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Title: Cops Shoot Woman’s Dog Then Warrantlessly Ransack Her Home to Justify It
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URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/co ... ustify-it/#VD7w18c32O6WyH7k.99
Published: Dec 22, 2016
Author: John Vibes
Post Date: 2016-12-23 14:05:13 by Deckard
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Comments: 32
New York, NY – Brooklyn resident Raven Garcia is filing a lawsuit against the NYPD after the police entered her house without a warrant, shot her dog and then ransacked her home in an attempt to find evidence to justify their intrusion. Police were called to Garcia’s house over an unpaid cab fee, but they had no warrant or justification to enter her home without permission. Garcia had been out drinking with her friends on that night, and when realizing that she was too drunk to drive home, she did the responsible thing and took a cab. Unfortunately, Garcia forgot to pay the cab driver when they arrived at her house, likely due to her intoxication. It is true that Garcia was in the wrong for stiffing the cab driver, but this hardly justifies a warrantless search and the shooting of an animal, this is a very simple matter that could have been resolved very quickly and easily if the police were not so quick to escalation and aggression. However, it is important to point out that all charges regarding the unpaid cab fare have since been dropped — making the dog shooting and subsequent raid — entirely unjust. According to witnesses, police arrived at Garcia’s apartment with large numbers in an extreme show of force. They let themselves into the home and carelessly allowed the dog to walk out of the house. Witness testimony has stated that the dog, named Macho, was calm and friendly while outside and was shot by one of the officers for no reason. When neighbors asked about the condition of the dog, the officers on the scene told the neighbors to call for help, because they hadn’t done so. Meanwhile, a gang of cops began ransacking the house in an attempt to find drugs which would justify their raid and the shooting of the dog. They even went on to search a neighbors apartment that was not even owned by Garcia. After a long search, police found absolutely nothing, but they still arrested Garcia. According to the lawsuit, “NYPD officers did unlawfully imprison Plaintiff as they ransacked her apartment and shot her companion animal with an unnecessary and gratuitous display of physical force, as they cordoned off the area and prevented witnesses from reporting the unjust nature of the shooting, despite witnesses’ attempts to do so.” The lawsuit also stated that the officer who shot Macho, Officer Abiola Enrico, was taunting Garcia about her weight, and was so aggressive with her that she was restrained by other officers at one point. Garcia was then taken jail, where she was deprived of food and water and shackled to a bench in a cold and empty room. The lawsuit states that the temperatures in the room were “frigid.” One of Garcia’s friends, whom she had been out drinking with that night, had even attempted to pay the cab fee and was told that it was too late, even when she showed up to the police department with the cab driver, who would have been willing to accept the late payment. Garcia has since retained an attorney and has filed a federal lawsuit against the department for the unlawful search and the shooting of her beloved dog. “This is a perfect example of the type of incident that has eroded the public’s faith in law enforcement,” said Matthew Albert, Garcia’s attorney. “The most benign of phone calls resulted in a dog being shot, and an entire platoon trying to cover up the brutal crime of a fellow Officer and then torturing an New York University Graduate student and artist. The NYPD, and too many law enforcement officials in general, have a unique ability to escalate events so that everything ends in bloodshed. It’s disgraceful.”
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#1. To: GrandIsland, misterwhite, Roscoe, Gatlin, copsuckers (#0)
OMG BS! She had no intentions of paying! this is a very simple matter that could have been resolved very quickly and easily if If she had paid the for services rendered!!!!!!!!!!!! This had to be written up by her lawyer!! I will wait to here the real story and im betting it will be something totally different. Police have better things to do than to harass people over minor tiff. I know one thing she will pay her bill from here on!!!
Can you say.... Y E L L A Could they sugarcoat the bad... and bolster her up as a saint any more than they did? I about puked reading that shit. LMMFAO I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
The moral of a scumbags story... pay for a cab with your dogs life because you're to much a scumbag to not victimize society. She doesn't deserve to own a dog. I bet she steals the food to feed it.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
All the cab driver had to do was knock on her door and ask for the money. this is a very simple matter that could have been resolved very quickly and easily One of Garcia’s friends, whom she had been out drinking with that night, had even attempted to pay the cab fee and was told that it was too late, even when she showed up to the police department with the cab driver, who would have been willing to accept the late payment. Come to think of it, why didn' t the cab driver get the money BEFORE she left the cab? Police have better things to do than to harass people over minor tiff. You don't read much do you? Oh and why didn't the cops just ask for the money instead of ... ransacking the house in an attempt to find drugs which would justify their raid and the shooting of the dog. They even went on to search a neighbors apartment that was not even owned by Garcia. (all without a warrant) After a long search, police found absolutely nothing, but they still arrested Garcia. BTW, The cab driver could have simply knocked on her door and asked for the money. What cab driver lets a customer walk away without paying their fare anyways? Blah blah blah. When it comes right down to it. She caused the problem and only her. If she would have paid for services she agreed to pay by taking the taxi she would have not gotten her dog killed and in the end it will cost her 1000 fold more than that small cab fare! BTW cops do not show up for the hell of it! Someone has to call them there!
"Officers repeatedly told Garcia to restrain her hostile dog. She refused and Macho ran past one of the officers and directly towards officer Errico. Errico fired three times, striking Macho once." The dog, by the way, was a 150 pound German Shepherd. The dog was shot in the leg and will be fine.
"My daughter was intoxicated," Henry Garcia said. "She came inside and told the cab driver the money was inside and fell asleep (passed out is more like it - mw). That's when he called the cops."
"Six-year-old German Shepard Macho is on his way to surgery Friday with a bullet still lodged in is leg. He was shot by a police officer after the NYPD says the 150 pound pooch went after one of the 2 cops who responded to Raven Garcia's Brooklyn home."
Right - we should just send a thugscrum of cops to anyone's house for forgetting to pay a cab fare and let them run roughshod all over the place, ransack the entire residence, search the house (and the neighbor's for good measure) for drugs, all without any warrant whatsoever. I guess if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The cab driver could have gone to the house with one cop if necessary. The fact that they DROPPED THE CHARGES is apparently of no concern to you. The cops were way out of line, there was absolutely NO REASON for this level of militarized response. And you keep licking their boots. You'll make a good serf in the Amerikan police state. Did she pay for services that she knew she had too? NO! Was she an asshat when the police came? Yes! They dropped the charges because she is a minority and minorities are special class of people by the government! Lets break this down. If she paid the bill then the driver would have not called the police. Story over because there would be no story after that. It would have been another day in paradise!
Yeah, because that's normally how cab drivers collect their fare. I've investigated HUNDREDS of these... when the scumbag runs from the cab, into their home, THEY DONT NORMALLY ASNSWER THE DOOR. Not even for the cops. It's a shit-ton of police work to investigate the theft of a 15 dollar fare. I'd rather see the cab driver shoot the scumbag thief in the back as he flees. Save the pitbull. Cops can go 10/8... no longer a problem. You must be the smartest government hater you know. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
The kind that pick up scumbags like you that make excuses for criminals that RUN from the cab as soon as it comes to a stop. Douchebag. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
There's no indication that she "ran from the cab". Did you miss the part where the charges were dropped? Or that the cab driver would have taken the payment late? Or the fact that the cops had NO WARRANT yet they searched the woman's house and her neighbors? What reason did they have for ransacking the woman's home in a futile search for non-existent drugs? Oh - and again, they DID NOT have a WARRANT! they DID NOT have a WARRANT! I don't make excuses for shitty police work. The police cut corners... they deserve to lose their case, and be punished for their overzealousness. It's much better to be LAZY... lol Personally, I'd never waste my time with ID procedure and then getting a search warrant for a 15 dollar cab fare theft. I could only hope that the cabby is a scumbag like you, a government hater... and doesn't deserve any effort to get your money... because you're gonna bitch anyway. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
I've driven a cab, and if a customer tried to stiff me, I would either have to pay the fare out of my own pocket or collect it from the rider. Simple as that. There was no reason for the cops to get involved with this, and especially no reason to ransack the woman's home. Knock on the door, ask for the money - that's it. It's called THEFT OF SERVICES... dipshit. If the VICTIM, either the cab company or the cab driver wanted the scumbag arrested, they deserve that right.... whether you like making libtarded excuses for the criminal cocksucker or not. Just how many fares are you willing to pay out of your pocket when that shithole of an urban zoo jungle you work in figures out that nobody investigates or prosecutes a fare skipper if ther run from a cab? You're an idiot. It's people like you that would keep me from working that hard at helping anyone beyond the minimum I had to do. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
So you admit that you're a minimalist?
One of Garcia’s friends, whom she had been out drinking with that night, had even attempted to pay the cab fee and was told that it was too late, even when she showed up to the police department with the cab driver, who would have been willing to accept the late payment. No... I'm a realist. It's people like you and Decktard that cause others to not want to help anyone. Including your LE departments. Right after you stick your fucking cellphone in my face while I'm doing my job, because you don't like the laws (that I never created)... kinda makes most people do bare minimum... and fuck you, find your own 15.00 cab fare. I'm 10/8... tyme to get Kofee and a Donut, Sucky Bucky style. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
That's true. There comes a time when a victim doesn't have to take the money... like after the cops are called. Why do anything special (like enter into a civil agreement to settle a crime a criminal scumbag created).... the low-life scumbag should have paid the cab BEFORE THEY EXITED IT. THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT, asshole. Intoxicated or not, the passenger tried to stiff the cab on the fare... it's common... even though your AGENDA likes to sugarcoat the crimes criminal assholes do... and expect the VICTIM to go above and beyond what they should have to do... just because YOU HATE THE COPS THAT ENFORCE DRUG LAWS YOU DON'T AGREE WITH. Fuck off, Decktard. You are a minority 6% opinion. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Your comments on this thread are stupid. Why do you side with thieves?
The cab driver should have gotten the fare before she left. if not, then go to her door and ask her for it. If no response then tell the cab supervisor. The cops should be called as a last resort, and even then it was inexcusable for them to barge in, ransack the house in a futile search for non existent drugs, shoot her dog then search the neighbor's house as well - all of this WITHOUT A WARRANT. They could have sent ONE cop to her house, not an entire thugscrum. Oh - and THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED, did you miss that? Spoken like a wuss. If they don't pay they get their asses kicked. Then you still owe them the money plus doctor bills if I hurt my hand hitting your thieving face.
Oh - and THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED, did you miss that? I didn't read the article. Not much of it anyway.
Typical. Spoken like a wuss. If they don't pay they get their asses kicked. Good thing you don't own a business. Maybe the Mafia works like that - in civilized society there are other options. I do asswipe. When they don't pay they get their windows shot out.
So... when you are at the grocery store, does the cash register attendant have to make sure you pay them before they leave the store OR ARE YOU REQUIRED TO PAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE? Stone is right, you are a moron that goes to great lengths to defend a criminal because of your hatred for police. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
The mafia actually kept a lot of low level crime from happening... but today, crime is out of hand, EVERYWHERE. 80 years ago, the dude to jumped a 15 dollar fare from a cab owned by mafia, got his pitbull killed AND HIS FAMILY. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
THEY RANSACKED THE WOMAN'S HOUSE, DID A FUTILE SEARCH FOR NON-EXISTENT DRUGS, SHOT HER DOG AND SEARCHED THE NEIGHBOR'S HOSE FOR GOOD MEASURE, ALL WITHOUT ANY WARRANT - OVER A FUCKING FIFTEEN DOLLAR CAB FARE! You two bootlickers will make great little serfs in the new Amerikan police state. 
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
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#2. To: Deckard (#0)
Unfortunately, Garcia forgot to pay the cab driver when they arrived at her house,
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
(Edited)
and when realizing that she was too drunk to drive home, she did the responsible thing and took a cab. Unfortunately, Garcia forgot to pay the cab driver when they arrived at her house
#4. To: Justified (#2)
#5. To: Justified (#2)
OMG BS! She had no intentions of paying!
all the charges regarding the unpaid cab fare have since been dropped.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#6. To: GrandIsland (#3)
Unfortunately, Garcia forgot to pay the cab driver when they arrived at her house
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#7. To: Deckard (#5)
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
#9. To: Deckard (#6)
"What cab driver lets a customer walk away without paying their fare anyways?"
#10. To: Deckard (#0)
#11. To: Justified (#7)
(Edited)
She caused the problem and only her. If she would have paid for services she agreed to pay
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#12. To: Deckard (#11)
#13. To: Deckard (#5)
(Edited)
All the cab driver had to do was knock on her door and ask for the money.
#14. To: Deckard (#6)
What cab driver lets a customer walk away without paying their fare anyways?
#15. To: GrandIsland (#13)
I've investigated HUNDREDS of these... when the scumbag runs from the cab
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#16. To: Deckard (#15)
#17. To: GrandIsland (#16)
I am 62 and I had my own troubles with coke when I worked the concerts.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#18. To: Deckard (#17)
There was no reason for the cops to get involved with this,
#19. To: GrandIsland (#18)
#20. To: GrandIsland (#18)
either the cab company or the cab driver wanted the scumbag arrested
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#21. To: Fred Mertz (#19)
#22. To: Deckard (#20)
One of Garcia’s friends, whom she had been out drinking with that night, had even attempted to pay the cab fee and was told that it was too late, even when she showed up to the police department with the cab driver, who would have been willing to accept the late payment.
#23. To: Deckard (#11)
Right - we should just send a thugscrum of cops to anyone's house for forgetting to pay
#24. To: GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#22)
the low-life scumbag should have paid the cab BEFORE THEY EXITED IT
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#25. To: Deckard (#24)
The cab driver should have gotten the fare before she left. if not, then go to her door and ask her for it. If no response then tell the cab supervisor.
#26. To: Deckard (#24)
to barge in, ransack the house in a futile search for non existent drugs, shoot her dog then search the neighbor's house as well - all of this WITHOUT A WARRANT. They could have sent ONE cop to her house, not an entire thugscrum.
#27. To: A K A Stone (#26)
I didn't read the article.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#28. To: A K A Stone (#26)
The cab driver should have gotten the fare before she left. if not, then go to her door and ask her for it. If no response then tell the cab supervisor.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#29. To: Deckard (#28)
Good thing you don't own a business.
#30. To: Deckard (#24)
The cab driver should have gotten the fare before she left. if not, then go to her door and ask her for it. If no response then tell the cab supervisor.
#31. To: Deckard (#28)
Maybe the Mafia works like that - in civilized society there are other options.
#32. To: GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#31)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
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