![]() ![]() “On the walk, I noticed a few black SUVs in the neighborhood, but thought little of it except to wave to the drivers,” he would later recall. He figured it was something he had ordered for his garden. Calvo was due back in town later that night for a community meeting.Īs Calvo took the dogs out for a walk the evening of July 29, 2008, his mother-in-law told him that a package had been delivered a few minutes earlier. Now thirty-seven, he lived with his wife, Trinity Tomsic, her mother, Georgia Porter, and their two black labradors, Payton and Chase. In 2004, at age thirty-three, he was the youngest elected mayor in the history of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Calvo worked full-time at an educational foundation in Washington, D.C., but he also had an unusual part-time job: he was mayor of the small town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland. ![]() Charles De MontesquieuĬheye Calvo only intended to be home long enough to grab a bite to eat and walk his dogs. There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. This is our second excerpt from Radley Balko's new book “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces.” To read the first, "Why did you shoot me: I was reading a book," click ![]()
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