IT'S A DOG YOU IDIOTS! But this is not the first time cops have invaded a home whether for good reason or not and killed the family pet. This is beyond disgraceful. How in the hell would one expect a pet to react at the presence of screaming high pitched strange voices in the home?
The police chief is backing up his officers' actions.
"Every indicator to me shows that this was a justifiable shooting. The dog was aggressive and the dog got shot," OH OF COURSE YOU ARE.What else would you say Chief?
These officers need to be fired. If they are that nervous and their only answer is the death of a pet, they have no business being a policeman. And all of this was for what? A small amount of drugs....totally disgraceful and beneath contempt. Read it all and if you watch the videos...at your own risk for it is sad and horrific..
COLUMBIA, Mo - The shooting death of a pit bull in a SWAT team raid is bringing about policy changes in the Columbia, Missouri Police Department.
A SWAT team raided a home in Columbia and during the raid, shot and killed the family's pit bull. They also shot and injured a corgi. YouTube video of the raid shows a child was also in the home at the time.
The police chief is backing up his officers' actions.
"Every indicator to me shows that this was a justifiable shooting. The dog was aggressive and the dog got shot," Chief Ken Burton said.The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that SWAT officers found a grinder, a pipe and a small amount of marijuana in the home.
Columbia's mayor said changes will be made to the policy police officers follow when executing a search warrant.
UPDATE:
Columbia, Mo., police respond to video of shot dog
BY ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
05/11/2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Columbia police chief said Monday his officers will follow tighter rules for serving drug search warrants in the college town after a video showing a botched raid -- and the shooting death of a suspected dealer's dog -- received widespread attention on the Internet.
The Columbia Police Department has been besieged by criticism from animal lovers who saw a video of a February raid in which SWAT team officers shot and killed a pit bull. A second dog, a corgi, was wounded but survived.
The dog's owner was arrested on misdemeanor marijuana charges while his wife and 7-year-old son watched. Police said they had been tipped he had felony quantities of "high-grade" marijuana.
The Columbia Daily Tribune posted a police video of the raid on its Web site May 3. By Monday, the video had logged nearly 900,000 hits on YouTube.
"We realize we did some things wrong," Police Chief Ken Burton said. "We've fixed those things. The public can be assured that a similar incident will not happen again."
The new policy requires higher-ranking police captains to approve drug search warrants rather than narcotics sergeants or SWAT commanders. Police also will consider whether the presence of children should curtail a raid and serve warrants sooner after a judge signs them.
They waited eight days after obtaining a warrant to search 25-year-old Jonathan Whitworth's home.
A LITTLE LATE FOR THE POOR DOG DON'T YOU THINK?
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