MicroWaveNov 28, 2023

Maryland roommates claim police detained them at gunpoint for no reason and shot their pet dog: "No remorse"

https://lemmy.world/post/8868702

Maryland roommates claim police detained them at gunpoint for no reason and shot their pet dog: "No remorse" - Lemmy.World

Roommates who sued a Maryland county Monday claim police officers illegally entered their apartment without a warrant, detained them at gunpoint without justification and unnecessarily shot their pet dog, which was left paralyzed and ultimately euthanized. The dog, a boxer mix named Hennessey, did not attack the three officers who entered the apartment before two of them shot the animal with their firearms and the third fired a stun gun at it, according to the federal lawsuit. The lawsuit seeks at least $16 million in damages over the June 2, 2021 encounter, which started with Prince George’s County police officers responding to a report of a dog bite at an apartment complex where the four plaintiffs lived. What happened next was captured on police body camera video and video from a plaintiff’s cellphone.

Show threadEmpricornNov 28, 2023
Pretty fucked up, but not surprising… Why do settlements come from uninvolved taxpayers, rather than the police “union”!?
Show threadExLisperNov 28, 2023
Paying damages out of police retirement founds would be a simple, one step, foolproof solution to this problem. You don’t want lower retirement? Stop breaking the law. Oh, you’re one of the 5 good cops in the country and this would hurt you even though you did nothing wrong? Actually report the bad cops instead just watching. Thanks.
Show threadRubberStuntBaby
That gives every cop in the department a financial motive to lie for each other, cover up incidents and silence witnesses.
Nov 29, 2023 at 5:57amWeb
Show threadExLisperNov 29, 2023
No it doesn’t. It does the exact opposite.
Show threadRubberStuntBabyNov 30, 2023
When a psycho cop in the department shoots an innocent kid in the back, the other cops will have to decide either to plant a gun on him or have their their retirement funds drained by a lawsuit.
Show threadExLisperNov 30, 2023
So you’re saying now cops don’t plant guns on people, don’t lie and don’t intimidate witnesses? Have you seen the news, like ever?