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Tenn. Man Came Home to Find His 7 Dogs Shot Dead, and Sheriff’s Deputy Is Charged
People ^ | November 18, 2024 | KC Baker

Posted on 11/22/2024 12:56:23 PM PST by Morgana

A Tennessee man is grieving the deaths of his seven dogs who were shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy while the owner and his wife were out to dinner.

On Monday, Nov. 4, Kevin Dismuke and his wife left their home in McNairy County to go to dinner, Fox 13 reports.

When his wife returned to their home on Finger Leapwood Road, she called him with shocking news.

“She said, ‘Poe is dead,’” he said, referring to one of their pet dogs.

According to News 3, Dismuke said he returned home to find all of his dogs except one were dead.

“They were told the property was abandoned and the dogs were malnourished,” Dismuke added, News 3 reports. “I got the veterinary paperwork in my truck from three weeks ago. They all had a clean bill of health on them.”

Dismuke said a neighbor told him a deputy came to his house while he was gone and shot the dogs, Fox 13 reports.

Dismuke and his family are heartbroken over the deaths of their beloved dogs.

“I don’t care if you give me $10 if you give me $10 million," he told News 3. "You can’t replace my dogs.”

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which launched an investigation on Nov. 7, the incident began when the McNairy County Sheriff’s Department received an animal welfare concern call on Nov. 4.

(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalwelfarecalls; badcop; banglist; cop; dog; doggieping; donutwatch; shootingthedogs; swat; swatted; tennessee
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To: Morgana

I can’t read the story; the title is too disturbing. But judging by the title I have to say that when we moved to TN, the way people treat pets and animals is one of the most awful things we noticed.

We rescued eight of them, but you can’t take them all.


61 posted on 11/22/2024 2:11:29 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (🎶 They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. 🎶)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Were they secure behind a fence or in the house?
Were they out roaming the streets?”

if you had bothered to read the article, you would know that the dogs were housed in campers and that the deputy first shot into the campers to kill the dogs, and then entered the campers to shoot some more to “clear” them ...


62 posted on 11/22/2024 2:12:07 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: packrat35

I am not anti-cop, but truth is, there is almost no situation that can’t be made worse with the addition of police.

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Swap “police” with “government”.


63 posted on 11/22/2024 2:16:48 PM PST by dagunk
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To: catnipman

Who reads articles?

All the relevant info should be in the excerpt.


64 posted on 11/22/2024 2:19:10 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
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To: dagunk

Agree on both, since police are AGENTS of the GOVERNMENT!


65 posted on 11/22/2024 2:33:13 PM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Morgana

I don’t think animal welfare check means what officer Roscoe thinks it means. 🤔


66 posted on 11/22/2024 2:44:27 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Morgana

If those dogs had belonged to John Wick that deputy would be in a big world of hurt.


67 posted on 11/22/2024 2:45:48 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Pearfect
THIS IS MURDERING DOGS

You can't murder dogs. You can wrongfully kill them, like what happened here, but it isn't murder.

Murder is a term reserved solely for humans, a.k.a. homicide.

68 posted on 11/22/2024 2:47:42 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Morgana

First they came for P’nut and we didn’t do anything ....


69 posted on 11/22/2024 2:47:51 PM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: Responsibility2nd
There’s too many unanswered questions.

Questions were answered in the article.

70 posted on 11/22/2024 2:50:27 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: gunnut

this guy methodically went about what he was doing shooting one by one.
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In a truly civilized society the dude who did that would be paying for it for the rest of his life, physically, mentally, and financially. IOWs, he wouldn’t lose his life, but for the rest of it he would be regretting what he did EVERY WAKING MOMENT!


71 posted on 11/22/2024 2:50:28 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Never forget, the Marxist-Democrats & RINOs who would destroy our country ARE STILL HERE!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Who reads articles?

People with unanswered questions.

72 posted on 11/22/2024 2:51:17 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Morgana

I can’t imagine coming home and seeing all 7 of your dogs dead. That pain must be beyond belief.
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People have lost their lives for doing less, that’s for sure.


73 posted on 11/22/2024 2:52:33 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Never forget, the Marxist-Democrats & RINOs who would destroy our country ARE STILL HERE!)
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To: Morgana

Those dogs are being mistreated, I’d better shoot them all.


74 posted on 11/22/2024 2:53:52 PM PST by glorgau
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To: subterfuge

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.”


75 posted on 11/22/2024 3:00:08 PM PST by eccentric
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To: Morgana
Seems like Roscoe P. Coltrane did not fully understand the assignment now did he?

Or maybe he was attacked. We need to hear the deputy's side of the story.

76 posted on 11/22/2024 3:03:22 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

There’s too many unanswered questions.
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If you have difficulty with reading comprehension, find someone to explain the facts to you.


77 posted on 11/22/2024 3:09:28 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Never forget, the Marxist-Democrats & RINOs who would destroy our country ARE STILL HERE!)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

OK HE KILLED THE DOGS .

Your response, “that’s OK”


78 posted on 11/22/2024 3:13:00 PM PST by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

OK HE KILLED THE DOGS .

Your response, “that’s OK” he didn’t murder them


79 posted on 11/22/2024 3:13:36 PM PST by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Now you have answers but I am sure you will find something good to about the guy who trespassed on private property with no warrant and shot the animals that were on their own property where they belonged. Because he wore the magic blue uniform.
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Excellent post from start to finish. Responsibility2nd sounds like he might be related to the killer!


80 posted on 11/22/2024 3:15:39 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Never forget, the Marxist-Democrats & RINOs who would destroy our country ARE STILL HERE!)
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