The comments at the Examiner site are not very flattering to the police. I believe we are close to the time when the police are going to be viewed as the enemy rather than ‘Officer Friendly the beat Cop’ by the majority of the population.
If the latter, who just lets their dogs run outside into the street?
I'm not defending the cops, just irresponsible for the presumed owner to have no care to others and especially the actions of their dogs.
Not meaning any disrespect, but,
Were U to shoot a cop’s puppy,
Ya think you’d get any respect even if
u did it by “accident” ?
Dog growls at officer.
Officer shoots dog.
Dead dog has apparently good judgment as to the officer’s character.
Didn’t the incident at Ruby Ridge start out like this? US Marshalls snooping around in the bushes shot the Weaver’s dog and Randy’s son shot one of the marshalls, and was himself shot in the back by another marshall.
dogs have a right to growl...I know there are a few cops out there, but they are getting harder and harder to find. I guess that is to be expected in a police state.
At least the cops said it’s accidental, and they want to help with the vet bills. Usually it’s “investigation” time and there is no apology to anyone.
Give them a little break, guys.
... it’s a murder “freebie” /// the cops get to shoot and kill something “live,” get to watch it die without any legal repercussions ... get to brag and boast to each other ...
stuff like, “any effin dog comes near me barking or growling i’m going to blow it’s effin head off.” Some of them are just waiting for some deranged person or innocent barking dog to “make their day.” Signed, ex-police science major.
I know that it has happened at least one time and I think it’s going to happen again, and I will not feel sorry one bit for the officer who brings it on himself. I have reference to a dog owner blowing away a policeman who shoots his dog.
If the police departments would fire some of their trigger-happy force members who kill citizens’ dogs this will come to an end, but—and correct me if I’m wrong—it has yet to happen.
It would seem that these incidents are happening too often. My guess is that the NAZI Stormtropper academies across the country which indoctrinate these Gestapo types, they are taught to blow away a dog if there is any QUESTION of their personal security - and they are doing so.
The cops have definitely crossed the line far too often and we have allowed ourselves to be turned into a quasi-military police state. We have too many law-enforcement personnel - too many local cops, state cops, ATF, DEA, County Cops, TSA, Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, etc, etc. This is insane and these are the fruits of it.
The Founding Fathers would never have stood for it.
It takes a certain mentality to be a cop or else they wouldn’t become one.
First they came for the pitbulls...