Posted on 03/07/2016 5:22:57 PM PST by nickcarraway
The incident happened at a home off of 18th Avenue and Northwest 122 Street, where the dog's owner lives with her son. She said she walked outside to see if the garbage had been picked up when suddenly she saw officers arrive in an unmarked police car.
According to the family, the officers showed them a photo of someone who does not live at their home. They believe police were looking for someone who used to live there; they've only been living there for three months.
The woman said when she saw the officers she alerted them about her dog. The American bulldog then came out and allegedly only barked but did not attack the officer. Seconds later, they say the officer shot their dog Charlie in the throat.
"Repeatedly my mom said 'back away, step outside, let me put my dog in a leash, let me hide him so you guys can come inside,'" son Adrian Garcia said. "She never prevented the officers from coming in. She just warned them 'there's a dog inside, please step outside.'"
The family took Charlie to the animal hospital, but doctors had to put him to sleep.
Miami-Dade Police officials said the officers were at the home as part of an investigation and said the shooting is being investigated by the professional compliance bureau.
Hotdog cops with guns. Recipe for disaster.
“I was in fear for my life”.
Works every time, if you have a badge.
Over 40 years ago when I was renting a house in Orlando, the police showed up in force (3 cars) looking for someone who had apparently rented the house before I did. It was an unpleasant experience being treated as a criminal on my own doorstep.
25 years later Lakeland, FL PD did it to me again, in a house I had owned for 20 years. Again, I was not only treated as a criminal on my doorstep, but the lead officer (woman with an attitude) was damn nasty, while I was polite and cooperative. For which I was repeatedly insulted.
There will not be a third time.
Roid Rage.
Test the gym rats now.
Actually, this sort of blatant criminality is becoming general SOP in many, if not most, police depts.
It’s growing ever more certain that from the top down, the rule of law is in it’s death throes. It is also becoming dangerous to have any respect at all for law enforcement.
Why does this keep happening? It seems I just read a similar instance a few days ago here on FR.
I hope a Son of Barack shoots that officer in the throat some day soon.
If these police are so cowardly that they would shoot a dog that small, they really need to find a nice desk job answering phones in a call center. The only weapon they should be allowed to carry is a loud whistle.
Ig there was even a smidgen of justice in this country, they would be paying about half of the income from that job to that family for quite some time.
For people in nice suburban neighborhoods reading this, this is why people in “those neighborhoods” never see nothin’ and don’t cooperate with the police. Absolutely nothing good for can come for them by doing so and there might be entire worlds of trouble instead. Seriously, why should they? So they can be “good citizens” and get their property ransacked and their dogs shot?
There was an interesting article in the WaPost recently where police are getting rubber stamp warrants in DC to the point where any supposed “rights” that the residents have are a complete, bogus illusion. It takes months to years of fighting with the government to get their homes repaired after a “whoops, sorry” SWAT entry, and they never even say “whoops, sorry”. On top of that, these are not wealthy people, and sometimes their doors are broken for months, just wonderful in a bad neighborhood.
Good thing it wasn’t a police dog. You can go to the slammer and pay for the dog’s training on top of that in many areas. A family pet, OTOH...well, sucks to be you.
I have two springer spaniels, a brother and sister, would not bite a good steak and are everyone’s friend.
You, I do not care who you are, think you are or what you are, I will do to you what you do to them. And there is no place you can hide, I will find you and you will be sorry, very sorry...
Has the officer been shot yet?
Flog him. He won’t do it again.
Fishy story from the family.
I am not defending the cops.
Liable for civil damages. The citizen should not have to sue to obtain them. An apology from the town is not enough.
Really, really disgusting and unnecessary. I have two dogs, one 85 lb. Who’s half Pit and half Black Lab, and other, a 110 lb. Great Dane. They both love all the delivery people, the maids, and the contractors who are often here. A little bit of care would have gotten the cops all they needed without an atrocity.
Idiots!
Because they are allowed to get away with it!
“Fishy story from the family.
I am not defending the cops.”
Well, maybe it was a giant pit bull bulldog. Or, an AK-47 assault automatic bulldog with extended clips.
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