The police have now reviewed and justified the violent break-in of Berwyn Heights, Md., mayor Cheye Calvo’s home a few weeks back. The police kicked in his front door without announcing themselves, and shot his two pet dogs dead. The police later cleared Calvo of any wrongdoing but insisted that their raid tactics were appropriate. A separate FBI investigation is under way.

We’re hosting a forum on no-knock raids here next week.  Mayor Calvo will be here to tell his story and we’ll also hear from Radley Balko, author of the Cato study Overkill, and Peter Christ, co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.  Details here.