Posted on 11/11/2013 12:11:27 PM PST by 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.
The only one “vulgar” around here is you. You just don’t like it when anybody calls you on your bullying childishness. I seriously hope you are not a police officer or in charge of anybody. There is something seriously wrong with you.
Good thing the probation officers don’t have MRAPs.(yet)
I never called anyone the names that you use. You are a disruptor and you start flame wars. That’s not name calling, it’s telling the truth.
No need to give them ideas.
The article I read yesterday indicated that the dog died 30 minutes after it was shot. It received no medical attention. Didn't you read the article?
Who’s to say they aren’t? The fact is that very few follow up articles are written about these instances. And technically, if the officer feels threatened by the dog they are allowed to shoot in the majority of departments. Plus, there are other non-official ways to punish officers who do stupid things like this and bring a bad light on their department. The unfortunate thing, though, is that deprartment guidelines view dogs as property, nothing more.
Trained dogs will respond to a 'back' or 'off' command without difficulty. They may not speak English, but they can hear and understand it.
That said, I don't believe there's a reason to go around shooting dogs in circumstances of this nature.
Sure I read the article. Which is why I wonder why you are trying to deflect and distract.
LOL.....accusing others of exactly what YOU did.
You're despicable!
What names are you accusing me of using?
His dog probably dives under the bed 'til he leaves again.
You were one as I recall. Seems you're back at it again for some reason. Why not just address the facts and inaccuracies presented in the article.
You can bet I will express all kinds of understanding and cooperation, should such an event transpire. The Karma, however, will be served hot on a cold day.
It takes a dumb SOB not to take such an inevitability into consideration when acting in such an irreversible and unnecessary manner, and especially under "color of law."
A mere 25 short years ago some new neighbors had a big dumb dog who accidentally bit my daughter, and I called the sheriff, though the new neighbors apologized profusely and begged me not to bring the Law into the situation.
As embarrassed as they clearly were, more so than for their dog's capital crime, I explained the situation as clearly as I could.
"In the old days," I said, "I would just shoot your dog. I'm calling the sheriff for your protection, not mine."
Apparently we can't call the Law to protect my neighbor against mine nor anyone else's "righteous fury."
This apparent trend leads us back to vendetta and the blood feud.
You don’t debate, you insult. Everyone knows it and calls you on it.
Then why didn't you know the dog died 30 minutes after it was shot?
I would wager there is no punishment for officers shooting dogs in most cases. Otherwise the officer wouldn’t have shot the dog. Who could seriously argue this dog represented a threat to the officer?
Its one thing if the dog is truly menacing and capable of hurting the officer. In far too many cases the shooting was done without regard for the animal or people around at the time.
Hey Admin, could we get a quick reprisal of last nights thread to shine some light here?
Don't worry though, it won't be too long before the 0bama Gestappo substitute people for that purpose.
It’s a question that has been asked several times yet the answers are not forthcoming, and the question is forgotten until the next incident.
Once again, we’re simply letting the gradual erosion of both our rights and the increasing power of the government to continue unabated. I hate to say it, but we’ll only have ourselves to blame when the endgame arrives.
Trained dogs don’t usually respond to verbal commands from strangers.
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