More details come out about botched police raid in Houston, Texas... 5 officers non-lethally shot after raiding wrong house, killing dog and two elderly people who tried to defend themselves from the no-knock plainclothes police raid from a warrant, which was on wrong address.

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[–]MojaveCoyote 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Your worst nightmare. They even killed the dog :( And they want to take our guns, this is a perfect example of the tyrannical government we were given the right to protect ourselves from.

[–]magnora7[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Houston police kill about 250 dogs a year. Then they have a single trial once a year to rule on all 250 at once, and they're always found to be justified shootings (of course). It's super messed up.

[–]Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

250, are you serious? The militarization of the police has been a non-partisan effort.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup about 250 a year. Houston is the 3rd largest city in the US though. But still, not OK