Posted on 07/09/2012 2:19:51 PM PDT by Kartographer
This devastating photo tells the tragic story of a family dog, shot dead by a police officer as he pursued a robbery suspect on Sunday. Monkey got caught up in the chaos of a foot pursuit along Hodges Street in Lake Charles, Louisiana as officers chased teens believed to have beaten a man in a mall parking lot before stealing his car which they then abandoned. The dog was in a back yard on the street when she heard the commotion and ran out through an open gate.
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I have been in that position so I can understand the stress that the LEO was under. However I think too many agency's have the policy of shoot first, ask questions later. Some of them will send a fully armed SWAT team out to make an arrest for a stack of over due tickets and then get the wrong house in the process, So care needs to be taken around my turf. Poor lady, I can understand her grief, my heart goes out to her. the punks will get a slap on the wrist.
Public employee unions.
The LEOs who were respected and honored have retired; they have been replaced by stupid kids with guns.
The cop was running through the dog’s territory and the dog was guarding it as would be expected. It didn’t even look like he bothered to see if the dog was inside an “invisible fence.” Nothing is said about the culprits being chased dashing through the same yard — they probably didn’t dare.
For shame.
Cops don’t live where they work. Cops have zero stake in the community and don’t give two hills of pooh about the people they Police. Cops are encouraged to NOT live where they work.
Make cops personally and criminally responsible for their actions. Make them live where they work. Little League games, soccer practice, church. Suddenly cops would act like humans again.
Once known as cops or police officers, they are now known as agents of the government.
A civilian military to be used against the people. All the kings men.
Treating neighbors as some foreign enemies, shooting to death their pets is a routine show of force.
These are actions of organized gangsters or mobsters, not the old America neighborhood policemen.
The dog would be alive if the gate had been locked. I’m not blaming the victim or excusing the perps or the cops, just stating a fact.
The dog got loose when the perps left a gate open. If the gate had been locked the dog would be alive.
I found that out while walking my pup downtown for the first time. We had no trouble passing along on the sidewalk, especially at the bus stops where people were waiting for the bus.
The black iridescent fur makes the white teeth look HUGH!
If the culprits being chased left open the gate, why wasn’t the dog interested in them?
However, with the national publicity on this case, that probably won't happen- although I doubt the cop will lose his job. He'll receive some sort of reprimand, possibly some re-training. The dogs owner may have grounds for a lawsuit but even that is shaky as the police officer was engaged in performing his legal duty when he shot the dog and did so based on what he'll call 'self defense'. Sad story and with the dog dead, no happy endings.
How is possible these people can even perform their jobs without guns on their sides?
This could all have been avoided if the original beating victim had just shot the bastards, too.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your lab, Bubba. They are beautiful dogs.
About ten years ago, Robert DeNiro was filming in my small NJ town. It was evening and I had to walk my black lab. When he saw the lights and commotion, he broke free and ran into a filmed scene (DeNiro was nowhere around). I was totally embarrassed but the film crew was very nice. They said that it happened all the time and they were prepared to reshoot.
Now, if these movie people were so calm, cool and collected, why couldn’t the cops be the same way?!
My heart aches for your loss.
Lake Charles, Louisiana. Hmm, sure hope that deputy doesn’t get lost in the swamp.
How in tarnation is it possible, mailmen, utility crews, meter readers etc, etc, can go through their entire careers and not have to routinely shoot and kill neighborhood pets?
How is possible these people can even perform their jobs without guns on their sides?
The dog was “secured”, until the suspect ran through the yard and left the gate open.
Read the article.
Still doesn’t justify the shoot.
How in tarnation is it possible, mailmen, utility crews, meter readers etc, etc, can go through their entire careers and not have to routinely shoot and kill neighborhood pets?
How is possible these people can even perform their jobs without guns on their sides?
How in tarnation is it possible, mailmen, utility crews, meter readers etc, etc, can go through their entire careers and not have to routinely shoot and kill neighborhood pets?
How is possible these people can even perform their jobs without guns on their sides?
Thanks for the HUGH alert!! An old joke that still registers with some of us old timers.
Maybe it is the teeth! I never thought of that. What saddened me was the young children who were so scared of my goofy, amiable black lab.
Maybe, maybe she did and the dog still got out. Truth is, I don't know enough details to make a judgement.
Of course, never stops the knee jerkers around here? On the other hand, if the dog had been a pit bull, there are some here that would be lauding the cop as a hero...
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