300-pound officer felt threatened by 12-pound terrier, killed her

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/10/300-pound-officer-felt-threatened-by-12-pound-terrier-killed-her/ ^ | 10/10/2013 | http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/10/300-pound-officer-felt-threatened-by-12-pound-terrier-killed-her/

[dragnet2]

A Georgia police officer shot and killed a tiny Jack Russell Terrier that he claims threatened him during a routine probationary checkup on Monday.

The officer, Antoine Jones, is over six feet tall and weighs nearly 300 pounds. Patches, the dog he killed, weighs just 12 pounds, according to a local news channel.

Jones visited the Albany residence of Cherrie Shelton earlier this week to check on her son, who is serving probation. Upon Jones’s arrival, two-year-old Patches approached the officer and began barking. Shelton claims she told Jones that Patches was no threat, but the officer drew his weapon and shot the dog anyway.

After being shot, Patches fled and hid, eventually succumbing to her wounds.

According to Jones’s statement, Patches advanced toward him in a threatening manner even after receiving “multiple verbal commands to get back.”

But Shelton said this was not Jones’s first visit to the home, and the officer should have known that Patches was harmless.

Shelton buried Patches, and has plans to buy a cross to mark her grave. The dog is missed, she said.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Bad timing on my part.

[thefactor]

I think that’s a tad of an overreaction. For every idiot cop that ends up shooting a dog (either right or wrong) there are thousands and thousands of cop/dog interactions that go off without a hitch. (They only write articles about the bad shootings, by the way).

[driftdiver]

No that will only encourage and even strong and more violent response to the smallest issue.

[Hardraade]

1. Is Antoine black?
2. Is Antoine a muslim?

[dragnet2]

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

According to Jones’s statement, Patches advanced toward him in a threatening manner even after receiving “multiple verbal commands to get back.”

What a stupid freakin' biotch. Yeah hello....uh last time I checked dogs don't speak English... although I suspect ebonics was the language spoken in this case.

[Jonty30]

That’s exactly what it is about, conditioning the police to give no regard to the people. You can be sure that what is coming is the government trying to take away arms away from the people who have had dogs shot by cops.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Either way there are those on this forum that will defend them after they do so.

A thread on this story got pulled last night with flame war as the reason.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yes. You got the thread pulled by starting a flame war.

[dragnet2]

This isn’t about veterans, the military or war in some 3rd world country. This is a story about what happened in hometown America.

[driftdiver]

So the dog is alive?

[onedoug]

What kind of probation is this where the officer comes to him?

[Kartographer]

[Safetgiver]

3. Is Antoine a pussy?

[Alaska Wolf]

ROTFLOLAY!!!!!!

[dragnet2]

A Georgia police officer False. Officer Antoine Jones is a probation officer.

Not much of a difference. Both work for government and both have powers of arrest. And likely both belong to government unions.

[1rudeboy]

It was the comment about uniforms that caught my attention, that is all. And the word, “usually.”

[nickcarraway]

Another case in Georgia in the news today:Owner Grieving After Dog Shot by Police

[driftdiver]

So when will these idiots be punished? When?