and the Cop,of course,knowing how that particular one was trained?

Family Raided by SWAT and their Dog Shot for Being Unable to Pay Utility Bill
“This is an example of police overreaching and using excessive force to get a family out of their house"


by Matt Agorist | Free Thought Project | June 6, 2015
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Nothing says Police State USA quite like a SWAT team raiding a family home and killing their dog because they are unable to pay their natural gas bill.

The woman whose dog was killed and home destroyed by SWAT officers is Angela Zorich, and her story about her police state experience will shock the conscious.

According to a federal lawsuit filed this month, Zorich was the victim of a massive military-style raid and subsequent puppycide. The raid was carried out because police said they needed “to check if her home had electricity and natural gas service.”

“This is an example of police overreaching and using excessive force to get a family out of their house,” said Kenneth Chackes to the Riverfront Times, the attorney who represents Zorich.

According to the lawsuit, on April 25, 2014, St. Louis County Police officers came to her house. Her son cussed at them. They inspected the home’s exterior and placed a “Problem Properties” sticker on the front window.

Days after being publicly shamed and labeled by the St. Louis Police Department as a “Problem,” on April 28, Zorich called them to follow up. She was told by police that she was being investigated for failing to have natural gas or electric service; two violations against city code.

Zorich admitted to the police that she did not have gas, but said that she did have electricity. Zorich asked for another inspection to prove that she had the utilities. The officer told her that was fine, but that the investigation would continue.

The next day, on April 29, 2014, the home of Angela Zorich was raided by multiple officers from the St. Louis County Police Tactical Response Unit.

The Riverfront Times outlines the details of the lawsuit:

Zorich was at home with several family members and her pit bull, Kiya, when a St. Louis County Police Tactical Response Unit burst through the door without knocking, according to her suit. The unit had at least five officers with M-4 rifles, supported by at least eight uniformed officers.

The officers entered so quickly, Zorich’s suit alleges, that Kiya didn’t even have time to bark. A tactical officer fired three shots into the dog, and the dog’s “bladder and bowels released and she fell to the floor.” The dog “was laying on the floor in her own waste and blood struggling to breathe. She had a gaping hole in her chest.”

Zorich claims the officers kept trying to talk to her about the natural gas, but she was focused on her dog, whom she’d raised as a puppy and who (she says) had “never shown agression to any person.”

At one point in the raid, Zorich alleges, an officer pointed his firearm at her son’s head and said “One word, motherfucker, and I’ll put three in you.”

Zorich was subsequently taken into custody at the police station. When she was finally let go and allowed to return to her home, she found to be completely trashed. Beds had been overturned, and items that were once on shelves had been thrown to the floor.

The citations issued to Zorich, which had allegedly justified the heavily militarized raid on her home, were for substandard siding, guard rail, screens, window glass and deck.

A dozen armed men dressed for war, were dispatched to a woman’s home, killed her dog, and kidnapped her because of some moldy wood and her inability to pay her gas bill.

In what world is this considered “justice”?

The apologists will say that Angela Zorich provoked police into this action against her. If she didn’t want to be raided, they will say, she should have just paid her gas bill. The thought of the raid being retaliatory in nature won’t enter their minds.

Named in the lawsuit is the county of St. Louis and two officers, Corey Zavorka and Robert M. Rinck. Her allegations include unlawful seizure and unlawful infliction of emotional distress (for the killing of the dog) and unlawful retaliation.

Hopefully, with her legal team, Zorich gets the actual justice she deserves.


WTF is with police and shooting peoples pets, this happens all the time, even to peaceful pets who pose no threat. i just saw a video on youtube where a cop caught a dog with one of those poles with the loop on the end (not sure what they are called) and after he already caught the dog, shot it in the head for no reason. the dog was a bit schitzed out at first but then completely calmed down, and this @$$hole pulls out his gun and shoots the poor dog right in the head for no reason. and why the phuck are these clowns in costumes military style raiding peoples houses for an unpaid gas bill? anybody who thinks we dont live in a police state, this is a prime example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhxFGq4_u84

the link is a video to a trailer of a movie called "Of dogs and men" based on the epidemic of police killing peoples pets, alot of time for no reason. over 10,000 dogs are killed every year by police, i wonder how many police are killed by dogs every year? NONE, not 1 law enforcement officer has ever been killed by a dog and yet they shoot peoples pets because they "fear for their life". this $h1t is sickening. maybe its just me cause im an animal lover but cops like this should be locked in a straightjacket in a room with padded walls, or die by firing squad like they do to these poor pets.

It seems to be an over reaction by the cops. Maybe there's more not being told.

Agreed.
Part of the story isn't being told.

Swat teams don't raid, over simple unpaid utility bills. Unpaid bills, result in 'termination of service', by the utility company.

Unpaid bills, are a civil matter.
Unless "theft of service", is the issue.

A swat team involved in "unpaid utility bills"?

I'm guessing, that the family's meth lab, was the real reason behind swat's visit to the trailer park that day.

Agreed.
Part of the story isn't being told.

Swat teams don't raid, over simple unpaid utility bills. Unpaid bills, result in 'termination of service', by the utility company.

Unpaid bills, are a civil matter.
Unless "theft of service", is the issue.

A swat team involved in "unpaid utility bills"?

I'm guessing, that the family's meth lab, was the real reason behind swat's visit to the trailer park that day.

Agreed.
Part of the story isn't being told.

Swat teams don't raid, over simple unpaid utility bills. Unpaid bills, result in 'termination of service', by the utility company.

Unpaid bills, are a civil matter.
Unless "theft of service", is the issue.

A swat team involved in "unpaid utility bills"?

I'm guessing, that the family's meth lab, was the real reason behind swat's visit to the trailer park that day.

and the Dog might have been a Meth Lab?