Came across this dandy while doing some research. It’s from Canada, which is slowly adopting America’s hyper-militarization approach to drug control:

Sekela led the emergency response team into a home where the party was taking place in January, 1999. The team had a warrant and was looking for drugs.

Fourteen children and 14 adults were at Ron Raber’s son’s seventh birthday party when the Abbotsford emergency response team burst in.

They were armed with MP5 machine pistols.

As the children and parents watched in horror, Schmirler fired two shots and killed Kona the pit bull when it attacked another officer’s arm.

Abbotsford police Chief Barry Daniels said the force had changed its tactics.

“It won’t happen again,” he said. “We’ve put policy in place.”

That was in 2000.

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