SWAT Team Raids House, Shoots Dogs over 'Small Amount of Marijuana'

Zombienosh

A SWAT team raided Jonathan Whitworth's house in Februrary looking for a "large amount of marijuana." They shot his two dogs, killing one. All they found was a pipe, a grinder, and a "small amount" of weed. Now there's video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwvUaRqc

full story
http://gawker.com/5532226/swat-team-raids-house-shoots-dogs-over-small-amount-of-marijuana

Mr. Incognito

Pigs hate Dogs

starbelgrade

They shot his two dogs, killing one. All they found was a pipe, a grinder, and a "small amount" of weed.

God damn, pot-smoking, hippy-assed dogs.

fizzynicenice

Oh fuck this.
I'm goin out right now and loafin the first gaurd I see.

longhalloween

fizzynicenice wrote: »

Oh fuck this.
I'm goin out right now and loafin the first gaurd I see.

I dare you to repost that here!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1081 :D:D

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Scum scum scum... I hate pieces of shít like that... Nobody could answer his questions either. No wonder there is such hatred towards these assholes... they deserve every fcuking bit of it.

Einhard

And they had the cheek to cite him for "child endangerment"!!

RMD

What we don't see in the video is whether or not the dogs came at them to bite them or not. What was found at the house has **** all to do with the shootings since they must have had some sort of reasonable to evidence to carry out a Swat entry.

I'm not condoning this crap, but no point in posting "I'm such a ****ing hardman and I hate all gardaí / police rawr rawr rawr" without knowing the full story.

starbelgrade

longhalloween wrote: »

I dare you to repost that here!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1081 :D:D

The Gardai have a forum? Cripes. I thought they couldn't even read, let alone use a PC.

starbelgrade

RMD wrote: »

What we don't see in the video is whether or not the dogs came at them to bite them or not. What was found at the house has **** all to do with the shootings since they must have had some sort of reasonable to evidence to carry out a Swat entry.

I'm not condoning this crap, but no point in posting "I'm such a ****ing hardman and I hate all gardaí / police rawr rawr rawr" without knowing the full story.

I wouldn't go "rawr rawr rawr" to a cop. They might mistake you for a dog.

questioner

fat pricks, any wonder people have a hatred of authority. see the little kid there too. w@nkers

Savage Tyrant

Filthy fucking scum. ACAB

--LOS--

Jeez that was disturbing, why the fcuk did they shoot the dogs

Yakult

Some dickwads

Kersmash

That's a fucking disgrace.

questioner

must be war on dogs now too.

Zombienosh

it was an inside job this guy did it

Topper Harley

RMD wrote: »

What we don't see in the video is whether or not the dogs came at them to bite them or not.

According to the article one of the dogs was caged. Sounds to me like a couple of trigger happy cops new they could get away with shooting them as they were just dogs. Maybe it's just me, but if I was one of the cops and a dog was coming for me I wouldn't just shoot it, I'd try to hold it off with the gun and if it was particularly strong and aggressive maybe then shoot it.

RMD wrote: »

What was found at the house has **** all to do with the shootings since they must have had some sort of reasonable to evidence to carry out a Swat entry.

The article also says another raid was carried out based solely on a tip off from a neighbour.

If that happened to me and all I could hear were those gunshots and then those cries from my dog, I would lose the plot completely and more than likely end up getting shot myself. Having said that, I have faith in our Gaurds to be less likely to open fire on a pet.

starbelgrade

questioner wrote: »

must be war on dogs now too.

Yep. It's called the War on Terrier.

df1985

i heard the yelping and couldnt watch the rest. no need to shoot the dogs unless they were literaaly ripping your face off.

Topper Harley

df1985 wrote: »

i heard the yelping and couldnt watch the rest. no need to shoot the dogs unless they were literaaly ripping your face off.

My blood started to boil when I heard the yelping. And the poor owner couldn't do a thing for the dog or he'd be shot.

lcrcboy

****ing scumbags and the messed up bit is nothing will probally happen to them

Zombienosh

the family went on to get charged with child endangerment...

yeah the family. after the trigger happy swat team entered.

questioner

df1985 wrote: »

i heard the yelping and couldnt watch the rest. no need to shoot the dogs unless they were literaaly ripping your face off.

desperate, i cant stand the sound of anything in distress - cant even kill spiders.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

RMD wrote: »

What we don't see in the video is whether or not the dogs came at them to bite them or not. What was found at the house has **** all to do with the shootings since they must have had some sort of reasonable to evidence to carry out a Swat entry.

I'm not condoning this crap, but no point in posting "I'm such a ****ing hardman and I hate all gardaí / police rawr rawr rawr" without knowing the full story.

You can hear the man that got arrested saying "He was probably trying to play with you". One shot went off pretty fast after they entered the home. That dog was crying for a while after. Cruel bastards, hope they end up in a bad way, writhing in pain. They took the shot with a child in the house. Nobody was armed in the house, they could have handled the situation a little better. This is what happens when you give scumbags power like that, they abuse it.

AlcoholicA wrote: »

the family went on to get charged with child endangerment...

yeah the family. after the trigger happy swat team entered.

What? How? Do you have any link for that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISyPz5XRyI

I couldn't imagine what it is like to live in the States...it is such a police state where crack commando units raid parties looking for people under 21 drinking.

If caught drinking under 21, or having any craic, then its off to jail and a citation

SV

fúcking scum..

Zombienosh

Layton Numerous Raft wrote: »

You can hear the man that got arrested saying "He was probably trying to play with you". One shot went off pretty fast after they entered the home. That dog was crying for a while after. Cruel bastards, hope they end up in a bad way, writhing in pain. They took the shot with a child in the house. Nobody was armed in the house, they could have handled the situation a little better. This is what happens when you give scumbags power like that, they abuse it.



What? How? Do you have any link for that?

Whitworth was charged with possession and "child endangerment."

on same site, http://gawker.com/5532226/swat-team-raids-house-shoots-dogs-over-small-amount-of-marijuana

Topper Harley

Layton Numerous Raft wrote: »

They took the shot with a child in the house. Nobody was armed in the house, they could have handled the situation a little better. This is what happens when you give scumbags power like that, they abuse it.

It's one thing to burst in and shoot at someone who's armed but at an animal. What if the child had been playing with the dog and standing nearby. One stray shot, ricochet or a bullet going straight through the dog and and you could end up with a dead child.

EI111

salonfire wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISyPz5XRyI

I couldn't imagine what it is like to live in the States...it is such a police state where crack commando units raid parties looking for people under 21 drinking.

If caught drinking under 21, or having any craic, then its off to jail and a citation

If you can't even imagine living there then why would you think you have the authority to tell us the situation as regards drinking underage?

i lived there, its good

Prof.Badass

The war on drugs will never end. I sometimes wonder do police officers like these guys know it as they go about their job.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Fcuking scum...

Scum 1

Scum 2

Scum 3

Topper Harley

Layton Numerous Raft wrote: »

Fcuking scum...

Scum 1

As long as you live in North Dakota or Wyoming, you, your family and you pets will be fine.

Podge2k7

Fucking dickheads!

rizzee

vinylmesh wrote: »

The war on drugs will never end. I sometimes wonder do police officers like these guys know it as they go about their job.

Sorry..

IvySlayer

Those police officers are idiots. Give the rest a bad rep, I hope their bagdes are taken off them.

o1s1n

Jesus ****ing christ.

And people want to arm the Gardaí?!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Topper Harley wrote: »

As long as you live in North Dakota or Wyoming, you, your family and you pets will be fine.

I was looking at that. "Where are the safe states, where should I visit"...

I was only ever in Minnesota.

starbelgrade

o1s1n wrote: »

Jesus ****ing christ.

And people want to arm the Gardaí?!

I wouldn't worry about the Garda having guns. They'd only shoot themselves in the foot.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Maybe their lack of an awesome tit thread enraged them...

The_Minister

Layton Numerous Raft wrote: »

You can hear the man that got arrested saying "He was probably trying to play with you". One shot went off pretty fast after they entered the home. That dog was crying for a while after. Cruel bastards, hope they end up in a bad way, writhing in pain. They took the shot with a child in the house. Nobody was armed in the house, they could have handled the situation a little better. This is what happens when you give scumbags power like that, they abuse it.

They had no way of knowing that the occupants were unarmed - given that they thought they were dealing drugs, it was probable that they were.

If you are a member of a SWAT team trying to take a potentially hostile location, a dog biting on your arm may limit your movement enough to let someone shoot you.

gollem_1975

well the householders got off lightly with that SWAT team they could have got these clowns instead

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

The_Minister wrote: »

They had no way of knowing that the occupants were unarmed - given that they thought they were dealing drugs, it was probable that they were.

If you are a member of a SWAT team trying to take a potentially hostile location, a dog biting on your arm may limit your movement enough to let someone shoot you.

Ok, I understand that to an extent, but their attitude didn't seem to change after everything seemed to be under control. Still no excuse to shoot a caged dog (allegedly the dog was caged).

epgc3fyqirnbsx

It was a disgrace no doubt. But I dont know what you can say about it other than there are disgraceful people who shouldn't be doing their job in the first place.
If you look locally;
Politicians
Lawyers
Doctors
Builders
Accountants
Teachers
Council etc etc

It's a bad case but in no way conclusive of a police force

The_Minister

Layton Numerous Raft wrote: »

Ok, I understand that to an extent, but their attitude didn't seem to change after everything seemed to be under control. Still no excuse to shoot a caged dog (allegedly the dog was caged).

Was one dog not loose and the other caged?

Maybe I read that wrong.

In fairness now, they are a SWAT team, not your joe soap patrol officer.

I assume they were expecting the worst and were fairly high on the 'oul adrenaline as they kicked the door in.


Why would a dog be left in a cage, out of curiosity?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness now, they are a SWAT team, not your joe soap patrol officer.

I assume they were expecting the worst and were fairly high on the 'oul adrenaline as they kicked the door in.


Why would a dog be left in a cage, out of curiosity?

7 year old was in the house, it was a pitbull so fair play to the owner for having the cop on to secure the animal. Then he gets charged for endangering the child? It's hilarious. They have to be seen to do something otherwise the public will be up in arms. Under normal circumstances he wouldn't have been done for it at all. It was a misdemeanor.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Carson Greasy Snobbery wrote: »

It was a disgrace no doubt. But I dont know what you can say about it other than there are disgraceful people who shouldn't be doing their job in the first place.
If you look locally;
Politicians
Lawyers
Doctors
Builders
Accountants
Teachers
Council etc etc

It's a bad case but in no way conclusive of a police force

Don't get me wrong, I am not generalising or saying all police are scum. These guys that shot his dog, and the others that I linked to, are scumbags. Some make mistakes, but others obviously overstep their boundries and hide like pussies behind their badge...

The_Minister wrote: »

Was one dog not loose and the other caged?

Maybe I read that wrong.

Yea the pitbull was caged and the other dog (friendlier dog) was not.

I am unsure of which dog was killed though. I forget.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Layton Numerous Raft wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, I am not generalising or saying all police are scum. These guys that shot his dog, and the others that I linked to, are scumbags. Some make mistakes, but others obviously overstep their boundries and hide like pussies behind their badge...

Thats cool, I agree with most things you say, just felt like getting that in before it became a police bashing thread which can happen

msg11

Typical American over reaction. If this is how the police carry on, give it 20 Years and there hole army will be in the same situation the Catholic Churchs are.

theboxer

The poor pooch. :mad: