Now Why Would Cops Need to Kill a Pet Parakeet?Amanda Warren Hogwash. One could readily suspect that there is likely training in place ordering cops to kill the animals first no questions asked. Ever. Then the complaints can be only ostensibly dealt with in the law enforcement version of a customer service ticket. The tiresome claim is that they felt threatened. If so, then how can this be a recently burgeoning trend? A trend that is upheld even though exactly zero cops have died by jaws of domesticated pooches. So why would a beloved parakeet named Tito need to die under a cops jackboot? A situation propagated by NYPD police escalated to violent levels for Evelyn Lugos family on September 2, 2012 an event that is now the center of a lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court. Evelyn is pictured above. Despite the focus of the title, this unnecessary event is all around tragic for its violence and destruction towards an innocent family. City cops busted several windows. When Lugo opened the door to see what was happening, cops barged into her home, busting the door no warrant of course and beat up her family and their friends, using batons on the victims faces. Grandchildren were among the victims traumatized by the pepper spray used in the St. George home. A daughter allegedly had an asthma attack from the plume. The pet parakeet was ejected from its cage after commotion from the cops knocked it off a dresser. Lugos daughter, Anna Febles, says she screamed The bird! when the officer said F the bird and stepped on it, killing it. Lugo says: Apparently not enough destruction and chaos, backup cops arrived to barge in and look for Avellanet. As per the usual MO, the victims were arrested and initially faced criminal charges. Then those charges were dropped but there has been no retribution for the family, nor disciplinary action towards the cops involved. Evelyn reports being sick, depressed and heartbroken since the incident. Their attorney, Jason Leventhal, helping them in the suit alleging unlawful search and seizure, excessive force and malicious prosecution, said: The whole story is head-twirling and its pretty shocking to read about a parakeet crudely crunched to death for no reason by law enforcement but this writer thinks Evelyn pulls it all into perspective when she says: Image by Shawn InglimaYou can see more images here at the source: Warning Graphic Content, there are some gruesome facial injuries. Recent articles by Amanda Warren 