I can't really even comment on this.

What I would like to say is best left unsaid.

Just remember Karma is a Mother.....

This crap happens every day in America now. Most of the very few good cops have been paid to retire or just quit in disgust and this is what we get. Welcome to Obama's Nazi America, Police State.

I think Indiana has it right. The police kick down the wrong door and your allowed to shoot them if you want. If this law was nationwide it would stop the police from being stupid and all gun-ho.

Soooooo uhmmmm can we review?
Why wasn't a warrant issued?
Isn't there something in the Constitution about search and seizure and papers and stuff????

OH RIGHT

4th Amendment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

What happened to that?
Did it go missing?

Confused.
Someone enlighten me why it's okay for police to raid anyone's house without a warrant.
They're terrorizing kids, killing animals and destroying lives.
And the best we get is "Oops our bad."

I'm appalled. I'm usually against suing but I hope this family wins. If as a child I had to be handcuffed with my family and sat next to my dead dog for an hour, I would turn out with more problems than imaginable. How hard is it to double check an address, especially in a raid.

Originally posted by nathanscottecho
The family shouldn't receive any money. IMHO the officers involved in this massive screw up should all be let go. I'm in the healthcare industry, and if I make a mistake as big as this I could lose my license and never get to practice again. How is this any different??

here's where you're wrong, the family should get money for damages to property, like........... oh I don't know, THE DOG!!!, AND ALL THEIR RANSACKED BELONGINGS? EMOTIONAL DAMAGE? yeah!!, and the cops should be let go as well. tell ya what.. let me into your house, and wreck the hell out of it for you, traumatize your family, and kill your pet. by the way, you get no compensation for my services, how does that sound....... you should get your brain checked, ya think?

Something to consider though is that the police were more than likely acting on orders.. the officers themselves should have handled it differently and not had the kids or family members sit with the dead pet .. but the person conducting the investigation, acquiring the warrant and ordering the no-knock raid would be the one fully responsible in my opinion .. If you're a cop and you enter a home by force, expecting that you could get shot in the face when you enter.. your adrenaline is high, you see an animal running at you .. no doubt trying to defend the territory and family.. they will most likely fire..

Again .. it's not the officers really who hold the blame here.. unless they themselves got the wrong address and didn't read the warrant properly .. but otherwise they were just doing what they were told and no doubt expected potential hostility .. They were mis-lead by bad orders/faulty warrant most likely

The family deserves justice.. it was wrong, and horrible.. but the blame should be properly placed

Where would the $30 million come from if they win? I assume the Tax payers.

This is another reason why it's absolutely imperative to be armed; you have the RIGHT to open fire and defend yourself against any intruders who don't have a warrant to be in your residence and in this situation the family could have defended themselves against this evil and protected their children had they known how.

I hope to see some criminal prosecution of the perpetrators who entered their home but as always I'm sure Murphy's Law will hold true and these terrorists will get off scott free as they always do in our corrupt society.

Originally posted by miniatus
Something to consider though is that the police were more than likely acting on orders.. the officers themselves should have handled it differently and not had the kids or family members sit with the dead pet .. but the person conducting the investigation, acquiring the warrant and ordering the no-knock raid would be the one fully responsible in my opinion .. If you're a cop and you enter a home by force, expecting that you could get shot in the face when you enter.. your adrenaline is high, you see an animal running at you .. no doubt trying to defend the territory and family.. they will most likely fire..

Again .. it's not the officers really who hold the blame here.. unless they themselves got the wrong address and didn't read the warrant properly .. but otherwise they were just doing what they were told and no doubt expected potential hostility .. They were mis-lead by bad orders/faulty warrant most likely

The family deserves justice.. it was wrong, and horrible.. but the blame should be properly placed

edit on 8/7/2012 by miniatus because: (no reason given)

edit on 8/7/2012 by miniatus because: (no reason given)

yeah, the blame should be put on the cops as well, don't get me started on you too.
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