Take the money and run

[dellinger63]

Thank God it was 12 years ago and nothing comparable has happened since. Maybe because of video?

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Thank God it was 12 years ago and nothing comparable has happened since. Maybe because of video?

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/255...t-kill-pet-dog

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-no..._dalene_v.html


http://fox13now.com/2014/08/01/salt-...-shooting-dog/

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Thank God it was 12 years ago and nothing comparable has happened since. Maybe because of video?

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/255...t-kill-pet-dog

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-no..._dalene_v.html


http://fox13now.com/2014/08/01/salt-...-shooting-dog/

Yep. And sadly that's just the tip of the iceberg.

This one in 2008 was when I first became aware that none of us are safe.
http://reason.com/blog/2008/07/31/ma...ed-in-drug-rai
More on that case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn_...ence_drug_raid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27fPqQctVXc

And even though assurances were made that police were being trained to better handle encounters in Anne Arundel County . . .
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,3864041.story

The bigger picture?
http://dogmurders.wordpress.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...286title=Rosie

[Benny]

Unbelievable. The linked original WP article. Seems like a bad B movie.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/inv...-targets-cash/

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Benny

Unbelievable. The linked original WP article. Seems like a bad B movie.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/inv...-targets-cash/

All in the name of the War on Drugs.

Aside from military conflicts, our record in "Wars on __________" is abjectly dismal.

[Danzig]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...t_civil.2.html

[GenuineRisk]

The New Yorker article from 2012 on civil forfeiture is also good reading

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken

I know people freak about the power of federal gov't but compared to state and local city corruption, it seems like there's just no contest.