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WaPo: "Deadly Force"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Yesterday's WaPo: Deadly Force, by April Witt, recounting the raid on the home of the Mayor of Berwyn Heights, MD. The caption under the online photo: "Acting on a mistaken drug trafficking suspicion, a SWAT team broke down their door, shot beloved pets and shattered a happy home. Was it an extreme reaction, or business as usual in America's war on drugs?" This is the case of the mayor victimized by drug dealers sending drugs to the house to be picked up. The last five paragraphs: They were also determined to hold the police accountable. Through a lawyer, Cheye, Trinity and Georgia have filed a notice of intent to sue the Prince George's County Police Department and the Sheriff's Office. By the time, Cheye and Trinity hung ornaments on the Christmas tree in December, their sunny little brick home seemed almost as cozy as it used to, but different...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 02, 2009 (boomark / email).