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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:36 PM Jun 2013

Army Vet Says Police Raided Wrong Apartment, Killed His Dog

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) - Adam Arroyo has lived in his Breckenridge apartment for three years but has never experienced a day like this past Monday; when police busted down his door in search of drugs, shooting and killing his dog in the process.

"She's over here, chained up, and look at all these bullet holes man. Look at the blood right here," Arroyo explained as he showed Eyewitness cameras where his pit bull mix Cindy had been shot.

"She was tied up in the kitchen like I tie her up every single day, and they shot her for no reason."

When Arroyo returned home Monday evening he found his apartment torn apart, door busted down and several bullet holes in his kitchen wall.

He also found a search warrant for 304 Breckenridge, upper apartment.

The suspect named in the warrant was described as a black male and was wanted on suspicion of dealing crack.

http://www.wkbw.com/news/Army-Vet-Says-Police-Raided-Wrong-Apartment-Killed-His-Dog-210151651.html

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Army Vet Says Police Raided Wrong Apartment, Killed His Dog (Original Post) The Straight Story Jun 2013 OP
They executed a tied up dog just because they could Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #1
Police in this country are out of control bigdarryl Jun 2013 #2
The boys in blue screwed up again. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #3
Are you for real? Cops don't "screw up". MindPilot Jun 2013 #5
I hope like hell you are being sarcastic. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #8
Yes, I am. MindPilot Jun 2013 #9
No. They just shoot first, think second. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #11
police are out of control with 'search warrant' mania- and shoot anything they want. Sunlei Jun 2013 #4
Cops SamKnause Jun 2013 #6
and this is an example of the competence shedevil69taz Jun 2013 #7
Right!!!!We don't need no stinkin' guvment Bandit Jun 2013 #12
Poor Adam Kolesar Jun 2013 #10
Du rec. Nt xchrom Jun 2013 #13
Same shit, different day. Fuck tha police. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #14
 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
1. They executed a tied up dog just because they could
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:39 PM
Jun 2013

However, Arroyo says the search warrant left behind is for the upper apartment. He lives in the upper rear apartment -- on the other side of the building.

Neighbors say they told officers repeatedly they had the wrong apartment, and that the dog never barked. However, the next thing they knew, shots rang out.

"After they kicked in the door, all you heard was a little bit of silence, and then you heard a shotgun, then a mad load of gunshots after that," says Marco Torres, who lives two doors down. "It was like they were going to war upstairs. And they dog is like, this big, you know what I mean."

http://www.wkbw.com/news/Neighbors-We-Told-Police-they-Had-Wrong-Apartment-210258141.html

 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
5. Are you for real? Cops don't "screw up".
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:49 PM
Jun 2013

Clearly that man was not dealing drugs in the wrong apartment. How is that the cops' fault?

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
4. police are out of control with 'search warrant' mania- and shoot anything they want.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:46 PM
Jun 2013

search warrant or not, the warrant doesn't give them authority to tear a place to pieces and kill any pets.

The police probably steal items aswell, all these searches should be public records vid. taped from start to finish. Posted in public.

SamKnause

(13,107 posts)
6. Cops
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:02 PM
Jun 2013

If we could sue them into oblivion maybe this shit would stop.

Sue the cops.
Sue the district attorney.
Sue the city.
Sue the county.
Sue the state.
Sue anyone that you can sue !!!

Why does this man have to pay for a door that the police destroyed ?
He can never replace his beloved pet.
They trashed his apartment.
He had to miss work.
He has to pay for his pet to be cremated.
He is heart broken.
He is a veteran and is treated like this.
I bet he questions exactly what he was fighting for.

Hit everyone where it hurts, in their wallets.

I am sickened by the gangs in blue.

shedevil69taz

(512 posts)
7. and this is an example of the competence
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:08 PM
Jun 2013

of the government who some people say we should rely on exclusively to protect us from those who are intent on doing harm.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
12. Right!!!!We don't need no stinkin' guvment
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 06:26 PM
Jun 2013

That pot hole I hit yesterday is also an example of how our guvment is out of control and should be eliminated...

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