Cops Who Raided Mayor Didn’t Have a No-Knock Warrant
• The AgitatorIt now appears that the entire raid on Mayor Cheye Calvo may have been illegal. Police stormed Calvo’s home without knocking, shot and killed his black labs, and questioned him and his mother-in-law at gunpoint over a delivered package of marijuana
I know this story dates back to July 31st, when FP reported it :-), but the AP finally deemed to pick it up (originally a Washington Post story so don't tell me the delay was not deliberate -- still, there is new details in this story of rank has its privilege. AP update I have yet to see his honor question the validity or terror induced by these SWAT style police invasions that his constituents face every day. One might have hoped that a taste may have converted him.