Ping
Clearly it has become a national, unofficial policy to kill dogs when possible. Even when dogs have been put into a bathroom, the police will open the door to the bathroom, shoot the dog, then claim to have felt threatened by it.
I suspect that if a dog was put in a kennel, they would say they needed to search the kennel, open the door to let the dog out and shoot it, or just shoot it in the kennel.
The logic of doing this is convoluted at best, but amounts to local courts and laws agreeing that *any* dog is worth only $300 or less, and that if police have *any* justification for shooting a dog, whether or not it is a reasonable justification, it is acceptable, as dogs are *property*, and property has no rights, so no money in exchange for the dog’s life.
There is no legal recognition of trauma or psychological damage inflicted on children because of police terrorism of their family or killing of their dog.
However, over time this is building up enormous amounts of public anger at police. And this is a far greater threat to the police than any dog. At first, the public will eventually demand that police cease and desist, which they will refuse to do. Then they will demand that police be fired as individuals for such reckless endangerment and maliciousness.
Dog was defending it’s home. Dog was inside and the cops were wrong. Sorry but that was a bad shoot and those cops need some remedial training and a nice little trip behind the wood shed for some manners.
I love these “cop shoots dog” threads, and typically I take the side that’s against the cop.
Because, typically, they shoot a dog in the course of some *other* police business. And sometimes it’s not even a dog at the house they’re falsely raiding, or whatever. And usually the dog isn’t really a threat.
But c’mon, yall —
1) The cop was responding to a LOOSE DOG call, for goodness sakes.
2) The dog charged the cop OUTSIDE — NOT inside — the home
3) The owner was present and couldn’t/wouldn’t control the dog
4) Another of the owner/occupants got in the cop’s face, complicating an already difficult situation
I have to take the cop’s side over the problem-causing yahoos on this one!
It's a SAFETY thing.
On a brighter note, police departments across the US can claim fewer ankle bites the past few years.
>> shot three times, in the right leg, chest and thorax... Baxter died from his wounds two weeks later.
TWO WEEKS LATER??!?
What was the cop packing? A B-B gun? ROFL
Because when a dog that small comes at you - raising your foot is about all it takes to prevent that leg from being bitten.
Which is to shoot the dog whenever possible.
Anyway, I'm glad the officer had a chance to give the rookie some good training.
Its interesting that cops really started this policy of shooting the family dog shortly after they became more militarized with the formation of SWAT teams and carrying semi-autos instead of revolvers. It all part of the slow devolution from a free country to a tyranny.
In a dictatorship the populace fears and loathes the police as they are the primary enforcers of the regime. Just look at how police behave in third world dictatorships and you’ll see something very similar evolving here in America. The callous disregard of the common man on the street that is represented by shooting the family dog just kind of highlights what is happening.
So the dog protected its home against intruders, and gets shot by the intruder, which is justified because the intruder gets a government check?
“I’m looking for the man that shot my Pa.”
http://www.anima-l.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Astralian-Shepherd-Puppies-1.jpg
Again.
Anyone, and I do mean anyone, harming one of my family dogs is a dead person walking. The only questions are when, where, and how.
I agree with Lurker (post #35). As I have noted before, the only reason I would call the cops would be to report a body (anyone who breaks into my house) on the premises, and at point I would warn them in the strongest terms to not harm my dogs. The consequences would be dire and would not include legal action.
Fu_ ing a_ hole pigs. Human garbage. The coming chaos is going to have its fleeting moments of pure, unadulterated sweetness as the most vile get what they have coming in big, hurting spades.
At least the cops are good at something...killing dogs?
Well, there you have it. At least now we have it on the public record. It's in the manual. Step 1: shoot the family dog. Step 2: anything else.
