Police raid another house, kill two dogs hiding under a table, find no drugs/weapons

[e-brake]

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/623439.html



A South Buffalo family wants answers after police shot and killed two of their dogs during a raid Saturday, leaving blood puddled on a living-room carpet and speckled on the wall.
Police, who were looking for a drug suspect and narcotics, left the Indian Church Road home without finding any evidence or arresting anyone, according to residents of the house.
The incident has left the family distraught and angry over the loss of the dogs, Essy and Moosey.
“It was just the most traumatizing, horrible thing,” said Rita M. Patterson, 27, who lives in the house with her 68-year-old father, Daniel J. Patterson.
When police stormed the house on Indian Church Road, near Seneca Street, at about 5:30 p. m. Saturday, Daniel Patterson was on the couch, watching the news.
“They shot the dogs for no reason at all,” he told The Buffalo News on Sunday.
Rita Patterson said she was cooking dinner in the kitchen when she heard loud noises at the side door. Hanavan was upstairs taking a nap, and at first she thought he may have fallen out of bed.
Before she knew what was happening, police wearing masks and helmets and carrying automatic weapons had broken through the door. They tied her hands with a zip tie and put her on the floor.
Her father pleaded with police not to shoot the dogs, but they wouldn’t allow him to grab the dogs and put them in another room, Patterson said.
One of the officers started firing a shotgun at the two dogs, one a pit bull and the other a pit bull-boxer mix.
One of the dogs was shot three times: once in the throat, once in the back and the last time in the leg while trying to run away, Rita Patterson said.
The other dog was cowering behind a table. Neither was a threat to the police, the residents said.
The police had a warrant for the home, but it named no suspects. It said only that investigators were looking for a white male and Hydrocodone. Information that led to the warrant, according to the warrant itself, came partly from an informant, Rita Patterson said.
It’s not known how or if the incident is connected to the previous day’s raid, DeGeorge said.
Police did have a warrant for the address, DeGeorge said, though he would not comment on who the target may have been or what police were looking for.
“It’s part of an ongoing undercover operation,” DeGeorge said.
Rita Patterson said she will be talking with a lawyer today.
“There’s not even a word to describe the pain I feel,” she said.
DeGeorge, the police spokesman, said the Pattersons have a right to request an investigation through the department’s Professional Standards Division.
DeGeorge did point to the inherent danger police generally face when raiding a home.
“Executing a search warrant, police never know what they’re going to find on the other side of that door,” DeGeorge said. “In most cases, these can be life and death situations.”

[johnny861]

“It’s part of an ongoing undercover operation,” DeGeorge said, "One day this town will be rid of dogs, then cats will rule once again!" When asked about the spotted tail protruding from the back of DeGeorges' MacIntosh, he gave no further comment.

truth.

[Deff Gordon]

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[2dj's1cup]

all that noise for some fucking hydrocodone?

[JustinLee]

Originally Posted by Mr. Awesomepants

all that noise for some fucking hydrocodone?

No shit and it was probably the 5/500s which have no street value.

[Tyler Durden]

And we're going to let them disarm the public so we can put all of our trust in these dipshits?

[djetaine]

Originally Posted by Passenja

And we're going to let them disarm the public so we can put all of our trust in these dipshits?

we are?
says who?

[Tyler Durden]

we're not allowed to shoot our own dogs, that's the cops' job

[2dj's1cup]

Originally Posted by JustinLee

No shit and it was probably the 5/500s which have no street value.

yeah, by the time you get fucked up on those the tylenol in them has already destroyed your liver lol