Sep 12, 2008 11:24 pm US/Eastern
Mayor Calvo Speaks On Police Raid Of His Home
BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. (WJZ) ―
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The actions of police officers and a controversial raid at a Maryland mayor's home came back into the spotlight Friday night.
The actions of police officers and a controversial raid at a Maryland mayor's home came back into the spotlight Friday night.
Alex DeMetrick reports the mayor of Berwyn Heights and his mother-in-law were tied up, and his two dogs were shot and killed.
SWAT teams in any jurisdiction look much the same--heavy armor and heavy firepower--but they don't always act the same.
That's the opinion of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo who shared his story at a talk at the Cato Institute in Washington.
Calvo's family was traumatized, his dogs shot to death, when Prince George's County police raided his home in a drug raid. It was all a mistake.
Researchers aren't sure how often that happens, and Calvo thinks police mistakes need airing.
"When you don't correct mistakes, they fester, they grow, and you develop a culture of cover-up and lies that ultimately lead to major mistakes that cause real and lasting suffering to people," said Calvo.
While police apologized to Calvo for the mistake, it still took the mayor, along with state political pressure, 10 days to clear his name.
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