Dogs Die in Invasion
Looks like people may have to start wearing tactical gear while just lounging around in their own homes. And don’t forget the dogs. Have them fitted too.
Mayor Cheye Calvo of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, and his mother-in-law were handcuffed and forced to kneel on the floor during the July 29 raid, which police said was part of an investigation into a scheme in which drugs apparently were sent to unsuspecting people.
The FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland are investigating the incident, FBI spokesman Richard Wolf said Friday.
Calvo had asked for the federal probe.
“We lost our family dogs,” he said Thursday. “We did it at the hands of sheriff’s deputies who burst through our front door, rifles blazing.”
[...] Police said the scheme involved shipping drugs to unsuspecting people’s homes and intercepting the packages. About $3.6 million in marijuana had been seized, police told the AP.
In this instance, investigators told the AP, a package containing 32 pounds of marijuana was sent from Los Angeles, California, to Calvo’s house in Berwyn Heights, a town of 3,000 residents 10 miles from Washington.
The package was addressed to his Calvo’s wife, Trinity Tomsic.
The Calvo’s dogs were shot to death during the invasion. One was 7 years old and the other was 4. The family has no recourse because the invasion happened because of an “investigation” and someone thought the mayor was some kind of drug lord operative. Thanks to FISA and the “war” on drugs, the peace this family once enjoyed has been shattered forever.
Of course, the drug dealers share the blame. They are sending packages full of drugs to random strangers. The DEA knew this. They knew that the Calvos were probably innocent. But they wanted to show the big bad drug dealers who was boss. Except it wasn’t the big bad drug dealers who suffered two horrible losses during a home invasion.
I don’t know what the Calvos can do to rebuild their lives after this. I suppose they should be thankful that they didn’t have children in the home at the time. They can be thankful that neither of them were shot in place of their dogs. And they can be thankful that the government will shoot anything moving when they’re during a drug investigation and/or raid.
Or they can join millions of other people in demanding the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution be honored by all arms of the government- including the federal branch.
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This is another travesty in the war against people who choose to place a substance into their bodies. This is like alcohol prohibition but worse. It’s time to end the war on drugs.
If they can´t shoot the dogs of the deputies in return, at least get them a public apology.