Police Brutality: SWAT Kills Dog, Terrorize Children RAW-FULL
A man whose home Columbia police raided in February on a narcotics search warrant has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and is contemplating a civil action against the department for shooting his two dogs during the raid. Jonathan E. Whitworth, 25, of 1501 Kinloch Court entered into a plea agreement with the state to drop charges of possession of marijuana and second-degree child endangerment for a guilty plea to possession of drug paraphernalia. Investigators believed Whitworth was in possession of a large amount of marijuana and was considered a distributor, Deputy Chief Tom Dresner said in February. Police, who found a grinder, a pipe and a small amount of marijuana, shot two dogs upon entering Whitworths home around 8:30 pm Feb. 11. SWAT team members encountered a pit bull upon entry, held back and then fatally shot the dog, police say. Officers said the dog was acting in an uncontrollably aggressive manner. A video of the raid shows that a shot was fired upon entry, but the pit bull was not wounded until later. Whitworth was arrested, and his wife and 7-year-old son were present during the raid. Both his wife and child were living in the residence at the time, said Jeff Hilbrenner, Whitworths attorney. Dresner previously said that intelligence gathered before the raid did not indicate the child was in the home. A second dog was shot in the leg but was not killed. The corgi is seen in the video and does not appear to be wounded. There is no indication when the …
By cbburtraw, July 3, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
@conijoo using the tazer or something like that is a pretty good idea… of course only if the dog is actually giving them trouble.
By cyanleopard, July 4, 2010 @ 12:16 am
Are we really feeling bad for this drug dealer, I’m sorry I don’t feel bad for him.
By conijoo, July 4, 2010 @ 2:41 am
@ZTM420 Well, I agree with the legalization but, you should also keep in mind that a high person walking down the street is not a good idea, for many reasons, they should legalize and control.
By conijoo, July 4, 2010 @ 2:41 am
@cbburtraw Yes, I agree.
By ZTM420, July 4, 2010 @ 4:22 am
@conijoo I would much perfer a high person walking down the street than a drunk person walking down the street.
By conijoo, July 4, 2010 @ 5:36 am
@ZTM420 Haha, me too, but people reacts different to drugs, who knows, if it’s cannabis, I think that is a risk for the people to go high everywhere, you know, car crashes and such.
By Randomer876, July 5, 2010 @ 7:44 pm
All that for a misdemeanor? OMG. I thought they were looking for a mass murderer.
By RaTpaTrol37, July 7, 2010 @ 10:24 am
kill that’s Fucking Cop ho kiling dog ;] its ok
By Ashley21122, July 8, 2010 @ 6:31 am
poor dog!:<
By Hperman09, July 10, 2010 @ 6:02 am
LEGALIZE WEED! too many people are in prison because of BS like this. I hope California legalize weed in the November 2010 ballot. there will always people who taking drugs. WAR ON DRUGS IS A FAILURE. WE ON THE ONLY FIRST WORLD NATION TO HELD MORE PRISONERS. VOTES YES ON PROP 19!
By greatxssassin1, July 11, 2010 @ 7:09 pm
he shot a dog man what a way to be a hero i didnt no dogs were consider terrorist
By jazarstevens, July 12, 2010 @ 6:31 am
if they shot my dog/cat they would see the barrel of a gun… months/years later… bide your time
By letithang69, July 12, 2010 @ 2:44 pm
ILL TELL YA WHAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOT SHOT DURING THIS WHOLE DEBACLE BUT I WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT AS MANY OF THOSE DIRTY MOTHER FUCKING COPS AS POSSIBLE I HOPE ALL OF YOU GET WHAT YOU GOT COMING………FUCK THE PO-LICE BITCH!!!!
By Squeaxx, July 14, 2010 @ 8:37 pm
All for a baggie with some marijuana residue? Wow.
By MazERulEZ, July 14, 2010 @ 10:07 pm
fuck that if that was me i wouldnt comply with those pigs thats fucked up
By bostonianful, July 15, 2010 @ 3:18 pm
you caught this on camera yourself? damn
By xsximafakexmx, July 16, 2010 @ 7:10 am
I can’t believe they shot those dogs with no emotion as they were crying in pain. Fucking heartless ass pieces of shit. What the hell did that have to do with anything?
By robotsaga, July 16, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
Fuck swat if they had done that to my dog i would fucking cut their cock of and give it to my cat who would eat it and i would rape them so they start bleed in their fucking ass! FUCK SWAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By MrAmericanNinja, July 16, 2010 @ 10:55 pm
Killed a fellow’s dog. How heartless.
By willeng84, July 21, 2010 @ 5:35 pm
I cant watch this again, hearing those dogs get shot is fucking terrible. I hated cops before, It takes a special kind of asshole to want to take your rights away anyway. This changes my feelings on them, fuck em, I hope they get shot at everyday just for theyre job, but really I hope they’re children grow up fatherless over a job!
By willeng84, July 21, 2010 @ 5:38 pm
@letithang69 absolutely I loaded my shit as I watch this!
By dddy69142, July 22, 2010 @ 3:45 am
all over some of gods best medicine they shot the family dog an scarred the kids for life i could understand if these people were dealing crack or herion and hard core criminals htose cops need to grow the fuck up and let the potheads alone we are not violent we dont go looking for trouble or cause trouble if cops busted in on my place like that for pot i would see to it that it would never happen to anyone who partakes in cannibus use ever again it is bullshit and everyone in the USA knows it
By wasneveranoob, July 23, 2010 @ 8:07 am
John whats ur name?
By sourDcash, July 26, 2010 @ 7:57 am
Those fucking pis are guna burn! FUCKING PIGS! for some weed……Jesus hurry up.
By FactorXTech, July 26, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
Just because the SWAT Teams have power using guns, doesn’t mean they can use random people’s dogs for “target practice”. The people who killed these dogs for no apparent reason should be charged for Animal Abuse.
By Klaus, January 14, 2011 @ 2:37 am
I’m a police officer and when I see and hear about things like this I just shake my head..shameful behavior by the officers and a shameful misuse of police resources. Its easy to see why we aren’t liked to much..between this garbage and most departments spending 95% of their time handing out fines to joe citizen just to to fill the governments coffers..as if the government doesn’t steal enough of our money in taxes. Its a shame, they have turned us into glorified tax collectors with badges.