Posted on 06/14/2015 5:20:12 PM PDT by kiryandil
An Orlando Police Department dog mangled the arm of a 12-year-old burglary suspect during an arrest last week, sending the boy to the hospital for three days and adding to ongoing concern over whether deploying dogs on juveniles constitutes excessive force.
The OPD incident report from June 4 states the boy had pried open portable classrooms at Shingle Creek Elementary School and started running after officers told him to stop.
But two other minors, also charged in the burglary, saw the whole thing and said the injured boy had already dropped to his knees in compliance when the dog lunged at him, family members said.
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
If the dog was under positive control, then the officer shouldn’t be employed in law enforcement.
If he can’t tell the difference, he shouldn’t venture too far from parking enforcement.
Agreed.
The dog has been taken off of street duty and reassigned to a desk job until a thorough investigation of the matter can be completed.
Thank for for a sane post in sea of insanity.
Sometimes I hate spell check.
Thank you for a sane post in a sea of insanity.
I was going to comment. No need now. You nailed it. Nothing left for me to say.
Well said.
Bingo!
A working K9 that gets bites more often from or of one type well get excited when dealing with those types.
Well said.
So you accept the accomplices’ statements as bonafide fact? That’s interesting.
Sorry, second reply was on the wrong thread. My bad.
Sadly, you are probably correct (dead by 18). And most likely at the hands of his “peers.” Sigh.
“Hands up! Don’t bite!”
Man, I gotta get on the threads early before all the good lines are taken...
No sympathy for the wannabe thug.
“So you accept the accomplices’ statements as bonafide fact? That’s interesting.”
No, I’m accepting the description of his arm as “mangled” and the required 3 days in the hospital as fact.
Is it still interesting?
I suppose the officers were in fear of - whatever...
While my comment sort of fit, it was actually intended for someone else on another thead. Hence my follow-up post.
Again, sorry.
The little punk is lucky he doesn’t live in a country that would chop off that arm for such crimes. Or chop it off neck high. The lesson here is don’t steal, kiddo. Learn it.
If the dog is still hungry feed him the other arm....
It’s worse to lose your conscience towards God than to lose your property.
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