and yet another doughnut muncher earns their dog shooter merit badge...
dogshoter2 
dogshooter3
Posted on 10/19/2014 8:26:58 AM PDT by Altariel
Cleburne police are investigating after a video circulated online of one of its officers coaxing a dog toward him before shooting it.
The short video, taken from a body camera’s perspective, shows a man’s arms wielding a handgun while the officer summons two dogs toward him.
As the animals approached with their tails wagging, the officer fired several times. As one of the dogs fell to the ground, the officer, who has not been identified, took aim at the second dog.
The video ends abruptly, before showing what happened to the other dog.
Although the video shows that the animals were not being aggressive when the officer fired, Cleburne police have said the officer was responding to a 911 call for assistance after several dogs cornered residents in a vehicle.
“The city is obviously concerned about the video showing an officer shooting a dog,” the city said in a written statement. “As is often the case, the short video does not tell the whole story.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thescoopblog.dallasnews.com ...
and yet another doughnut muncher earns their dog shooter merit badge... dogshoter2 dogshooter3
“Officer coaxes tail-wagging dogs up to him and......”
Tail up- don’t shoot.
Well, I wouldn’t expect someone armed with a gun to be killed by a dog.....
Dogs, law abiding gun owners & conservatives.
No wonder the police need military gear for everything.
Must have been an oversight that this one had to face Cujo without body armor and an M16.
Sadistic f^&% up cop.
I missed the part in the story where it said the dogs were growling, acting aggressive, and foaming at the mouth.
The police in our town have community service officers who drive around in vans, and they all have hand-held scanners so they can read the dog’s microchip and return the pooch to its people (obviously, the dog has to have a chip for this to work! But I believe responsible pet owners should chip their dogs). Dogs that are not chipped go to a local vet to see if anyone recognizes them.
Other targets available, if you work for the DHS:
Note that he/she complains about the omission of facts while inventing facts.
Ever notice that when a non-officer individual is seemingly caught on video committing an apparent (or actual) crime, the police never tell us that there is “more to the story”, while when an officer is involved, the excuse is always “there is more to the story?
Would that they will listen-—but the willingness of police chiefs all over the country to defend psychopaths like this suggests that this is the sort of officer they *want* on our streets.
Now here’s some real threats. They must be Freepmailing Salamander’s pack for tips on collecting their fair share.
Ok, so these dogs were rabid? Foaming, frothing at the mouth, behaving erratically? The story mentions that the officer enticed the dogs to him...In my experience, one would not entice any rabid animal toward them, just shoot them where they stand...This is a red herring, thanks for your spin...
There is a claim that a 911 call was made (no transcript as yet) and no statement from anyone other than from the police (no conflict of interest, there).
The “formal investigation” is the department investigating itself.
No conflict of interest, there.
Any intelligent child, would love to (if allowed) conduct a “formal investigation” concerning parental accusations of childish misbehavior. Any parent who allowed a child to do so and accepted those findings, would be foolish.
Shame on us, as a society, for letting the magical-costumed ones attempt to pull the same trick.
Just curious, what were the dogs doing on the loose like that, hunting pheasant?
Nobody should be shootin' anyone's huntin' dogs less they be runnin' deer........
My neighbor’s giant dog knows the UPS truck, and when he sees it pull into my drive he comes running for his treats. It took awhile to convince the UPS guy that the dog wouldn’t hurt him, and now they are buds.
"So who are you going to believe - me, or your lying eyes?"
Unfortunately, even good cops will protect bad cops.
I have seen this personally.
The county sheriff who gave me the name and badge number of the city freak who humped me on the hood of his cruiser cared enough to offer advice but not enough to show up at the initial investigation hearing.
His testimony might have been invaluable, even though the affidavits of 20-some witnesses were ignored.
But he did not want to speak against “his own”.
The thin blue line is also a closed, impenetrable circle.
Funny how video evidence is always damning when it is used against a citizen, then it looses value when it is of a cop committing a crime.
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