Posted on 04/17/2017 11:41:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Ahhh, the good ol’ days.
I remember when FR used to have at least 3-4 “cop shoots dog” stories like this every week. And remember the many “cops are scum” replies like yours.
The “good ol’ days”. I’m glad those days are gone. And glad replies like yours are very rare.
> Chief Brewer needs a new vocation, maybe Dem spokesperson...
Maybe United Airlines?
Oh, I suppose you believe in the tooth fairy to.
My experience is first hand.
Cops are great for responding to life and death situations and for that I’m eternally greatful, but if you think for one minute cops are your friend, your in for a surprise.
Never call a cop unless you want someone arrested or shot. Period.
I’m a thin blue line advocate. Huge!
The reality is false police reports are the norm if it helps make the case. Sorry, swallow hard.
There have been way too many dogs shot at the hands of cops. I don't know that I agree with you in this instance. From the article:
"Brewer said the dog “charged the animal control officer” after officers knocked, startling the animal control officer and forcing him to fall off the porch on his back, hitting his head. “The animal control officer tried to kick the dog away,” said Brewer. “The dog lunged in the air toward the animal control officer and the patrol officer standing by shot the animal.”
So, the animal control guy was on his back and the dog was apparently attacking him (or "playing roughly" as its owner would say). I don't blame them for shooting the dog. Yeah, they may have been able to avoid shooting, but I blame the owner who seems to have been quite nonchalant about his dog's comings and goings and rough playing.
My dog was attacked a couple of months ago by two large dogs, one of which was a German Shepherd. I'm walking my dog on his leash down the sidewalk when two large dogs come bounding out of the front door of the house we were passing. One grabbed onto my dog's collar, and the GS had hold of his leg. I had my concealed .38 in my pocket and had it halfway out of my pocket (I have shot a dog that attacked my dog in the past). Fortunately, I was abled to fight off the dogs by kicking and screaming until the owner eventually came out of his front door. He had the same piss-poor attitude as the owner in the story. Didn't ask if my dog and I were alright. Just said "sorry, man, they just got out", as if it was the dogs' fault and not his. There are way too many people with large dogs who have a half-assed attitude about keeping them under control. I was able to avoid shooting the dogs, but I would not have had any problem shooting them if the situation got out of control and I had not gotten them to release my dog (a much smaller corgi)
Agreed.
+1
Animal control shows up to serve notice to an owner about an attack his animal made on a minor (even if the owner doesn’t think it was an attack.) An officer is sent with him due to the animal’s history. They knock, the dog comes charging out of a trailer. Dog gets shot...
Owner claims it is a service animal, no valid paperwork found to verify that (betcha they bought the kit off the internet or at a swap meet), doesn’t appear the dog has had much of any training (especially with the repeated attacks and escapes.)
All in all, every ingredient for a disaster and luckily no one else was hurt.
I abhor the stories where cops show up, enter a private yard then execute the dog when all the cop had to do was leave the yard, and either verbally call to the owner (funny thing how cars have loudspeakers) or use a phone (amazing how these things work) to handle their animal so that business can continue.
But when a dog with a known problem comes barreling through a doorway, I’m not going to blame the officer for not using some other method. That isn’t a condition where retreat was a valid option especially with someone down and exposed.
The owner should have taken steps to control their animal, I’m sorry that the dog paid for the owner’s negligence. And if he had the audacity to present fake service animal documents to police, I hope they throw the book at him.
I bet she was smiling when she said that, too. I don’t know what it is, but something is wrong with them people.
Dad had a very alpha male shepherd back in the 1970's that liked to play like that too. Only with a bigger dog he tried to rip its throat out..........
Zarek the shepherd was the best family dog dad ever had, great around friends, family and children. But if he was off leash outside the yard and saw another dog, no matter how far away, it was "fight's on!"
Zarek would not have fit in very well in today's sissified dog parks....LOL!
As a follow up to my previous post about Zarek the dog, my dad always said that he would put his own dog down if it ever attacked anyone unprovoked such as above..........He loved shepherds, trained his shepherds and having one that bites would not have been acceptable to him............
I'm sure you did and that's a wise thing to do.
So what advice did you give them on how to deal with a charging dog the size of maybe a doberman as mentioned above or a German shepherd as is the case here?
Maybe there was some justification in this case. But it still adds to the stats that show police seem to find a lot of reasons to shoot a lot of dogs.
A little event in a nothing suburb called Ferguson. That event lead to a huge pack of lies that built up the "Black Lives Matter" bullcrap which subvertly crafted open warfare against the police in New York, Baltimore and many other cities.
Almost overnight these types of threads disappeared as we realized the average American cop faces a daily conflict with life or death issues in the slums and ghettoes of America.
First, you have to believe it was charging. Let’s assume.
Then you have to wonder if the cop did something stupid like enter the perimeter with an obvious known dog threat.
How about not killing the dog? Start there. The situation was not human life threatening. Wait for the owner to gather the dog before entering the gate. Not that fkng hard.
At minimum, my knife is out and open on that one.
Have your son watch this video. Heck, watch it yourself. Well worth the time.
ok, you’re my new best friend. thanks.
Glad to help, you’re welcome.
Now maybe your son won’t think you a complete fool for your message. Maybe.
;-P
With any luck.
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