Black Rhombus

I heard this story on the way home from work today, & could scarcely contain the blood boiling in my veins.  In fact, I just searched for & found it, so I’m just all kinds of pissed off right now.

“Calvo said officers entered about 7:30 p.m., first shooting 7-year-old Payton. They then pursued 4-year-old Chase, who ran away and was shot by police from behind, he said.”

Now, I’m not sure who “feels threatened” when a 7yr old black lab trots up to them, likely with tail wagging, but naturally, the first instinct must be to bust a cap in its skull.  As if that wasn’t enough, they chased down the terrorizing pup’s younger sister, & shot her from behind.  Of course.  Logical.  Black labs, not pit bulls, not rottweilers, not dobermans.  Black labs.

It gets better.  The PG county geniuses never bothered to notify the local (Berwyn) police department.  Nope.  Just rolled up to the “suspect’s” house, kicked in the door, & promptly killed his dogs.  The kicker?  Guess whose house it was.  The mayor.

Hey, maybe that SWAT dude just wasn’t a dog person.