By Elmer Whittaker
It has long become standard procedure for law enforcement in
particular SWAT Teams to shoot and kill the family dog when conducting a Search
Warrant. If you look around even in the mass media you can find so many cases were
innocent dogs are shot down like vermin, not even to mention the alternative
media. Alone on YouTube are more than a half a million police brutality videos
posted, growing on a daily basis.
I have little doubt that law enforcement is trained to shoot
dogs on site if they even let out a little bark against the often
unconstitutional intruders. The entry teams are so well protected with bullet
proof vests, shields and helmets that the barking of a smaller dog really
should not be a valid reason to shoot someone’s pet and family member.Unfortunately, as we as a nation slide deeper and deeper into the tyranny of a police state, dogs are no longer the only victims of the law enforcements abuse of power. More and more you can read, hear and see about “search warrants” being executed in which the house owner who often don’t has enough time to comprehend the situation, is shot to death. To an increasing number many “search warrants” are executed on false information, false addresses or the wrong suspects.
Law enforcement officers who took an oath the protect and
defend the constitution often are completely ignorant of what the constitution
says or chose to violate constitutional rights just because there are little to
no consequences for the law enforcement officers.
It cannot continue that citizens are more afraid of law
enforcement then of the supposed bad guys, or are intimidated or arrested from
practicing their civic rights by law enforcement officers who are well aware of
the fact that they violating a person’s inalienable constitutional rights.
If we are to improve relations between law enforcement and
citizens an open and honest dialog is needed, maybe in form of a town hall
meeting in which the LEO’s agree to speak honestly without the criminal
pestilence of “code blue”.
It is my opinion that if relations between law enforcement
and citizenry do not improve soonest the possibility exists that this county
might be heading for a serious confrontation. Most people have a limit beyond
which they cannot be pushed.
