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Off-Duty Chicago Policeman Shoots Puppy He Claimed was a Threat to His Son
How many times have we read about some prejudiced individual shooting and killing innocent “pit bulls” who were “guilty” of nothing more than approaching an ignorant person too abruptly, even though the dog’s tail was wagging and they were just being friendly. Or sometimes we read articles about people sniping “pit bulls” just because…
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Preserving the 4th Amendment: Presence of “Pit Bull” Does Not Justify ‘No-Knock’ Warrant
From PoliceOne.com: “The presence of a pit bull in a house does not provide probable cause for issuance of a “no knock” search warrant, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled. The police received information from an informant that the defendant had stolen property in his home and dispensed narcotics there. They also learned that…