount of cannabis but i bet the vast majority of pro-police commenters drink or smoke cigarrettes (both far more dangerous than pot(unless you factor in police) and from the comments i read no one has pointed this out. i dont have a account on that site but if someone does i would encourage them to give the facts on cannabis or perhaps put a link to the schaffer report on the site.
Everyone should go to the Columbia Police Deparment’s website and use their online service to report crimes and fill out that their SWAT team committed the crime of MURDER. Flood their fucking website!!!
https://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Police/Crime_Reporting/reportform.php
This bothered me so much I sent an email to the Columbia MO police department. Shooting that dog was 100% unnecessary and this guy was obviously not a big time dealer or any sort. Just cannot believe these police assholes are worrying about petty pot dealers. They need to be worrying about the petafiles and crack dealers. God, what is wrong with this country! Here is the link I used:
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Feedback/feedback.php?email=mhb@GoColumbiaMO.com
this kind of “us vs the evil evil man” type of writing which has become the norm(l) on this website drives away supporters because it sounds fanatic. tone is extremely important.
[Russ responds: If you can give me an example of the proper tone to cover the story of police with automatic weapons firing them in an unarmed citizen’s home with his child present and killing his dog, I’m receptive. For in my perspective, this is evil. Or as Barry Goldwater put it, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”]
How did the man in the video stay as calm as he did? Those “officers” truly do deserve to die. This is disgusting and makes me ashamed to be from Missouri. We truly have turned into a country of Nazis. Fuck America and its “democracy.” If democracy allows for peaceful citizens to be treated like this, let it burn to the ground and be replaced with something more efficient. Any system that allows 49% of its people to be oppressed at the will of the other half is clearly a failure. The time has come either for revolution or for politicians to wake up in a hurry. This garbage is unacceptable.
And our tax dollars pay for this – UNBELIEVEABLE!
What losers.
Let me tell you about PETA. It should be called PETAWL for “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals We Like” because they regularly encourage shelters to euthanize pitbulls immediately without even trying to find them homes.
As for the police, it seems like a no-brainer here for someone like Bill Maher. Also has anyone tried contacting elected officials? I think I’ll be giving mine a call in the morning.
BTW, you might all mention this to Rachel Maddow. I bet she’d give it an airing. she’s @maddow on Twitter. Also @KeithOlbermann would probably put this on World’s Worst. Just a couple of suggestions.
land of the free home of the brave huh?
fuck our government. false sense of security and freedom. notice how they dont even know as little as the guy’s name when busting through their home.
I hope this motivates each and every one of you/us to get active.
Maybe marijuana should be legal or may not, but I am angry at the father & mother that put their family in harms way. We have laws for a reason, if you don’t like them do something to change them. We are either law abiders or law breakers. If we choose to break the law, then know that there may be consequence. If it’s worth it go for it. The children & little dog didn’t have a say. You put them in harms way without their permission. Shame on you.
[Russ responds: So, your position then, is that anyone who consumes a personal amount of cannabis in the privacy of their home should reasonably expect their pets to be shot and their family to be terrorized? Because they are “law breakers”? Because that is an appropriate response to the danger presented by marijuana? The only “harms way” they placed their child under was manifested by the police who are supposed to protect people from harm!
“We have laws for a reason.” Really? Can you tell me the reason why there’s a law that declares the dad who smokes a bowl at home as a criminal, but if he chugs a six-pack and chain-smokes cigarettes, he’s a “law abider”? Especially knowing that alcohol’s role in domestic violence and tobacco’s second-hand smoke are far more potentially dangerous to the child than the parents’ cannabis use (absent the police shooting up the home)?]
Cops go to hell.
I’m sorry, I have a dog too, and I love my dog. But, if I am stupid enough to use drugs and keep a bong sitting out in my living room with a small child in the house, I feel like a cops life is a little more important than my dogs. But ok, let’s make the cops wait into the dog draws blood before they are allowed to shoot them. Come on people
[Russ responds: …use “marijuana”, not “drugs”. The pit bull was locked in a cage and the corgi, well, was a corgi. No officer’s life was ever in danger. The child’s well-being was never in danger, except from the automatic weapons going off from the officers in the raid. Your “blame the victim” mentality is a direct result of the demonizing of marijuana users in this war on “drugs”. You’d have no issue with the man if he had a bottle of aspirin on the table, which could kill the child if he accidentally ingested too much, unlike the cannabis. You’d never sanction this action if the father had left a bottle of Jack Daniels on the table, despite the statistics showing much more potential danger to the child in an alcoholic home. But a bong and a personal amount of marijuana, in your mind, justifies the police killing a caged dog and firing weapons in a home with children present?
Keep in mind also, Mike, that you could be the smartest guy in the world, not keep marijuana in your home, and still have the cops break down your door and shoot your dog. Hell, you could even be your city’s mayor. The issue isn’t whether someone was dumb in thinking they could use cannabis in private at home in less-than-felony amounts and not expect their dogs to be shot and family terrorized… the issue is the increasing militarization of policing and escalation in violence from law enforcement in situations neither lethal to the officers nor dangerous to society.]
I posted story and pic of dog on my facebook.
That story is a prime example of brain dead pigs doing the bidding of evil overlords of the alcohol and pharmaceutic industry and the FDA. They are the real drug lords.
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On a similar topic look what these type of cops a.k.a. brain dead drunken pig puppets do for fun…………..
Two Deputies are now fired after they admitted they did not follow proper procedures while on duty.
Deputies Mark Noffke and Robert Sillers are no longer apart of the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office.
Both Noffke and Sillers responded to the crash of a Traverse City Police Officer, Joseph Sofferdine, but never conducted a field sobriety test.
The Sheriff believes both deputies gave Sofferdine “preferential treatment”.
Now, Officer Sofferdine is accused of drunk driving and running his car off the road in February.
Sofferdine is awaiting trial but there is a possibility of a plea deal.
source:http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=225352&cID=1
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So 2 on-duty cops let their drunk driving cop buddy go free and cover his tracks. And all they get is fired????? And I can`t wait to see how many “MINUTES” in jail the drunken cop gets for his crime. “plea deal” haha
I wonder how many lives these 3 little piggys destroyed just for growing a plant.
People are getting more and more pissed off because the government,law enforcement, and the media doesn`t take them, or NORML seriously. Yet the pills and booze continue to be advertised on television to children. The hypocritical chaos must end before a civil war breaks out. Sad sad times we are in.
A prosecuting attorney told me at my sentencing for growing a plant,”He just hasn`t been caught before.” If the police are watching us, who is watching the police???? How do you catch a cop??? You don`t. They have the automatic weapons, planes, helicopters, $33,000,000,000/yr budget to kill puppy’s that smoke pot. Oh yeah and not to mention many towns and city`s raising taxes for DEA enforcement…..CHAOS
just awful
LAND OF THE FREE MY ASS
do this to me in front of my family i will track down every one of those bastards catch them when they least expect it and bust a f7c9in2 cap in them one on one no witness (unless there sticking u know what up there silent code brothers ass then its a 2 fer) what goes around comes around TIME TO LEGALIZE
SOme cops are actually still human, but have to follow orders. That particular cop, is a heartless fucking drone. The dog was probably not even close to attacking, it was probably just barking like most dogs do as a warning to its owner. I know a couple of cops, one is a loving family man the other is a bit weird. I mentioned to the second cop one day that I had some shady neighbors, his response to me was buy a gun and shoot them, he continued to tell me that Glocks are the way to go.
Disgusting. Wake up America…The Illuminati is succeeding in dividing and conquering. The United States is the modern Gestapo!!
the land of the free?? WHOEVER TOLD YOU THAT IS YOUR ENEMY!.
Disgusting! Fascism is here.
Another reason why what Norml is trying to do is SOOOOO important. I wish you guys the best of luck!
Prohibition Truth Number One
The “drug war” is not a war against drugs — quite the contrary — it’s a war for drugs. It strongly encourages both production and distribution of prohibited drugs by guaranteeing extremely high profits for everyone involved. Does it make any sense to believe a government policy that guarantees massive profits for any activity could possibly result in less of that activity?
Let’s be very clear: the “drug” war is a war against living, breathing human beings, not drugs. Drugs are merely the dishonest excuse for an extremely profitable, ruthless enterprise, the victims of which are real people.
The violence in Mexico, where more than 6,000 have been murdered in just one year, where bodies are often mutilated and beheaded, is NOT the result of America’s demand for prohibited drugs (as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has implied). Not at all. That demand, like our demand for alcohol and nicotine, could easily be satisfied without any violence.
The thousands of murders in Mexico (and thousands more in this country) each year are the direct result of drug prohibition itself. When alcohol was prohibited, the murder rate in America skyrocketed, when Prohibition ended, the murder rate rapidly declined. When’s the last time you heard of a murder during an alcohol deal gone bad?
How can you honorable representatives of the American people justify arresting and jailing hundreds of thousands, the killing of thousands more each year, and the squandering of billions in taxpayer money on a guaranteed futile attempt to stop adults from using marijuana?
When will you find the courage to tell the truth about drug prohibition?
Prohibition Truth Number Two
This patently wasteful and highly destructive war against human beings continues unabated because the various special interests that profit greatly from prohibition have sufficient control over you, the honorable representatives of the American people.
These special interests are well aware they would lose billions in profits if you were to find the courage to end prohibition, again.
If prohibition were to end, the illegal drug industry (cartels, dealers) would lose billions. Industries spawned by prohibition (drug testing, incarceration) would also lose big money. But the most significant special interest group that would lose billions if prohibition ended, the special interest group with by far the most political power, is our own government.
Prohibition has become an extremely lucrative, institutionalized part of our government. At least 50 government agencies profit greatly from this war against real human beings. Millions more taxpayer dollars are spent on patently deceitful propaganda to keep fooling Americans about prohibition and to keep taxpayer billions flowing to these agencies.
These government agencies are quite literally addicted to drug money. They’re hooked on the taxpayer billions they waste each year as they pretend to fight an enemy created and sustained by prohibition itself.
When will you find the courage to tell the truth about drug prohibition?
Argument 1) Prohibition is blatant government fraud — guaranteed to fail
Prohibition pretends to fight drugs. In fact, it guarantees massive profits to anyone in the world who can produce and deliver prohibited drugs to our streets. It pretends to regulate drugs. In fact it completely abandons regulation. It pretends jailing drug dealers is “fighting drugs.” In fact, this just creates lucrative job openings for more efficient, more ruthless, eager replacements.
It pretends intercepting large quantities of illegal drugs is “winning the war.” In fact only a small percentage of drugs are intercepted and those seized are easily and cheaply replaced. Prohibition pretends to be protecting us from “dangerous drugs” (such as marijuana) while legal nicotine and alcohol kill 500,000 Americans each year.
Prohibition is a massive government fraud. It creates, sustains, and handsomely rewards the illegal drug industry while pretending to fight that very same industry. Like the classic mafia “protection racket,” our government creates a perpetual problem and then charges us big money to “protect” us from it.
is that really…a lot of people will go buy multiple ounces…and sit on it…to think of a swat team banging down your door, killing your dog, and arresting you for some marijuana that you must smoke in private as it is….that is just ridiculous.
some places still look at marijuana as the devil, take the show…police women of..maripoca(the newest one)…ANY marijuana, and the user gets absolutely reamed by the cops for “drug abuse”….you turn on the TV, and see people say “no thanks to pot” but “yes on the tequilla”….
meh.
Argument 2) Prohibition violates our most basic human right
Prohibition denies us the right of sovereignty over our own bodies and gives this power to our government. Does any other human right make sense if we don’t have sovereignty over our own bodies? There’s a word for people who don’t have sovereignty over their own bodies: slaves.
Prohibition declares our master (the government) has ultimate control over what we individuals can and cannot put into our own bodies. Should we disobey our master, and trust our own minds, we can be punished — often very severely.
If we find using marijuana as medicine eases our suffering, we must get down on our knees and beg our owners at the state level to get permission to put this medicine into our government-owned bodies. But even if we get permission, our slave master, the federal government, can still put us in chains.
Prohibition is overt government tyranny.
Argument 3) There’s no moral justification to criminalize any drug use
The most insidious and evil aspect of the “drug war” is it manufactures its own enemies by simply criminalizing our most basic human right — the right of sovereignty over our own bodies.
Prohibition could not exist without our government inventing a bogus crime.
The use of drugs (even dangerous drugs like alcohol and nicotine) simply doesn’t meet any reasonable moral definition of “crime.” Real crime requires action that harms another. Real crime requires both a victim and a perpetrator.
Even if the act of ingesting certain drugs were somehow a crime, we can’t commit a crime against ourselves. Just as it’s not criminal to stab ourselves, or to rob ourselves, we can’t be criminals for merely putting something into our own bodies. Only a corrupt, depraved government could invent a crime we commit against ourselves.
Living, breathing human beings are being taken from their loved ones and locked up for a “crime” created out of thin air by our government.
Prohibition is overt government tyranny.
Argument 4) Users of illegal drugs are not debased human beings
Human beings in all cultures throughout history have regularly altered their minds with a wide variety of drugs. Drug use is hardly an isolated anomaly — it may even be part of human nature. Billions around the world derive positive benefits from mind-altering drugs (especially from alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, and marijuana).
Many respected, productive people, including many of you honorable members of Congress, are (or were) regular users of illegal drugs. Many of you are regular “users” of alcohol or nicotine. Demonizing and criminalizing some drugs, while approving others, without rational criteria, is patently arbitrary and deceitful.
Just as the vast majority of alcohol users consider their drug of choice a positive part of their lives, the vast majority of illegal drug users consider their drug of choice a positive part of their lives. No matter what their drug of choice, we should show compassion and help those with problems. They need treatment, not prison. We don’t put alcoholics in jail.
Why are “drug dealers” condemned for “pushing poison” or “ruining lives,” but alcohol and nicotine dealers aren’t?
Propaganda generated by our government (and other special interests that profit greatly from prohibition) necessarily demonizes those who use prohibited drugs. It’s fine to have a few beers at the ball game, or smoke cigarettes to get a mental boost, but if you relax with a joint, you’re a low-life “drug user” or “druggie.” It’s then a small propaganda step from “druggie” to “criminal.”
Yet more prohibition insanity
Medical marijuana research
To protect their drug money, special interests within our government have dishonestly thwarted legitimate medical marijuana research for decades.
Marijuana has been used as medicine in many cultures throughout history. It’s been shown to be effective for treating a variety of ailments. Recent studies have identified cannabinoid receptors in many parts of the human body, including areas outside the brain that control vital bodily functions. This suggests there may be multiple medical uses for marijuana yet undiscovered.
But pretending to stop adults from using marijuana is much more profitable to our government than medical marijuana research.
Hemp
Prohibition also bans hemp, once a mainstay of the American agricultural economy. Hemp, “nature’s perfect plant,” could bring a bonanza to American farmers, greatly reduce America’s dependence on fossil fuels, and thus help mitigate global warming and climate change.
This environmentally friendly plant grows without herbicides, nourishes the soil, matures quickly, and provides high yields. Hemp is the number one biomass producer in the world — ten tons per acre in four months! It could be an excellent fuel-producing crop.
Hemp can be made into paper, paneling, injection-molded plastics, clothing, and thousands of other useful products. The highly nutritious seeds can be used to make flour, cooking oil, and even cattle feed.
But pretending to stop adults from using marijuana is much more profitable to our government than easing global warming.
Conclusion
Supporting a government policy guaranteed to both fail and cause vast human suffering is egregiously immoral.
Prohibition is a deep, self-inflicted wound on humanity. Arbitrarily punishing users of certain politically incorrect drugs is just plain cruel. Severely punishing those who produce and deliver illegal drugs is like dangling meat in front of starving dogs and then beating them unmercifully when they disobey your command and lunge for the meat.
Prohibition guarantees lucrative jobs for desperate people all along the chain of production and distribution. Most are motivated by survival not greed. Rampant corruption of foreign governments (e.g. Mexico, Columbia, Afghanistan) is driven by massive drug profits — human life and human rights are secondary.
Yes, if prohibition ended, many businesses would fail. Many government agencies would lose billions. Tens of thousands of decent Americans would lose their government jobs. But that’s no reason to continue this insane war against our fellow human beings for even one more day.
Even if one accepted all the positive claims of prohibitionists, the benefits don’t come close to outweighing the massive costs in cash and human suffering. For what? Most of the drug war billions are spent trying to stop adults from using marijuana.
The best interests of the American people would be better served by treating drug users who need help instead of spending billions arresting and jailing them. Treatment could be totally financed by taxing and regulating these drugs.
We, the undersigned, demand that you uphold your moral duty to represent the best interests of the American people. We hereby demand you honorable ladies and gentlemen use the power we have entrusted in you to peacefully end the blatantly dishonest, extremely expensive, highly destructive, futile-by-design, government tyranny know as the “drug war.”
Humanity has suffered long enough.
this shit makes me sick…if they came into my home and shot my dog, theyd have to charge me with assault of an officer too!!!!!!!!!! THERES NO WAY ID BE OKAY WITH THAT GOING DOWN IN MY HOME.
May the worst kind of death come to those who fired those shots. Fucking PIGS
This is completely outrageous! These types of things MUST stop. I took the liberty of contacting PETA, although I doubt they will care since a “druggie” was involved.
NORML put it right on, the cops put the family in much more danger than the pot did!
Spread the word about this article to all of your friends! Post it on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.
THIS HAS TO STOP!
F***ing heartless bastards! As soon as they said they killed my dog, they would have shot me next. I would have blacked out and tried to hurt them. Fu**ing nut job, soulless, communistic nazi f**ks. But don’t worry. There is a God who will bring His vengence and wrath upon the entire lot of them.
The last I checked, thou shalt not kill was still written in stone.
Heartbreaking. Sickening. Anyone who says that this guy was placing his family in this danger by having a small amount of marijuana should immediately dump out any cleaning chemicals, any alcohol, throw away their cigs and cover up all the outlets of their houses… because these things have killed way more children than marijuana ever has.
I’ll be writing some letters to some public officials come tomorrow.
That is HORRIBLE,if that happened to one of thier own dogs maybe they would understand. “LEAVE THE DOG ALONE WERE GOOD” after shooting the dog 4x…. thats fuckin wrong..
Holy Smokes. This is a bad! Sickening! There is corruption on the highest floors. Follow the money. How can the Columbia, MO Swat team afford all that equipment? Better stuff then our soldiers are getting? Pure para-military police tactic greed!
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We need a movement like the size of the Civil Rights movement. Anti prohibitionist organizations need to take this movement to a higher level.
The New World Order is here! Wake up and take a stand.
What Martin Luther King Did… We need to do the same. Take it to the streets and protest until these barbaric laws change. Pot smokers need to come out of the closet and start joining the anti drug war movement.
Civil Disobedience is sometimes needed if you want a change from your government. Kick the Fascists out of America!!
yeah when i saw it said it was disturbing I figured it would be but that shit just ruined my high. WTF are we doing? were sending swat teams in to raid a cannabis users home. The fact that they shoot the dogs is something our government should be very ashamed of. There are alot of things that our government does to piss me off but nothing more than cannabis prohibition. It is this kind of shit that makes you wonder how something in America can be this corrupt. It is solely based on lies and power and then they try to justify this type of activity and people actually believe that the plant is the problem.
I only watched that video once and I can’t watch it again but this goes to show the system is screwed. We can’t expect the “public servants” to serve us when at any time they can raid our homes and shoot our family members over pot.
Thank you for covering this issue. As a pet owner and a family man, this hits me hard and hurts my heart.
Full riot gear and body armor and a Corgi is something to fear? What a GIANT PUSSY! My dog is a part of my family, you kill it, I kill you. I can’t imagine the memories that child is going to have. The sounds of the gunfire, the dog dying, dad being arrested. This is the war on drugs.
Wow, NORML. I don’t think Ive ever seen nearly this many comments on one of your articles. USE THIS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE!
The potential for this to be utilized to influence public opinion is astronomical.
NORML:PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE SURE STUFF LIKE THIS CAN NEVER EVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!
(I know you will!)
i cant believe this, glad i moved away from columbia, will never go back now! Fuck them dirty ass dog killing, child terrorizing PIGS!!!!!!
This made me sick to my stomach. Kill the ankle biting family pet for some dried up weed in a baggy. This is a disgrace to our country. I really wanted to scream at the pigs. I really want this shown to everyone. Whether they hate cannabis or not, I just want to prove everyone how horrible this prohibition really is.
Gestapo style raid, Is any one on here thinking about moving to Missouri ?I bet not!
No one seems to have touched on the costs of an operation like this.
10 officers on the scene, 8 hours overtime pay @ roughly 60$ an hour, + cruiser costs, court cost comes out to around 8000$ just for this operation.
All of that was done in order to serve a 300$ citation.
Almost 10,000$ was spent to nab a couple grams of weed and terrorize a citizen of the United States.
Fucking bastards. Wow. We aren’t free. They need to get AIDS and rot.
this is .. im at a loss for words im angry? and sad for this poor family my love gose to them
law enforcement is getting completly out of hand these days i cant even type my anger at the momment this is fuckin unreal
“Ditto” freedom.
Having owned 3 Corgis and one at the moment- I can assure anyone that the child in this video posed more threat than that dog. They are the sweetest breed imaginable. I was happy to see that the Corgi is seen moving across the video after shots were fired at 2:13. If a pit bull did coexist with the Corgi it was merely protecting its owner and not a vicious dog. Seriously, a sad state we are in folks- I teared up at the mother coddling the child in the corner. Who are the violent criminals in this video?
The government is pushing their boundaries. Eventually people will rise against them, just like the Nazi’s. Just like we did against the England.
Everything is run by money. EVERYTHING. Do you think there would even be a drug war if it wasn’t for money? Do you think the government really cares if people do drugs? As displayed in this video, clearly they don’t care about anyone’s well being but their own.
Destroy a family mans life, shatter a young child’s opinion about the government and the police, kill a loved family pet, and all so they could recover less than $200 worth of weed and “drug” paraphernalia.
I hope this shows everyone on here that we have NO FREEDOM. The government is still the government, they can still do WHATEVER they want. Think about it.
If they wanted to come to your house, kill your entire family, make you watch, then frame you and put you in jail for your entire life, they could.
Just imagine the shit this family has to go through now. The wife is probably upset with the husband for doing illegal drugs and GETTING CAUGHT. The police have embarrassed the father in front of his son, lowering the respect his son has for him. Father now has a drug charge on his record. Probably got fired from his job… His life went from good, to shit in a matter of minutes.
Either way, the Blue Pigs in this scenario were completely wrong, and they deserve to be sent to jail for the rest of their lives, just like the countless innocent people they’ve locked away.
If you can, please write the police department of Columiba, MO and express your opinions about this incident to them. The information directory including police department numbers are located here:
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/contact.php
Please let them know how you feel, I already have expressed myself. Spread this article to as many people as you can, it speaks quite well about the current state of things when you hear that poor dog in pain before they killed it….
I wish there was a way we could move on Legalization quicker. Waiting till Nov. to cast a vote gives the crazy Gestapo thugs too much time to do more harm to the citizens of this country.
HELL?! This happens to a lot dispensary owners here in cali. Pieces of SHIT “police”. Police are there to PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, not use “legal” means of terrorizing families.
The only people who should’ve been arrested for 2nd degree child endangerment are the fucking pigs that TERRORIZED a child, maybe for life, and the child is probably going to be paranoid for the rest of his life of police.
Animals…
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! If it was my state I’d be calling for badges.
Unreal. The excuses are pathetic. We need to hire REAL heroes to be cops.
in oHIGHo a police dog is concidered a police officer would that not make my family pet one of my children?
OMG America is turning in to nazy germany, treating their people so bad
What happend to the land of the free ???
I think their vote poll is fixed on that site you provided. The vote I gave didn’t seem to show up in the count numbers. That or they are screening the votes? Which is as good as cheating.
Those pigs shot the dog to give the “doper” some street justice. If they shoot my dog I will literally be there worst nightmare. Cops are scum of the earth.
This sickens me! I hope these ass hole cops feel good about this at the end of the day when they’re sitting at home drinking a beer! I would love to see these cops shipped to a communist country where they would be right at home. I could not think off myself as a man if I had done something so wrong. What if this was Paris Hiltons dog I’m sure she has some type of drugs around her. Would something get done then. But then again she lives in California.
Suggestion: 161 posts here need to be turned into snail mail to our “leaders”.
Perhaps a paypal button:
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Also, can someone please explain under what legal authority cannabis possession is outlawed?
The controlled substances act argument does not hold water: cannabis tinctures were known pharmacy items, certainly patent 6630507* and laws in the various states demonstrate medical use in the United States.
In Canada, a 2007 judge agreed Canadian laws were unconstitutional.**
What lawful excuse that cannot be proven fraudulent is used to arrest millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens?
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** “For the reasons stated in R V Long, 2007 O.J. No. 2916 2007 ONCJ 341, this Court should adopt and apply the following reasons of Justice H. Borenstein J., Ontario Court of Justice:
8] The Crown submits that I have no jurisdiction to declare s, 4(1) of the CDSA unconstitutional. I can find it to be unconstitutional but I cannot declare it to be unconstitutional. My jurisdiction is to deal with the issues presented in the case before me. General declaratory powers are the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Courts.
[9] I am not declaring the criminal prohibition unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal did that in Parker. That Court stated that the criminal prohibition on possession of marijuana is unconstitutional absent a constitutionally acceptable medical exemption. Given my finding that the Government has not enacted a constitutionally acceptable exemption, then, in accordance with Parker, the law prohibiting possession of marijuana is unconstitutional.
[10] Mr. Long is charged with a law that is unconstitutional. Even though he himself is not in medical need of marijuana, it is certainly open to him to challenge the law on the basis that it is unconstitutional
[2] It is well within his right to argue that the current criminal prohibition is unconstitutional as it fails to provide a constitutional exemption for those in medical need – even though he is not one of those persons.
Having succeeded, he cannot be found guilty of a law that is unconstitutional. Therefore, the charges against him will be dismissed.”
source: http://www.treatingyourself.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=24531
I CANNOT believe this!!! If there wasn’t video footage I might have just blown this off. I’m a supporter of NORML but I never in a million years expected a SWAT team to bust in and kill an innocent little dog. Let me repeat that, an innocent LITTLE dog. It’s a corgi. They aren’t aggressive! Even if it was a pitbull in a cage, it would have been in a freaking cage! How would the little animal pose a threat to you in any way?!?!? The worst is what trauma is going to haunt that poor child! All this violence for a small amount of marijuana! This is just unbelievable! From the looks of the house, they seemed to be a respectful family that weren’t leeching on the welfare system. Doesn’t this country have more important hot button issues than to terrorize a family that recreationaly uses pot? I’m crying, but my blood is boiling. I’m so DISGUSTED by our law enforcement!
[Russ responds: To be fair:
The police killed the pit bull, not the corgi.
The pit bull was not in a cage, but rather behind one of those plastic room-divider gates that folks buy to keep dogs or children in one room.
The corgi was shot, in the paw, wounded, but not killed.]
they ought to kill the cops
After seeing this, I have one question:
Who are the terrorists, again?
Who are the real threats to our children?
Who threatens our liberty?
The police, that’s who.
Teach your children to loathe and fear the police just as you would a poisonous snake. They are truly the dregs of our society.
Are you listening, LE? We, the law abiding taxpayers, hate your f’in guts.
This is tthe most disgusting thing I have ever seen
totally fucked … wht the fuck where the cops thinking
I hope this SWAT team is reading these comments because all of them are a bunch of morons. All the Columbia police officers need to be investagted because these actions are terrorist acts. End this violence, LEGALIZE CANNABIS!!!!!
What happens when you trap a badger in a corner? We’re going to see more and more swat raids like this because the badgers are losing the battles and need to fight back to look big.
People aren’t buying their line anymore, and things are only going to get worse until finally they lose entirely.
Is it just me, or shouldn’t a democracy be run by lottery?
I couldnt read all these posting – very upseting.
Why can’t we sue those cops for excessive force?
When sanity returns to america, i hope all those bums get their pension revoked. We need an updated version of the Nuremberg Trials!
The fucking drug war killed my dad, he was a cop and I think if he were here now he’d agree it needs to end, cops die in this shit too. BUT FOR THEM TO KILL SOMEONES FUCKING DOG!! ESPECIALLY THE CORGI NOT THE PIT BULL!! WTF!!!! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT!!
[Russ responds: Very important to remember:
The pit bull was shot and killed. It was not in a cage, but rather behind one of those plastic gates you put up in a doorway to keep kids and/or pets out of a room.
The corgi was shot in the paw, but not killed. It’s unclear whether the corgi was targeted, or just hit by stray gunfire.
Nevertheless, it’s abhorrent.]
I sincerely hope that someone out there lures a swat team to a location where they will all be treated as the terrorists they are. And I ain’t talking about taking prisoners.
The video I viewed yesterday on youtube had 150,000 views and now, 12 hours later, it has over 500,000 views!!
We know what you are doing to our citizens, and we are done asking nicely for you to stop trampling our Constitutional Rights.
America, it’s time to take this country back from our corrupt political leaders and corrupt police force. I’m done asking nicely, and I’ll just take it by force if need be.
My biggest idol’s in this fucked up world is not some singers or actors, like most peoples idols. Don’t get me wrong, i like music and movies as much as the next guy. I just dont worship them, or get as impressed as most, for what they do for a living.
My heroes are people like Marc Emery, Scott Morgan,Bill Maher,People from LEAP, people from NORML,and in general people who speak out for this kind of injustice to end.
These are the real heroes, and it would be an honor to sit down and eat a cannabis cookie with any of them..
Thanks to all the freedom fighters …!
It’s a good thing this was captured on video. I really don’t think 98% of the population knows that this BS happens all over the country on a daily bases. EVERY DAY!
One of the poster above said something about changing the laws first and quit breaking them so this stuff doesn’t happen!? Whenever we do try to change the laws guess who shows up wearing their guns (on tax payer’s time)? Ya think these cops don’t love busting into homes and shooting dogs and the like? It’s a sport to many of them. Some of them brag about it when the raids are over. Still, there are plenty of good cops left over at LEAP.org
ITS A GOOD THING THE CHILD DIDN’T COME RUNNING AND BARKING AT THEM. THEY WENT IN THAT HOUSE LOOKING FOR A MESS. THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE LAW THEY ARE SO USED TO BREAKING THE LAWS THEMSELVES THEY JUST ASSUME EVERYONE ELSE IS TOO. THEY ONLY SERVE AND PROTECT EACH OTHER. WHOSE GOING TO PROTECT US FROM THEM.
Worst thing ever, gj failswat.
This is a comment from the local News.. the columbian tribun or something. “This is one of the results of militarizing the police departement. Most SWAT team members are indistiguishable from masked terrorists. Many, obviously, are juiceheads. Combine all of this with immunty from prosecution and what you get is a bunch of heavily armed, hair trigger, immune cowboys who are sent out (in masks) to bust someone for a pot offense.”
maybe when weeds legal we can shoot their dogs let them have a taste of their own
if they shot the dog in the paw im sure it would be more worried about its paw and not the pigs. so why did they have to kill it? why even shoot it?? its a dog!!!
What a tragic thing for the children to witness…it will haunt them and shape their opinions for the rest of their lives.
My prayers are with you and your beloved companion who has now “crossed the bridge.” May he rest in peace and all the love he enjoyed while romping this sweet green earth with your family.
Wouldn’t you think that they would do some research knowing dogs were present in the house with the warrant and have solutions to calmly resolve the situation. Oh wait they thought he was a Big Time drug dealer and only found a few things like residue baggies; GREAT Preparations Law Enforcement. It’s situations like this that makes law enforcement look like Douche Bags.
if marijuana users shot back police would pussy out in a hurry .you all know what needs to be done .why isnt the shooters home adress published
It took me several hours before I could sit down and watch this video, simply because I knew how horrible it would be.
The actions of SWAT teams across America are shameful. Their karmic debt will be huge in the next lifetime and the next, and the ……. .
What aggravates me is the web covers these stories, some with more vigor than others, and then we usually get any follow up.
And then we usually Do Not get any follow up.
THIS IS A JOKE AND MAKES ME SICK. following this link to give those pigs a piece of my mind.
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Feedback/feedback.php?email=mhb@GoColumbiaMO.com
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF. The only way we are going to be able to fight things like this is by public awareness and support. Seriously this is a key example why NOBODY respects law enforcement today. Its a joke for what they can get away with and what they can do “Just because of a badge.” Not to mention just because they are cops their “view” or “opinion” on ANY situation automatically swings their way. I guess COPS are above the law and can do what they want and reap the benefits while us citizens arent worth a shit and are all just considered convicts once accused of ANY PETTY OFFENSE. There was no reason for the police to act in that way in any shape of form.
One of these days the cops are gonna keep pushing their bullshit because their is no regulation or anything thats worth a damn to monitor them and the public is going to lose all respect for law enforcement.
“Johnny Law said it happened this way….” bullshit, just because im a citizen and not a cop my opinion doesn’t mean shit..nice justice system.
As a fellow dog owner there is no way in hell I would take that happening to my dog. I wouldn’t stop until the whole department was fined, fired and shut down. As for the officer that shot the dog he should rot in jail.
Here is the copy of what I sent to the CoMo police department.
I saw the video yesterday of your “SWAT” team in action last February, storming a home in the middle of the night, the shooting of family dogs, and the excecution of a search warrent.
I waited until today to send my response, since I did not want emotion to cloud the message.
I understand the necessity for an occaisonal operation of that sort, but I highly doubt that this man posed enough of a threat, even if he HAD been dealing Marijuana, to justify the actions your officers executed. If even the simplest of background checks let alone adequate investigation had been done, then you had to be aware of the presence of a young child and animals in the home. I assume from the actions of the SWAT members that they most certainly were aware of the dogs, since the first thing they did was chase the Corgi, and gun down both family pets. Obviously the only danger the Welsh Corgi could have presented was getting stepped on, so why was it shot? I’ve also heard the pit bull was caged when it was shot and killed. I don’t know if this is fact, but if it is, this along with the shooting of an “ankle biter” is CLEAR misuse of a firearm, and the officer(s) responsible has/have no business carrying a weapon.
The child was present for these senseless acts by an officer, and due to the child’s age, he will never understand whatever justifications your office may chose to give, for in the eyes of a 7 or 8 year old, there are none. You have traumatized him, and the repercussions will last his entire life. Do not be surprised if this child grows to hate ALL authority, since you KNOWINGLY have proven to him that authority equals cruelty and terror.
The cost of this operation, both monetarily and morally, is not justified, and goes a long way to reinforce the opinion that law enforcement is ineffecient, and full of foolish wasting of resources. It also goes much further than you would imagine to reinforce the belief that police forces across the nation are now populated by tyrannical, adrenaline driven, maniacal drones incapable of human empathy or feeling. They act as if the population were the enemy, not their boss.
All in all, the damage caused by this act of terror could never be worth whatever you believe to have been gained by it. I sincerely hope your police department has learned this.
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is freedom.” I do not see us as a free nation, and haven’t for some time, and this incident, along with the 100’s others per day across the nation only serves to reitterate that fact, especially since incidents like this are frequently carried out against the wrong person(s), by virtue of incorrect information and poor investigation.
I have not had a clear opinion of whether or not cannibis should be legal, but now, I understand what destruction the prohibition has caused and continues to cause, and will join in attempting to get marijuana leglaized across the country. I have no stake in the actual issue, except that my home might be raided by mistake one day, and my animals slaughtered, my children terrorized, my property damaged, and I would have no recourse since my government does not fear me. And that is enough of a reason.
Sincerely
****** ******
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: means those who still believe in freedom and our Constitution. All others need not apply…just tend your biscuits.
If you can’t vote…march! If you can’t march…
write! If you can’t write [e-mail]…phone! If you don’t do these things…tell [all] your friends! You can do something [anything]…but don’t do nothing. Don’t be bashful. It’s time to stand up for your rights or grow wool.
The time has come for all who have faith in freedom to act. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, ride or life. If [big if] you want this to happen, you’ve [got to] act. You don’t have to buck the entire government, just your elected representative…that one person that is supposed to represent you. They know who put them in office – and – they know who can take them out. It really is that simple – but – only if you act, otherwise they could care less. Let your voice be heard. If they ignore majority rule, [let them know], they should seek employment elsewhere…
permanently! [Let them know], we’re tired of this crap and we’re not gonna take it anymore…period! So! vote the will of the people or pack your bags…you’re about to become a by-gone – and – we intend to forget their name, especially the next time they ask for our vote.
OMFG!!! THAT WAS DISGUSTING! I HOPE THAT THEY CAN SUE! FUCK THE POLICE!!!
This story has happily gone viral. And all commentary seems to be running 98% anti SWAT. I wonder if they(SWAT) care? Only in as much as it will affect their paychecks.
Here’s what I sent to the Columbian PO:
“Nice job guys, you killed an innocent dog over some marijuana. Apparently you have no reasoning abilities, as marijuana is perfectly safe to consume. You didn’t go looking in the fridge for beer, or in the room for knives, but you go straight for a little bit of weed? What have you been smoking!? Certainly it isn’t weed, because if it was you would have been chilled out and relaxed, rather than killing innocent, nonthreatening animals and terrorizing innocent people. Or maybe you are all devil worshipers and want to burn for eternity? Consuming marijuana is a NATURAL freedom that we were all born with, to take that away would be turning us into SLAVES. And last time I checked, the 13th amendment was still standing strong.. I THINK IT’S TIME FOR A SLAVE REVOLT!”
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I cried…all I could think of was my family going through this…
The Police have been trained that the public is the enemy.
We are just one step from Greece & China….
This was so disgusting!
hey gUys was it MILLER TIME, AFTER THE BIG TIME RAID..???
It’s good a story like this finally came out. I’m NOT saying that the police were justified in anyway. All i’m sayin “WE NEEDS TO GET ORGANIZED!!!” … Thank you. (_Viva La Revolucion. Long live cannabis_)
1933- 1935 WERE THE MOST VIOLENT YEARS RELATING TO PROHIBITION…
THESE WERE THE LAST DAYS OF PROHIBITION.
THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH MEXICO
THE DRUG LORDS ARE KILLING ALL COMPETITORS
BECAUSE THEY KNOW ITS THE LAST DAYS OF ILLEGAL PROFITS…
WHEN AMERICA FINALLY LEGALIZES WEED… THEY LOSE MONEY.
A prohib said to me:
“Don’t you know you’re not supposed to [mix] politics and religion?”
I answered:
“Yes! and I much prefer it that way. Our civil rights should have no dependence on our religious opinions – and – vice versa.”
Then I said to the questioner:
” Dont’t you know that politics should stay out [way out] of religion?”
The questioner answered:
“We live by man’s rules not God’s rules.” [Why didn’t that answer surprise me]?
I said to the questioner:
“Man’s rules are pretty clear in the Constitution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the International Declaration of Human Rights. It’s man that can’t abide by his own rules. It’s man’s rules that prohibits me from practicing my Faith. So! who is [mixing] what?
Then I said:
If you – for a heart breat – think I’m going to foresake my Faith, [which includes my freedom] for the sake of man’s rule [which includes his corruption], you need to know that you’re begetting [tyranny begets rebellion] habits of hypocricy and meanness.
I went on to say:
Your impious presumption, being youself a fallible and uninspired man, has blatantly and mistakenly assumed dominion over the Faith of others, setting up [you own] opinions and modes of thinking as the [only] true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, only [proves] that you are sinful, tyrannical, and unworthy of public confidence. But – because – prohibition is the modus operandi [method] you use to control the mass…perhaps just [for the sake of control and a show of power] and no other reason…I have but one thing to say to you…”GOD BLESS YOU”…because…”You more than anyone on this earth need a blessing.” But – don’t for a split second think that the next time we meet, I wouldn’t chase your ass down the street [just for the sake of the chase}, and not in defense of my country – and – you. “There are some things you’re just not going to take away.”
F you people who agree with the police. I hope someone shoots you and your pets.
These people are Satanic. Who the f*** would shook a little dog or any dog for that matter. This so called swat team are a bunch of little bitch’s with no soul. Heartless scum likes these give Swat team’s a bad name.
They will get there’s its only a matter of time before Karma kill catch up to these Punks of the Law.
Send this link to everyone you know and Digg, Stumble, myspace facebook all of them. show the world this corruption.
yea its because of stuff like this we should all be willing to defend them selves from even law enforcement
Man, I heard corgis were dangerous…. I mean honestly, a dog isn’t going to do anything to you with all that gear on.. I love how they didn’t answer any of his questions, but they have a right to know his name? Sorry my name is a citizen…
This just crushed my soul. I cannot believe these officers shot a dog that wasn’t even trying to harm them. The dog was just behaving as most dogs do. I have an absolute hate of all police officers now. These cops are going to get away with this too! That’s the insane part. All of this over a plant that grows in the ground. The plant isn’t causing the problem, the fascist laws are. Hopefully these laws change, and hopefully this man and his family can get some form of justice for the wrong doing of the police who “protect and serve” our community.
I wonder how each of these asshole swat drones would feel if THEY were busted in upon in the middle of the night and a member of THEIR family was excecuted simply for them just being an asshole? Because it’s about the same freakin difference.
This poor family. I thought the police were supposed to protect and serve, not harass and murder.
The time will come for us all when we shall be judged. Those with the power break the rules and the weak follow them? I choose to be one with power and the ability to empower that follows the meaning of life and not it’s boundaries. I will provide my own protection for me and my family and friends. I will make my own way. I don’t need a false sense of protection given by a group that believes in actions such as this to those who have shown no sign of violence. So billions of tax dollars annually can be spent on arming/militarizing those who aren’t looking out for the people/country they swore, under oath, to protect. Cops will say “Oh, we don’t make the laws, we just enforce them.” Really? Then why do you lobby/$spend$ so much”? If you don’t make the laws then quit lobbying to have them changed/or in this case kept the same! The politicians make the laws and they don’t abide by them, passing bills that don’t include them or their families, and the police don’t make the laws, or abide by them, they just enforce them.If an officer is caught doing something illegal what usually happens? You guessed it leave of absence with pay. Politicians engaging in illegal activity get even better treatment. WHO’S WATCHING THEM! WHO’S HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE. When a SWAT team comes into a residence who is watching them to makes sure their not planting evidence?! WHO’s WATCHING THEM! If they can’t talk you into believing them, BS propaganda, they resort to persecution, violence and destruction by any means necessary. Lets look at it realistically. Who pays/lobbies the politicians? Rich corporations. Who makes the laws? Politicians. Who makes sure the laws get followed? Police. Who elects the politicians? We do. Who lies and turns their back on their people? Those who’ve been corrupted. Who remains silent as our country and planet are systematically and environmentally destroyed? Everyone! America and the rest of the world is in BIG trouble if things continue on this path! Get ready because the end is inevitable. Perhaps it could be that it’s not the end everyone is thinking. They’ve put a price on life and they don’t want you to know the actual amount that life commands. What does it mean to you? Can you say modern day slavery? I knew you could.
I thought Obama issued a directive for the police departments and the justice department to stop going after cannabis issues this minor.
I guess he doesnt keep his word after all, and there will be no “change” as he promised.
I’m absolutely SPEECHLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with Moonlight Sonata’s technique. The first amendment gives us all the right to contact, say, the Columbia, Missouri SWAT team or the state attorney general’s office with our views.
Yes, thousands of emails may be ignored with a click, but add dozens of well reasoned, articulate faxes, letters and calls a day and you have their attention. Of course, add your letterhead if you are a journalist or an attorney.
That forces them to weigh the legal repercussions of any reply.
Remember: Call. Write. But be polite!
Columbia Police Department
600 East Walnut
Columbia, MO 65201-4491
573-874-7652 / FAX: 573-874-3142
see also:
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Police/Divisions/SWAT/index.php
http://ago.mo.gov/contactus.htm
YOOOO. When I first saw this video I thought to myself what kind of man feels threatened by a corgi and a dog that is locked up in a cage. A pu$$y ass coward Thats who. These cops wasted thousands and thosands of dollars of our money and ruined lives. Nothing good came out of this at all. Maybe US the public can use this video to stop this drug war. I wish me and my boys could roll on these cowards with shotguns and m-16’s and ended their sorry asses. I hope next time those cops roll into a real drug dealers house and get their asses handed to em.
The police who do things like this, and the officials that continue to allow it to happen are just as bad as the Nazis – very little difference in my opinion.
I pray that President Obama and at least a few of our brave politicians will step up and demand and end to this terrible injustice that continues to be a nightmare for so many good Americans!
I just cannot understand how anyone could possible believe that legalizing marijuana, and subsequently regulating in a manner simily to tobacco and alcohol, could be worst than what is currently the status quo…
I’m an ex-marine and I’m embarrased to have volunteered to fight for a country that treats it’s citizens this way. It is a form of discrimination in my opinion and it is absolutely wrong!
Check out the prisonplanet.com view of the cannabis raid: (approx 11 min vdo)
http://www.prisonplanet.com/keeping-america-safe-swat-team-storms-family-home-shoots-pet-dogs-over-small-bag-of-marijuana.html
“This is an illegitimate, criminal, narcotics trafficking government. Stop shipping the drugs in government, and stop using it as a pretext to pack your private prisons and raid peoples’ houses, while the cops get stinking rich off all the drug money and drugs they steal. Our government is a drug dealing criminal operation, and we have to take it back. Decriminalize drugs right now to cut off the drug money to the scum bag banks that launder it”
Are you seriouse? this is messed up all to hell. i refuse to respond or talk to any police officfer under any sercumstances. they dont need to no my name, im too young for them to care. i get harrased for skateing all the time. can someone tell me if a police officer can cus you out?
Absolutely a case of excessive force…. “The prestige of government and police has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land the passing laws which cannot be enforced”……Albert Einstein.
I heard shots coming from what looked like a kitchen, and then I see a dog walk passed the guy on the ground after all the shots had been fired, and the dog had no limp, at that point, they’re claiming a dog was shot in the foot and one was killed. It looks like one dog was on the other side of the house when all the shots got fired in the other side of the house. Not to mention, we hear a dog wine, then get shot and stop winning. If a dog lived and was shot in the foot that whole video should have been filled with dog wimpering.
im not sure if this has been said yet or not there are too many comments to read them all but i had to say, if there is some sort of (drug bust) and somone does shoot back and they kill a leo,s dog dont they get charged with murder? WHY IS IT NOT THE SAME FOR US? FAMILY pets think about it, they are part of your family doesnt matter that they are on all four and cannot speak i have seen this video 2x and both times i heard that guy damn near cry when he found out his dog was murdered.
This is a complete act of tyranny.
I hope the police officers involved in this are seriously punished by their superiors or something. But it wont happen. Disgusting!!!
So many gross examples of humanity in this world I am constantly ashamed to live in. That video makes me glad that everybody on this Earth dies. No matter what you did in life, you will die. No matter what you believe, you will die. Someone will discover your dead body one day. Who’s it gunna be?
That humbling reminder is why I sleep so good at night.
Who can I contact in the state of Connecticut to forward this to and attempt to take action? What else can I do as a college student / civillian?
This is another perfect area of the country for police departments to get their budgets cut due to the bad economy. All of these law enforcement officials need either to take an across-the-board cut so they all can keep their jobs or some of them need to be let go. That will sink it into their thick skulls that marijuana needs to be legalized and some of the tax revenues from it used to pay them. A consolidation of police departments and contracting out to a different low bidder for neighboring police services to downsize to a regional force is called for here.
I will it so. I command it.
he got a charge for the bong on the table smoking pot around them. what about the beer?? our kids must be taught not to touch dads beer so what really is the difference…….
And they wonder why people smoke…
:o!!! Oh my gosh!! I don’t know what I would have done if they shot my dogs !! THAT IS HORRIBLE! 🙁 Poor kid, I am sure that horrible experience will stay with him forever. 🙁
These cop are wearing FULL body armor and carry heavy weapons. You couldnt hurt them with a baseball bat and a machette. There is no excuse to shoot a dog in any circumstance (unless there is 20 rabid, trained to kill pits). This pit lived peacefully with a corgi and a child! The worse case (I mean WORSE) you hit it with the butt of the gun (let alone: mace, rubber bullets, tazer, or just kick it with the steal toe boot your wearing).
This is awful. It jus goes to show you how immoral, disgusting, cruel and inhumane the people who are supposed to PROTECT us are. What did the dog haveto do with the whole situation? these cops were obviously a bunch of jackasses thinking they are above the law and can do anything they want including murder a family pet with the child right there. People make me sick these days. Things like this are what make me want to help the world to be a better place…
police aren’t really here to serve and protect,
more on the lines of authoritize and harass.
its sad that if i wanted to call the cops for someone breaking in my house that i’d be too scared to just cause the of the fact that they would find any cannabis or paraphenalia against me.
Here’s what I sent to the CoMo police
After watching the video of your SWAT team executing a search warrant for possible marijuana dealing, I would just like to say that I believe the actions that your officers took were incredibly over the line. Your job is to protect and serve the people, and by carrying out these types of destructive home invasions you are not doing your job.
I understand that in the eyes of all LEOs marijuana is a dangerous drug that makes people go crazy, but I believe that you have a moral responsibility to do some research not only on the real effects of marijuana, which in nearly every unbiased medical research shows cannibis to be less harmful than nearly all other vices out there.
You also have a moral responsibility to do a proper investigation of a tip instead of going in guns ablazing. Even though in this case some marijuana was found, how often does it occur that nothing is found. What kind of country have we become where we are willing to subject innocent people to this kind of brutality in order to catch someone who is hurting no one.
Better the guilty go free than the innocent incarcerated. That is what this country was meant to be, and you have trampled on that. Thanks for making America into a police state instead of the land of the free.
This is the most disgraceful thing I’ve ever seen smoker or not. They don’t deserve to wear a badge and hope they burn in hell for all eternity. Nothing but f***ing cowards with a gun.
I won’t go as far as that other guy that said he feels happy when he hears that a cop got shot, but I certainly don’t feel bad about it either. The only problem is that cops getting shot only gives them more excuses for their excessively violent behavior and unnecessary armament. Our local small-town pigs have fricken UZIs for some reason.
I am a member of LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, There are 20,000 members and growing. Most are retired cops,DEA,FBI,judges,undercover narcs. These people realize this kind of thing is wrong, and want to legalize drugs, visit leap.cc. Click community–forums–War on Drugs–War on cannabis. I have started this forum using excerpt from Jack Herer’s book The Emperor Wears No Clothes, over 250 posts, over 7,000 veiws since Dec. 29 2010. I have alerted the members of LEAP, I would expect some raking over the coals of these cops for their action by the members of this group. I joined this group, after finding it on jackherer.com as one of the links on the homepage.
Error; The date on my last post should be 12/29/09 duh!
THE TOTALITARIAN MENTALITY STRIKES AGAIN. If you put SS INSIGNIAS on their uniforms, they would look like a bunch of 21ST CENTURY INQUISITOR NAZI STORMTROOPERS. Could you imagine what it would have been like without the video recording. The FEDERAL OVERLORDS will treat marijuana users as the untouchables in our society as long as their is MARIJUANA PROHIBITION. Human righrs going down the drain, now they have to pick on the animals. Boy, I bet that STORMTROOPER felt good shooting that dog. He must of shit in his uniform when he saw that dog and thought he was threatened with his life. YOU 21ST CENTURY INQUISITOR, get a real job and a real life. Give some people badge and they turn into power junkies and legal vigilantes, above the law. I thought Judge Dredd was a movie character, I AM THE LAW!
Wow this is just terrible. I cant believe stuff like this goes on.
Poor dog.
I hope this ends these awful raids.
I’ve noticed a considerable amount of outrage and every bit of it justified. I just wanted to add that this type of thing happens all the time. Not in the suburbs or most predominately white communities. Ive lived there and in some pretty poor inner city areas, and in the latter this is how the police operate, all the time. They are THE armed force of the government at the local level and this is what they do. The father seemed to be hispanic or chicano and I know for damned sure this did not happen in any “nice” community.
Soooo when/if we were to shoot a K-9 in OUR home then that is the same as shooting an officer, likewise, if that K-9 died as a result of being shot, then we would be charged with murder of a police officer. WTF how is it ok for them to come in guns blazing and kill your animals/family members at will with no consequences for thier ruthless and unconstitutional actions. COME ON AMERICA WAKE UP. WE MUST REVOLT AGINST TYRANNY!
You know what truly disgusts me about these people. I bet every single one of them especially the shooter of the dogs believe in god and believe in the bible or some sort of religion. Most likely they are not atheist. Its funny how people live their lives every day saying they believe in god and live like this. It really shows that even good people have no morals and no true faith.
what they do – The eerie thing about this is that it WAS in a relatively nice community. You can read the news stories and get the address and Google map it – it’s a nice, I’m surely mostly white, upper-middle class neighborhood. When it comes to crushing the “evil” of cannabis with an iron fist, the stupidity and hypocrisy of law enforcement really can’t always be measured by class.
that is absolute bullshit. those fucking pussy ass pigs should get the fuck beat outta them. there was no fuckin reason for that at all. those cops should have there kids drug outta there house in the middle of tha night with armed assailaints and have them see there family pets get blown away for no fuckin reason. i cant believe they got away with that legally. that is fuckin insane. you dont have to post this if u cant i just wanted to voice my thoughts.
I agree with earlier comments that this is a disgrace and a public outrage! What’s going on in this country this is a terrible injustice what’s gonna happen next?
i’m not defending the despicable actions of these pigs…i LOVE corgis – my aunt and grandmother both had two of them when i was a kid, and i’m looking to adopt one myself…
despite a corgi’s short stature, they were bred to herd cattle and are a working class dog…they can be territorial and protective of their family and could be perceived as aggressive…i’ve had an australian cattle dog (aka blue heeler) which are quite similar to corgis in that they are working herding dogs and she was intimidating to strangers and quite vocal if anyone unfamiliar came too near her territory…again NOT defending the cops – they used excessive force and i don’t think the chief’s account of events is at all supported by the video…all the cops involved should be summarily relieved of duty immediately and should NEVER work in any kind of law enforcement EVER (not even as mall cops)
@ Russ’ response to my previous commment:
this was a bad article to post my particular comment on because it is a legitimate reason to be angry.
this movement needs support from those that do not use marijuana and those do not already feel strongly about this issue, and more flies are caught with honey rather than vinegar (or in many cases on this website, venom).
again, this article provides a legitimate reason to be angry, however we must take care not to discredit/dishonor our movement with retaliation or other inappropriate action.
These cops are disgusting pigs.
And the reason the reason why they couldn’t enforce that warrant during the day was why?
No city or town needs a SWAT team besides NY and Washington.
This act of police brutality is disgusting and un-American.
WE NEED EVERY SMOKER THAT KNOWS CLOSET SMOKERS TO BRING THEM OUT AND MAKE THEM BE HEARD! WE ARE THE SILENT MAJORITY AND WE ALREADY OWN THE TOOLS TO MAKE THE CHANGE.
they are insane i hope they get sued
Yeah, If you think this is bad just keep your eye on what Joe Lieberman is proposing. He wants a law to be enacted that will let the government legally be able to take away someone’s citizenship. So cops busting into your place, shooting your dog, terrorizing your children isn’t half as bad as a law enacted to strip someone of their citizenship. Yeah. You think this guy and his family got it bad. Imagine the cop’s response to someone’s house who isn’t a legal citizen anymore.
Just plain awfull….WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND YOU FUCKING PIGS!!!!YOU SHALL ROT IN HELL Columbia, Missouri SWAT Team….what gives you the right to determin whats right from wrong. you had a decision and you took an innocent life, MURDER is what that is. All you assholes keep saying well the drug war this the drug war that, crime, yadda yadda! Suck It!! The “drug (weed) war” Is over. So Columbia, Missouri SWAT team How about this insted of worring about a pot dealer or a weed smoker why dont you do a little survailence on suspected child molesters, murderers (yourself),Rapist, Human trafficing, There are many many horrable crimes being commited and smoking cannabis is not one of them but you dont even consider them if you get just an inclination that there is pot somewhere. Oh that little boy will be ok with his convicted then released father petafile we gotta go make a big drug bust….Fucking assholes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whats going on in a police brain ?
Very little,all the circuits are overloaded and soaked wet with testosterone,the reptilian brain takes over and take a gun and put it in his hand and you have the recipe for disaster.
Police are sickos in need of metabolic curing.
The person I feel the most pain for is that small child who lost his pet because a cop shot it with an automatic weapon…breaks my heart and I pray that the day will come when this pointless destruction ends…
-just another voice
We the people of this nation need to stand against these injustices Write there congressman local goverment Lets start a phone blockcade on there police office and court system Continous calling of all LEOs in that area making there phones useless Just one tctic Peaceful with purpose
DIDN’T watch it, COULDN’T have watched it. That being said, isn’t it enough to just blog about it without showing it?
I can’t add anything but the fact that I feel like we are getting closer to some form of communism…
There are hundreds of raids a day that are similar.
What I don’t understand is why they continue to persecute marijuana users with such fervor when half the country thinks it should just be legal.
We ended this problem with alcohol when we repealed prohibition and created millions of legal jobs.
How much longer is it going to take to educate the willfully ignorant. History just keeps repeating and half the country is too dumb to realize it.
i hope they sue the hell out of those bastards, i cant imagine what that kid must me going thru. i’m glad that wasn’t me and my dog, i would be finding out who every one of those cops were and deal some serious payback.
stop the video at 1:07 and you see a cage the lighting is not good enough to see and animal and the angle is bad BUT THERE IS A CAGE most probably for a pit bull to keep it from tearing the house up while it’s owners slept because pit’s will do that not destructively but playfully
American authorities believe they have the right to enter your own home without your consent. That’s not a free country. You could pay for your own house and pay your bills…but if you don’t pay property tax, a tax on your own piece of land you own,..they can come and take your property away from you….how is that a free country?
This is just another example of the danger we all live from our own country as American citizens. The American government gets away with killing whoever and whatever they want without repercussions. It could be your house; your mother, your father, your pets…the American government doesn’t care about you. The American government doesn’t care if you get sick or are in need help. They don’t care if your unemployed…they only care about you if you miss paying a fucking bill.
Would President Obama or any of the people in the government come to my funeral if I died today? So why should I bow to them?
Remember folks….if it isn’t an American flag it’s probably a bomb.
America is officially lost.
We are no longer the land of the free or the home of the brave.
Disgusts me so much, I can’t wait to leave this shit hole of a country.
I sent this to the City of Columbia ;
# First Name: People
# Last Name: of America
# Comment: Is this how you treat a family for using America’s least destructive , least violent drug ? This is how you should be treating Alcoholics or Meth users , not Marijuana . I am sickened and saddened to think how your people are treated over use of marijuana . Your wasting money on these ” busts ” and are an embarrassment to the public by conducting such busts on the American people of this Country . To see such violence used by the Officers sickens me to my stomach .
# Form: feedbac
People keep spreading this video on your facebook, myspace or whatever social networking site you use. People need to see this video and become outraged. It’s videos like this that will change peoples minds on marijuana laws.
thank god they didnt mistake the kid for a dog, he would have been dead
WHAT THE HELL!!?? Watchin this video hearing the dog scream and cry while the family (kids man and women) hears is and gets detained like criminals.. this is an outrage I feel like I just watch my own mother get raped
This is a true disgrace of the American people. That poor child is going to have issues over this to say the least.
To add insult to injury they charge the father with reckless endangerment. Check out this small follow up story.
http://trueslant.com/allisonkilkenny/2010/05/07/confusing-details-emerge-about-missouri-swat-team-warrant/
punk ass cops
We must be vigilant about who we elect to represent us. It is our responsibility to vote for who best represents us, not who the parties place before us to choose from. We must save ourselves from the dark road we have found ourselves on. Ignore the factions in politics and elect a down to earth human. Power to the people not faceless corporations. Peace.
Its a good thing being a dumbass isnt illigal or half the police force in this country would be under indictment….
I hope they get there asses sued off, fired and prosicuted. Had that been a “police” dog wede go to prison. But a civillian dog means nothing. How is that fair ? Its time to even the rules up, there used to be standards to hiring police officers, now they will let any dumbass carry a gun n badge as you see here in plain site, dumbasses with guns very very dangerous. Way more dangerous then the man they arrested and for sure more dangerous then the dogs that got killed.
Sue every cop, city or state you can beat them with their own rules !!!!!
wtf did those stupid fuckers shoot the dog for the dog didnt do shit!
This is fucking deplorable. Pot is not worth any of this insanity, and over what a few pipes and a LITTLE bit of marijuana?! Are you fucking kiddin’ me? Those dogs weren’t doing a damn thing, you can see the pitbull at one point in the video, was that dog acting aggressively? Hell no. And a CORGI!? Omg.
This is just disgusting and they need to be fired
those dogs were in kennel crates the doors were shut on the kennel crates,so henceforth,those dogs were of no threat to anyone.
I urge you to prosecute the police officers featured in the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwv…under Missouri state statute MO ST 578.012 1 (1) & (2) which reads:1. A person is guilty of animal abuse when a person:(1) Intentionally or purposely kills an animal in any manner not allowed by or expressly exempted from the provisions of sections 578.005 to 578.023 and 273.030, RSMo;(2) Purposely or intentionally causes injury or suffering to an animal;The officers in the video are not exempt under any provision of the state statues and as such should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.www.youtube.comwww.youtube.com
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the swat team violated missouri statute on animal abuse.so therefore i,ve emailed a complaint to the national humane society which i,m a member of.
A similar incident occured at my home. and i can truely state from first hand experience, it was one of the most devastating things i have ever witnessed. my dog didn’t die, but they had to amputate his leg. all over NOTHING…no charges were filed, NOTHING… amazing how many things like that never go on record or make the papers… only if it’s in favor of the state…
i think if that was me, and they shot my puppies .i would search each one of those bastards out, and hang them up by thier balls ,and let a pack of wild wolfs have at them sorry sons a bitches. thats pure bull shit.
Fuckin Pigs
Clearly this video depicts domestic terrorism imposed upon a US Citizen and his wife and 7 year old child. The brutal murder if his pet should be a felony in and of itself. The act of terrorizing this man and his wife and child should also be a felony. When I first viewed the video I thought “This can not be happening within the borders of the Untied States of America?!” This video is harribly shocking to the good conscience of any reasonable individual. Our Federal Government needs to acrt swiftly to put a decisive end to this type of domestic terrorism and the murder of not only a family pet but also the spiritual trauma to the man and his wife and child – articularly the child of course. As long as our Federal Government remain in a “hypocritical wrongful mindset” against the use of marijuana the vast majority of our adult citizens will be unable to restore heartfelt trust in our government. Our Federal Government should outlaw the use of Swat teams in such cases as well as serving nighttime search warrants. Everyone knows and believes that marijuana would be legal but for corrupt goverment officials and the liquor and pharmaceutical industries stance in opposition due inductry fear of lost profits. So as long as our government allows this type of domestic terrorism to take place instead doing what is right and legalizing marijuana for adult consumption and putting a stop to the brutality and trauma being thrust upon our citizens – our citizens will be unable to foster and develop a greater trust of our Federal Government. I am truly appalled at what I witnessed on this video. I observed brainwashed officers in military uniform armed to the hilt going into a the home of a US Citizen at nightime and terrorizing and tramatizing a 7 year old child and a man and his wife and shooting a completely docile small family dog and murdering the other family pet. Dogs naturally protect their owners and PETA and Bill Maher should be very active in putting a stop to this type of domestic terrorism. The Truth is that over 80% of our adult population has tried marijuana and used it for at least a period of time during their lifetimes. The Truth is that our Federal Government allows the National Institute of Cancer NIH in Bethesda, Maryland to allow cancer patients to use marijuana for pain and nauseau. To refuse a natural remedy to suffering humanity is a not only a crime against humanity but a sin against our God. Christ counsels us within the Gospel to “beware of Pharma” and to use natural herbs. The small percentage of pur population who would not like marijuana legalzied is comprised of the very elderly and those still brainwashed fromt he McCarthy era, those who are against the use of any type of herb or drink that with proper use relaxes an individual; and the very ignorant. Law makers who are opposed are only opposed for fear to come out in favor of legalization. The Big Lie needs to stop now. We can not allow our people to be the victims of brutal domestic terrorism inflicted upon them by brainwashed armed SWAT team members who truly belive they are doing the right thing. We can not fault the SWAT teams members because they are indoctrinated to behave in this manner. We can however fault those who teach them to use such inhumane brutal tactics and who continue to insist that such brutal domestic terrorism be allowed. Most lawyers in our country have smoked or eaten marijuana at some point in their lifetimes – yet they can not come forward because the State Bars will take away their licenses. The same with physicians and many other licensed professions who are kept from being truthful about their true individual beliefs regarding the legalization of marijuana. NORML should send trustworthy persons door to door rquesting anonymous donations in cash and then use these fund to lobby our US Senators and Congresspersons to take charge of the marijuana legalization issue at the Federal level and pass legislation legalizing the use of marijuana by adults over 21. I believe NORML would collect an enormous amount of funds in this manner which will be further proof of the will of the vast majority of our citizens.
Again, I find this video to be horribly shocking evidence of the military-level brutual,inhumane, and armed domestic terrorism that is taking place against harmless non-violent children, women and men in various “ignorant and abusive” localities within our Nation. I sincerely hope that our Federal Government will intervene and put an abrupt stop to the harsh and brutal terrorizing of our citizens and their children over small amounts of marijuana privatly used within the confines of an individeual’s home. Our teenagers are exposed to terrible addicting drugs because marijuana has not been legalized; therefore, when they try to purchase it on the black market they are exposed to these other very bad drugs and pushers. Legalization of marijuana use for sults 21 and older will destroy the black market and make it much easier for our SWAT teams to go after the real criminals who are selling the harsh addictive drugs such as methamphetemines, cocaine, crack and heroin. The Big Lie must end now. I am a lawyer and I support legalization.
People! Don’t say how you feel here! Tell your government! And if they don’t listen then by god organize a protest! This has me so ridiculously angry but I alone can’t do it myself. We all feel this way so what are we waiting for? Get the locks and chains and get ready to get hungry sitting in front of your government offices. Or just close this page and go to bed. That works too. One day it’ll be you!
The video is shocking to the human conscience.
A 7 year old child and a man and his young wife completely terrorized for using a small amount of marijuana within the confines of their homes – an armed military level home invasion in which the child is brutaly traumaitized, a young wife brutaly traumatized, a young man and tax payer inhumanely terrorized within the confines of his own home while their small family dog is shot and another family pet is brutaly murdered.
It is a medical fact that marijuana is not physically addictive. It is also a fact that our teenagers are exposed to very harsh drugs such as methamphetemines, crack and heroin when they attempt to purchase marijuana on the black market. Legalization of marijuana for consumption by adults 21 years and older will destroy most of the black market and thus destroy the avenue by which our young people are exposed to very harsh dangerous addictive drugs and pushers. It is also a fact that the National Institute of Cancer NIH in Bethesda, Maryland allows cancer patients to use marijuana for pain and nauseau. Only an individual of the utmost ignorant, cruel and inhumane mind set could deny those who are in medical need the right to use marijuana. Additionally, marijuana can help cure alcoholism and millions of people need the help of this natural herb in order to break the terrible cycle of alcohol use and addiction. Our Federal Government should seek the trust and support of our citizens and until the hypocracy stops and marijuana is legalized our citizens will continue to believe that corrupt political officials are standing in the way of legalization due to the huge amounts of money changing hands from the alcohol and pharmaceutical lobbies. Legalization will serve to much better protect our young people from exposure to bad highly addictive drugs and will enable our government to successfully go after the real criminals and pushers who are selling these harsh bad addictive drugs and put a stop to it. It is a fact that over 80% of our adult population has tried marijuana at some point during their lifetimes by either smoking it or ingesting it with food. Due to professional license requirements such as those for lawyers and doctors and other professionals – our professional people can not admit that they have ever used marijuana or support legalization for fear of loosing their professional licenses. We can not continue to require our adult population to live within the confines of wrongful legally imposed lies and hypocracy. To do so destroys the very core of a humane being and it is simply wrong. Christ counsels us within the Gospel to “Beware of pharma” and to use natural herbs and remedies. This does not mean that all pharma is bad – surely there are many excellent pharmaceuticals available for the treatment of many serious medical conditions – but only that when a natural remedy such as a natural herb exists then we should look to use of the natural herb as opposed to the unnatural man-made chemical pharma – at the very least we should be allowed the choice. Marijuana has many medical uses including but not limited to the treatment of glycoma, cancer pain, chemotherapy nausea, severe stress, depression and anxiety, post partum depression, physical pain, arthritis – the list is long. Additionally, marijuana users should not be charged with crimes and incarcerated – the tax dollars wasted on prosecution within our judicial system and imprisonment are well within hundreds of billions of dollars annually if not approaching a trillion annually – this is a wrongful horrible waste when so many are suffering in our country economically and when there are so many other far more important issues that need the attention of our tax dollars which are being wasted on enforcing the illegality of marijuana use. Marijauna needs to be legalized for consumption and use by adults 21 and older as soon as possible at the Federal level i.e our Congress. Too many decent tax paying individuals have suffered tremendously due to the current illegality of marijuana in all but 17 of our States – and in those remaining States too many decent tax paying individuals continue to suffer for the hypocracy of “illegal marijuana”. The Big Lie needs to stop now. I am a lawyer and I support the legalization of marijuana both for medical use and for consumption and use by adults age 21 and over.
This sucks and never should have happened. DON’T BREAK THE FUCKING LAW! why is is when someone speeds and gets a ticket they are pissed at the cops. Or in this case If marijuana is illegal then don’t be a dumb ass an smoke it. If the loser father never touched the stuff then we wouldn’t be reading/watching this. Now if the guy had a pound of pot and a few M16’s lying around and a pitbull got shot during the raid, you would want him in jail for child endangerment.
lrgalize MJ even cops smoke it
legalize MJ even cops smoke it
I WOULD BE SO FUCKING PISSED I WOULD JUST KEEP FIGHTING! Expecily if i found out they killed my dog! Turns my stomach. This kinda stuff just turns my stomach. They should have told him why he was being arrested. Its a no brainer why people grow up hating cops. On the subject of PETA they are just as bad. Hell I think they are worse.
Let us be clear: There is not now, nor has there ever been, a “War on Drugs.”
What there is is a cynical program of political duplicity; the intent of which is not to prevent drug abuse (which it encourages), but to create a climate of distrust, fear, hostility, alienation, divisiveness, and violence within our society. The so called “War on Drugs” is in reality a war of cultural prejudice waged primarily against the young, the poor, the non-white and the socially disaffected to the advantage of the Elected, the Corporate, the Privileged and the Few.
President Nixon launched this war against American citizens in 1968, at a time of extreme political and social unrest. For Nixon, it was a method of “getting even” with “uppity blacks,” “radical leftists” and “dirty” hippies” that he and the nefarious interests he represented (especially those who benefited economically from the war in Vietnam) regarded as “second class citizens” and “traitors” to the American way of life.
On the contrary: What we were doing then, and what we are doing now, is trying to liberate America from a reign of political and economic tyranny that is sustained by rhetorical propaganda and misinformation. We love America and the Constitution and wish nothing more than to see her succeed in her Great Promise of providing Freedom and Justice for All. Those who oppose this very High Aim, whether out of ignorance, greed or bigotry, are the true enemies of our nation and its Constitution.
Dividing Americans against themselves, making them mistrust, fear and wage war against their fellow citizens: This is what the so called “War on Drugs” was meant to do–and that is precisely what it has done and is doing–far more successfully than even Richard Nixon could have hoped. What better way to destroy the gains blacks were making through the Civil Rights movement than to flood the ghettos with drugs which addict thousands of users, offering the allure for “quick” money and escape from poverty, while simultaneously creating divisions and violent “turf wars” between ghetto gangs? All this while creating the political justifications and judicial sanctions for increasingly militaristic police “crack downs,” arresting, incarcerating (killing when necessary) and ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of black men, their families and their communities.
After Nixon, both Ronald Regan and George Bush found their own uses for the “War on Drugs.” Besides the political advantages of “getting tough” on the very crime and violence that prohibition inevitably engenders, drug smuggling by covert factions within the federal system itself created vast sums of unregulated money to fund illegal military operations outside our nations boarders. What began as a cynical attitude of social malice quickly turned into a bad habit of deception and corruption. Nothing, my friends, is more addictive than power.
At this point in our history–the election year of 1996–this insidious and increasingly malignant and militaristic policy is still with us. And to judge by President Clinton’s appointment of General Barry McCaffrey as “Drug Czar,” it may be about to get much worse. This so called “policy” has become such a part of our media conditioned perception of reality that it is difficult to imagine an America without it. Anyone who publicly opposes the inflamed rhetoric or tries to bring rational, informed discussion to the issue, is branded a “traitor,” characterized as a “drug pusher” or worse–in precisely the same way leftists were branded as “communists” in the McCarthy era of the 1950s. Witness the forced resignation of Surgeon General Jocylin Elders after she took an informed and reasoned position of leadership on this issue. She understood, as more and more Americans are coming to understand, that making criminals of drug users not only does not solve the problems associated with drug abuse, it exacerbates them far beyond the harms of the drugs. Indeed, with forfeiture laws and the kinds of invasions of our privacy that it allows, the “War on Drugs” has put the civil liberties of all citizens in jeopardy.
It is time for us to ARM OURSELVES against this misguided tyranny with information, with conviction and with every legal strategy for a redress of grievances that our Constitution allows.
After nearly four decades of fueling the U.S. policy of a war on drugs with over a trillion tax dollars and 37 million arrests for nonviolent drug offenses, our confined population has quadrupled making building prisons the fastest growing industry in the United States. More than 2.2 million of our citizens are currently incarcerated and every year we arrest an additional 1.9 million more guaranteeing those prisons will be bursting at their seams. Every year we choose to continue this war will cost U.S. taxpayers another 69 billion dollars. Despite all the lives we have destroyed and all the money so ill spent, today illicit drugs are cheaper, more potent, and far easier to get than they were 35 years ago at the beginning of the war on drugs. Meanwhile, people continue dying in our streets while drug barons and terrorists continue to grow richer than ever before. We would suggest that this scenario must be the very definition of a failed public policy. This madness must cease!
The stated goals of current U.S.drug policy — reducing crime, drug addiction, and juvenile drug use — have not been achieved, even after nearly four decades of a policy of “war on drugs”. This policy, fueled by over a trillion of our tax dollars has had little or no effect on the levels of drug addiction among our fellow citizens, but has instead resulted in a tremendous increase in crime and in the numbers of Americans in our prisons and jails. With 4.6% of the world’s population, America today has 22.5% of the worlds prisoners. But, after all that time, after all the destroyed lives and after all the wasted resources, prohibited drugs today are cheaper, stronger, and easier to get than they were thirty-five years ago at the beginning of the so-called “war on drugs”. With this in mind, we current and former members of law enforcement have created a drug-policy reform movement — LEAP. We believe that to save lives and lower the rates of disease, crime and addiction. as well as to conserve tax dollars, we must end drug prohibition. LEAP believes that a system of regulation and control of production and distribution will be far more effective and ethical than one of prohibition. We do this in hopes that we in Law Enforcement can regain the public’s respect and trust, which have been greatly diminished by our involvement in imposing drug prohibition. Please consider joining us. You don’t have to be a cop to join LEAP! Find out more about us by reading some of the articles in our Publications section or by watching and listening to some of our multimedia clips,. You can also read about the men and women who speak for LEAP, and see what we have on the calendar for the near future.
@Bob: Can you name a legally enacted law that was broken here? I challenge anyone that feels these people were lawfully raided to prove that cannabis is legally in schedule I:
http://tinyurl.com/classactionlawsuit
This is nothing but the typical American gulag system in effect. It’s the only way this country can make money, is at the expense of its own citizens any way they can. On the contrary, this is more like a waste of money to all taxpayers. What a joke this place has become.
chicken shit basterds
absolutely astonishing. I could not even imagine that happening to my dog. When will people look at this madness and realize it has to stop. That dog didn’t even attack they took it out for precaution. Some compassion.
MOTHERFUCKERS! yeah have a big fucking drink for that one,hope you die from liver disease
this is exactly what’s wrong with our government and it’s sickening…
Bill should contact you all soon if he has not already.
Well…What are we going to do about this! I for sure am going to spend the day calling all the Animal rights groups. Then I am printing up flyers and posting them every where I can. Please don’t be silent about this.
My eight year old daughter keeps asking me.
Are they going to shoot our dogs we love for no reason?
I am at a loss as to what to tell her as I have never ever lied to her.
Do I lie to her and tell her that I know that this will never happen to us or do I try and be honest and then reason to her the odds of this happening?
I would really like for her to be able to look these people in the eyes to reassure her fears, but after the last few encounters we have had together with the police I am torn as to what I should do for my family.
I am looking to the CPD for these answers?
The way these people were treated because of a very small amount of pot is rediculous. I dont know much about the animal rights movement but the pain that dog had to endure was unnecessary. Police are given way to much power over people and they clearly abuse it. I fucking hate cops for this reason and i understand not all cops are like that but im sure they could have spent more time on something else than planning out this raid to bust this hardcore drug lord with a wife and child and little bag of pot and a pipe. I think its safe to say that this is a fail war on harmless drugs. Maybe cops should try working on finding the people that actually hurt society because from my point of view that was a harmless guy who found a way to relax after work by smoking a some weed.
This NEEDS to go national. This needs to be brought to the attention of the news directors at CNN and MSNBC. I am from Vermont and am outraged about this. Whether you are for or against the legalization of marijuana, this is sickening for anyone to watch. And the excuse is often used that the “average pot smoker” doesn’t go to jail. Yeah… you’ll just have the cops breaking in your door in the middle of the night firing guns in your residence. UNREAL!
damn that’s some lame ass, cold ass shit. fucking cops
Protocol was followed. While law enforcement policy makers will attempt to bullshit you into believing this, the view is intentionally skewed. Police are advised to take out dogs “percieved” to be a threat. Truth be told this is a perfect opportunity to engage in selective target engagement in real life situations, an oppportunity to evaluate live fire exercises on American families. They actually do it well in most instances if you review how many of these engagements ended in the selective deaths of family pets. Or as law enforcement policy makers may ask “Would I be standing here answering these questions if that chihuaha had ripped through the officer’s flack jacket and tore his heart from his chest?”
My Heart is broken. I can’t even imagine what this family is going through. These Men and I hesitate to call them men, should be so ashamed. I am an older person whose days left on this earth are few an I cry for our country and the Horror that is being spread over America and the world. I fear police more than any terrorist threat and I honestly believe that the real terrorist are right here in America in power positions.
Cant stop shaking. Cant stop thinking what if that child walked in front of one of those cops. Funny how the video is created to only show what the cops want you to see, they have the best night vision equipment available but yet poor footage for the cops benifit. When will this kind of madness stop, when will the law be stripped of its right of using unrealistic excessive force. Any dog will bark and be confused when you enter its home when all is calm and dark and for this it was murdered. And why do you not have the right to physicaly see that search warrant when cops are breaking and entering! No wonder so many have mistrust issues with law enforcement. The officer tells the victim he has the right to know his name after the victim has told him he wants a lawyer, once that victim told the officer he wanted a lawyer the officer should have left it at that. Everyday it seems like we see something on the news abut cops killing someone and I wonder why they carry tasers that our tax dollars pay for but still pull their guns and kill. My heart goes out to that family and all others who have been wronged by law enforcement. Who do I write to to help stop this madness?
I think it’s terrible for a couple reasons…
They should have get there sooner and found his drugs before he had a chance to distribute them and the second reason it’s terrible is that they should have had a high enough caliber round to drop the dog on the first shot. The first cop who missed should be suspended until he learns how to aim a pistol accurately.
Ok so, I don’t know the asshole that shot the dogs. Maybe we should get his name and see if he owns a pet. If he does, we should pet nap it. And then leave a fake trail of blood in his home. With a note stating that he should have been more careful with his weapon.
Some of you people really make me laugh! You think ANYTHING will happen to these cops? There is no justice for citizens anymore! Forget about it and just go back to your bongs people. No one really cares, and if this case ever sees the inside of a courtroom, all participants in this raid will be exonerated! HA HA HA!!! Funniest part about it is that IT IS HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE RIGHT NOW! Do you think these raids (or this outcome) are unusual? At least one “family member” is KILLED IN THE NAME OF THE “WAR ON DRUGS” EVERY WEEK!!! The only reason you don’t hear about it is that they are that good at seeing to it that you don’t!!!
Until you lazy-assed stoners collectively grow a pair and start protesting in the streets by the THOUSANDS, we are going to keep re-living this horrible miscarriage of justice!
Arizona passes a law that might actually make us safer, and MILLIONS of illegals come out of the wood-work to protest it’s “possible” mis-application. An 88 year old grandmother gets shot over a botched drug raid (based on a bs tip from some scumbag who couldn’t take responsibility for their own use)and none of you do shit! And you wonder why they are still killing legal AMERICAN citizens while issuing “no-knock” search warrants in the middle of the night!
And in case you have any doubt as to whether or not anything will happen to these cops check this out:
http://www.cato.org/raidmap/
I’d kiss your ass if you can find where more than 5% of the cases in this study resulted in the termination, unpaid suspension, or incarceration of ANY cops involved! Proof positive that we aren’t doing enough to make them stop!!!
-Oz
OZ, I couldn’t agree more you’d think there’d be tens of thousands of comments, What the hell is going in our fellow Americans head’s when our civil rights have been taken and no one say’s shit, I know tons of people who hate the war on drugs but won’t admit it on something like Facebook or Myspace much less sign a potation because they are afraid of what people might think and/or losing their job!!?? In a free country were we have freedom of speech, people are afraid of speaking up for something like FREEDOM!! I mean shit we are supposed to be a free country; that’s a joke! But if we all got off our asses fought for it, The only way we can by protesting, writing congress, an educating everyone we talk to and work together to vote for people that stand for TRUE LIBERTY!! That’s what this is about freedom!
Kinloch Court Search Warrant Update
Columbia Police officers served a search warrant at 1501 Kinloch Court, in Columbia, at 8:27 p.m., on February 11, 2010. The search warrant entry team consisted of eight SWAT members and the perimeter team consisted of three officers, one of whom is a SWAT member.
Upon entry, the officers immediately encountered two dogs. During the search warrant, one of the dogs was shot and killed. This dog was a breed commonly referred to as a “pit bull”.
The defendant, Jonathon Whitworth, was arrested.
The police department has received numerous inquiries from citizens who have received misinformation. While the investigation is still ongoing, the department recognizes the need to provide information prior to its conclusion to clarify some specific questions, many of which are based on misinformation.
* The pit-bull type breed dog was not confined; it was not in a cage and it was not behind a gate.
* The other dog, described as a Corgi, was not killed. This dog is believed to have been struck once.
* The defendant’s wife and child were at the residence. However, neither was in the presence of the officers or dogs when the dogs were shot.
* The officers did not force entry into the home. The door was unlocked and an officer opened it.
* The search warrant was not served for a misdemeanor amount of marijuana. The Columbia Police Department does not pursue search warrants for misdemeanor amounts of marijuana. The search warrant was for Marijuana, A Schedule I Controlled Substance and the evidence of the crime of drug trafficking. A copy of the affidavit is attached.
* A diversionary device or “flash bang” was not deployed during this incident
Police Chief Ken Burton requested the Internal Affairs Unit conduct an investigation into the uses of force involved in the incident. A total of seven shots were fired.
The investigative review also examines training practices, and the department’s current practices in general with regard to the service of search warrants. Since that time, the department has received inquiries from individuals expressing a desire to know if an investigation is being completed.
Upon being briefed about the incident Chief Burton concluded that this search warrant should not have been served in the delayed fashion that it was, but rather should have been disregarded when the department was not able to serve it within a reasonable time. He has made members of his department aware that policy changes with regard to search warrant service are underway. In the interim, he will personally be responsible for approving search warrants in which forced entry may be required.
When the internal investigation is complete, a news release will be issued with its results.
Many phone calls and e-mails are being received by the members of the police department, as well as other City departments, regarding this incident. The department is doing its best to reply with a statement to the inquiries that contain a legitimate e-mail address or phone numbers, and which include questions that we can answer at this time.
Chief Burton has proposed changes to the department’s Narcotic Search Warrant Service Protocol. View those changes here.
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Police/Documents/NarcoticsSearchWarrantProtocolChanges.pdf
View a copy of the search warrant affidavit here.
http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Police/Documents/AffidavitKinlochCourtsearchwarrant.pdf
why was there any shots fired? holding marijuana is a non violent crime. Once again they’re just little men hiding behind a badge.
I say everyone needs to forward that tape to the Obama administratoin, state and local “so called” leaders and need to be told this will not be tolerated. I bet if we made Obama’s two kids sit down, watch the tape and have to hear the poor dog whining, and miss a couple nights sleep from nightmares, the policies would be changes over night
U.S. Patent No. 6630507, “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants ” demonstrates currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States and shows no lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.
Also, according to the Ontario Court of Justice, Canada’s laws against marijuana were found to remain unconstitutional since Parker, in R. v. Long.
Under what law are cannabis and cannabinoids _legally_ prohibited in the United States or Canada?
[Paul Armentano responds: The U.S. Controlled Substances Act of 1970.]
Respectfully, U.S. Patent No. 6630507, “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants” demonstrates currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States and no lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.
Schedule III Marinol is a synthetic chemical that works like THC, a psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. At 100 percent strength, Marinol is up to five times more powerful than the strongest available strains on the black market, about twice as strong as hashish. Generically named Dronabinol, warning labels specifically permit driving and using machinery when users know how the medicine affects them.
wow, if this doesn’t make you mad…i’m not sure what will. Revolt against the police department, call, send emails, letters, stand in front of their offices with signs stating DOG KILLERS WORK HERE!!!!!! Please do not let this go unnoticed by the citizens all around the world.
One thing is for sure, police are insane, egotistical individuals. This is why most get into the police business b/c of the power they never had as a kid or teenager.
Chief Burton, you’re a dick and all of your officers are cowards just like yourself. Can you guys not find a meth lab to bust? They are everywhere in Missouri. You piece of fucking shit, I can’t wait until Karma comes back to get your fucking ass. Miserable fucking asshole Chief Burton, you cocksucker. Fuck you and your police force. You’re a sorry person and I hope everyone finds out about your police tactics that YOU are in favor of.
So, how may Schedule I legally include cannabis or raw cannabinoids in the list of drugs with “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision”?
To the MO Swat Team, Several decades ago, I smoked part of a joint and I was so scared that I wanted to call police and ask them to come and get me! I have smoked cigarettes for almost 50 years and now my days are numbered because I bought the lie from the Cigarette Manufactures back in the 1950’s where TV commericals were ran stating that certain Doctor’s recommend certain brands of cigarettes as being Good For You! The United States Criminal Government Allowed those commericals because they were making Big Bucks off cigarette smokers. And smoking was my choice as any personal choice should be left up to the people!! The water we drink is making us sick, the GMO foods we eat are making us sick, the Government Chemtrailed air we breathe is making us sick, the Vaccines we take are making us sick and the Governments Agenda “Population Reduction”, this is a FACT! I have never saw a person who smokes Marijuana become violent in fact many people who are terminally ill find releaf from their pain by smoking Marijuana. Listen, I am no fool, I know how this Government system works. I have relatives who are in Afghanistan fighting for our Freedom by “Guarding Poppy Fields”, risking their lives not for our Freedom, but for the Rich so they can get Richer!!!!!!!!!!! The only reason Marijuana is not legalized is so the Rich can get Richer and the states can arrest the smokers or sellers and more money can be made and more power for those Mentally Ill Power Seekers who feel important only when they have power over other humans! Listen, The People’s Republic Is Sick of the Power Rapers, the Freedom Takers, we are sick of those who play GOD! The MO Swat Team needs to get their money together and buy this family dogs to replace the ones they murdered, NOW!! We all know that NO charges will be brought against you because “LEGAL VODOO” and criminal attorney’s will tie up all ends so you look like “Savors of the People”, this is Slavery!!! Help us, don’t keep supporting Slavery because if you do, one day Slavery will find its way to your door!
The Columbia, Missouri SWAT team and the city attorney’s office deserves articulate, well reasoned FEEDBACK on how this incident was handled.
Over 800,000 Americans are arrested every year over this issue, some like the folks above, who were raided by the Columbia, Missouri SWAT team, had their pet dogs shot (Just say no! Really? A Corgi? Really?) and a child threatened with abduction, all under color of law.
Yes, thousands of emails may be ignored, but add dozens of well reasoned, articulate calls, faxes and letters a day and you have their attention. Of course, include your letterhead if you are an attorney, it gives them . . . pause.
Remember: Call. Write. But be polite!
Columbia Police Department
600 East Walnut
Columbia, MO 65201-4491
573-874-7652 / FAX: 573-874-3142
http://ago.mo.gov/contactus.htm
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Contacted PETA about this… This was the response I got:
Thank you for contacting PETA.
We share your concern about the circumstances under which these dogs were shot. We understand that the responsible agency is conducting a thorough internal review of the incident, and we sincerely hope that this review will lead to policy changes that will ensure that it is never repeated.
These tragedies happen more often than one would imagine. It seems we’re inundated with calls every week from people whose dogs were shot by law-enforcement personnel. Officers appropriately resort to deadly force when they believe that their lives, or the lives of others, are in danger. But sometimes officials draw their guns unnecessarily or too quickly. Regardless, it’s important that all officials whose work brings them in contact with animals be trained to deal with animal situations effectively and humanely. We often recommend that agencies take advantage of the National Animal Control Association’s training programs (http://www.nacanet.org) for that reason.
If, after reviewing state law (http://www.animallaw.com) and local law (http://www.municode.com), it is believed that a government agency wrongfully injured or killed a companion animal, the shooter could face prosecution, and the animal’s guardians may be able to sue.
It is important for any companion-animal guardian to be familiar with the laws that afford their loved ones protection from every kind of abuse. For more information at your fingertips, you may wish to read Dog Law: A Legal Guide for Dog Owners and Their Neighbors, by Mary Randolph (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0873376161/qid=1087923942/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0251647-8403076?v=glance&s=books).
Thank you again for writing and for your concern for animals.
Sincerely,
Megan Vasiles
Correspondence Assistant
The PETA Foundation
There’s a special place in hell for those who would mistret an animal. Now! apply that to these lower than life MF’s.
Tom Dresner is answering questions here
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/may/10/chief-announce-swat-changes/
C&P
Tom_Dresner says…
“Is it true the neighbors were told on the night of the incident that the police were conducting a training exercise and that no shots were fired?”
Yes it is true.
It was wrong.
The officer should have never said that, and we are investigating why he did, as part of the overall investigation. We deeply regret that the public was misled in this way.
May 11, 2010 at 3:04 p.m
Why I am I not surprised about this? Let me tell you a true story about Columbia Mo police. About 8 years ago I date a girl who went to Mizzou. one night, one block over from were she lived, one male college student was found slain to death by a knife outside of his apt. By investigation by internal affairs, it was discovered the boy and married local policeman were have an homosexual affair. After the cop broke it off with the affairs, the boy threatened to tell his wife and family about their homosexual affairs. In retaliation, the boy was murdered. A sick and sad story but true! Those cops down there think they can do what they want done there. Columbia is a very nice college town but those cop down there need to take a step back
I say everyone willing, drive to the Columbia jail and courthouse and express our second amendment rights also. Let them know what it’s like to be on the other side of the barrel. I just don’t understand how anyone could view this as right and support Gustapo style tactics in America over vegetative material. If cops are here to enforce laws, why don’t they choose to go out and ticket people parking in handicap spots that aren’t supposed to, or go around and make sure buildings are up to code, or hell spend time solving real crimes? Oh, yea that’s right, they won’t be able to put on the Weekend Warrior gear and get their jollies out of suppressing people. I am a big gun supporter and have knowledge of the different firearms and ammunition, and it makes no sense shooting off a gun whose round can easily go through walls and even houses. So not only are you gunning for the scary pot smoker, but you’re gunna take out the neighbors to? This is called overkill, literally.
O.K.! Here it is…one more time…It’s always been about the money…it’s all about money now…and…it will always be about money. Is not money [love of it]
the root of all evil. What! am I deceiving myself?
Everyone notice what *wasn’t* found?
Scales!
So a “kingpin” that leaves his door unlocked, has no weapon, and no scales?!?
bwwwhahahhwhwhwahahahaa. morons.
Jack botted thugs. Only in amerika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those pigs have boners for stoners. Right now I am telling you that man pissed someone off. He wouldn’t get them any so they ratted on his ass. They killed an ankle biter??? What a bunch of pussies. The cop that shot the dog should not be allowed to carry a gun.
Here is a copy of the police report INTACT.
http://rapidshare.com/files/388138469/0512_swat_incident_report.pdf
Here is a link to the video of the recent police press release clearing themselves of any wrong.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/may/20/police-conclude-swat-investigation/
and this is why cops get shot!!! “makes me wanna shoot a cop in his mthr fn face!” excerpt from ice t “COP KILLER
im am locked and loaded, i had cops come to my house cause of noise disturbance, guess what i seen as i opened the door…..yep cop with gun drawn, (and no I have no violent record, or any felony record at all) I have a concealed pistol permit (legal in sd). these f ers know when you come to my house you better be ready, cause I am.
PS. TO ANY PUNK COPS READING THIS, PUT SOME THEIVES, MURDERS, RAPIST, AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMINALS WHO MAKE THIS WORLD SUCK IN JAIL, AND LET THE HIPPIES WHO JUST WANNA SMOKE, EAT, SEX, AND SLEEP. JUST LEAVE EM ALONE QUIT BEING SUCH HATERS. YOU WILL GO TO HELL FOR THESE CRIMES AGAINST MANKIND.
I can’t believe they shot and killed the dog…
i hate the swat team i hope they all die in a bombing raid those motherfuckers and this is comming from a NAM vet
Who the hell do these cops think they are.It seems to me that these cops aren’t inrerested in serving or protecting,but are simply on a power trip with a gun in their hands.Perhaps the reason they became cops in the first place is simply because they were losers their entire lives and are desperatley seeking brotherhood with fellow losers.If you want to catch some real criminals,why don’t you start at the state capital building.
The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish!
Frederic Bastiat
http://www.constitution.org/law/bastiat.htm
The cops claim to serve and protect but who do they serve and protect? They serve and protect corporations that call themselves government! The states, counties and cities are all corporations for profit! They are pirates on the high seas operating in Admiralty! Someday they will get the same treatment they dish out.
god will deal with the officers or swat bullies who shot the families dogs,god will deal with them in his own way!
i have a strong belief in god,it says in the bible an eye for an eye.
A search warrant would not be issued just for having a small amount of pot. In order to get a warrant, detectives would have had to purchase narcotics inside the home (probably at least twice). So the guy deals weed in addition to smoking it. Shame on him for putting his family in the middle of that. Who cares if you agree with that law, it is the law. So guess what happens when you break it? You’re all right, it’s too bad they shot the innocent dog instead of him. He’s a whiny crying punk.
Objection, assumes facts not in evidence.
Also, the law in question falsely claims marijuana has no accepted safe medical use in the United States.
Millions of otherwise law abiding citizens have been arrested since April 21, 1999, when the US government filed dozens of safe, proven medical uses in application for 2003 Patent No. 6630507.
see: http://tinyurl.com/classactionlawsuit
and: http://supersoberme.com
Got due process? How about reparations?
The law is the law . . . right?
It makes me so sad to see how police turn to killing and military tactics of everyday American people just to get their kicks.People we think should protect society and it’s people have become the enemy of the people.I had just had open heart surgery and cancer surgery,my sick 60+ year old wife with COPD in Maryland was harassed by state police because another neighbor told them(police) I told rabbits and deer to make paths in the woods(neighbors angry because we would not sell them our home),police came to our home 3 times with K-9 dogs and police car back up late at night,no evidence,no charges.Being a combat veteran,fought for this country in combat.I thought police were there to protect people not do their friends dirty work for them.Are we any different then Russia and China when it comes to Civil Rights ! NO ! Just like this story,POLICE ARE OUT OF CONTROL IN AMERICA !
This shows how much you cant trust law enforcement. And why would they shoot the dogs with a child present?
Thats the stupidest thing ever I mean are they trying to tramautize the kid?
And all that for some drugs its not like they killed a man.
They didnt need to shoot those dogs there are so many other ways to handle the situation they should be sued for every penny there worth.
But then again what are they worth? Not much
There is a speceil place in hell with theses cops names on them
agreed! anyone who shoots a dog is a scumbag!!!!!!
i wanna know why my local missouri goverment judges,prossecuter,and so on are neck deep in narcotics every one knows but noone to tell i know a few have called the feds and got a bussiness man in trouble for it but it took them hounding for months i live in the sticks anyone kicks in my door i start shootin ill ask questions later cop or not if you kick in my door its on
The pigs think they are god. I would like to see the real and vengeful GOD step in and kick the cop’s asses. I am not religious, but it just strikes me how demonic these cops are. Demonic would be a perversion of everything that is good and wholesome. Good and wholesome, like using a plant that is natural, and modern research shows is not harmless, but actual BENEFICIAL!! People: STOP ARGUING THAT POT SHOULD BE LEGAL FOR REASONS OF FREEDOM ETC… IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. OUR BODIES NATURALLY MAKE AND USE CANNABINOIDS. CANNABINOIDS = HEALTH AND WELL BEING! It is about freedom from tyranny, AND about freedome to HEAL ourselves from glutamate excitotoxicity (leading to ADHD, depressions, bipolar disorder, etc), cancer, and all sorts of other ailments.
The Police/SWAT teams involved in this are an absolute joke. Killing the family dog, firing guns (IN FRONT OF A CHILD) all for a small amount of weed…A god damn disgrace.
What’s next? SWAT teams jumping in through the window and taking out a poor old grandmother with a high powered rifle because she screamed?
this makes me very sick. I have brain cancer and i have to worry about this too. I hope all these guys sleep well at night!
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@364 Nick – Seriously, you hope these guys sleep well at night??? I wish they’d all develop brain cancer only to learn, shortly before their deaths, that marijuana could have helped them!
there are many military weapons left from ww2 for sale they make great guns for home defence .no mater what protective gear crimnals are wearing .pray for peace but prepare for war
The policeman has become a disgrace to society and a detriment to man.
I began Googling incidents of police shooting dogs after reading about Cisco in Austin & I’m horrified by how often this happens. You can be totally innocent & have to worry about cops breaking into your home & killing your dogs at any given time, apparently.
Now I’m afraid to call 911, ever. It’s as if they’re not the good guys any more.
Those “cops” should be taken out in a field somewhere and left there naked and bloody with 50 starving pitbulls. Unfortunatly, they were probably patted on the back and told what brave policemen they were for killing one dog that was just doing it’s job of protecting it’s family and wounding a ferocious Corgi.
Fucking worthless pigs
omg when well we get justice for the child and dog
I hope those cops fucking burn in a huge pit of fire. Fucking heartless human beings.