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Police Go to Wrong House, Kill Family's German Shepherd
German Shepherd Examiner ^ | January 18th, 2012 | Penny Eims

Posted on 01/18/2012 8:16:34 PM PST by chrisinoc

DeKalb County, GA - On Tuesday night, a DeKalb County police officer went to a family's home on Silva Court in response to a domestic dispute call.

When the officer went into the family's garage, he encountered a German shepherd who was on a chain.

Upon seeing a stranger approach, the German shepherd lunged - the officer's response was to shoot and kill the dog.

Tragically, after the damage was done, it was discovered that the responding police officer had actually gone to the wrong house.

Right now, the officer is not facing any charges - there will be an internal investigation.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: badcopnodonut; cw2; dog; donutwatch; germanshepherd; pussycop; warondogs
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1 posted on 01/18/2012 8:16:46 PM PST by chrisinoc
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To: bamahead

Libertarian ping


2 posted on 01/18/2012 8:18:09 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!

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3 posted on 01/18/2012 8:20:08 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem. meum)
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To: chrisinoc
"Right now, the officer is not facing any charges"

Of course not. Try randomly shooting a K9 and see what happens.

4 posted on 01/18/2012 8:21:01 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: chrisinoc

Worlds most expensive Shepherd.


5 posted on 01/18/2012 8:22:34 PM PST by moehoward
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To: Clintonfatigued

The officer was quoted, “I went to the wrong house AND shot the wrong dog. Well, gotta go. There is a domestic AND another dog is barking.”


6 posted on 01/18/2012 8:22:57 PM PST by healy61
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To: chrisinoc
I have a hundred bucks that says the "Internal investigation" will exonerate the cop from all wrong doing.
7 posted on 01/18/2012 8:23:33 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: moehoward
Worlds most expensive Shepherd.

I hope so, but doubt it.

10 posted on 01/18/2012 8:24:43 PM PST by expat1000
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To: healy61

Fire his ass.


11 posted on 01/18/2012 8:26:26 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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To: chrisinoc

The officers response was to, crap pants, shoot and kill the dog. there fixed it.


12 posted on 01/18/2012 8:26:26 PM PST by FishinTX
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13 posted on 01/18/2012 8:27:37 PM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: chrisinoc

The dog was on a chain and the cop still shot the dog. What??


14 posted on 01/18/2012 8:27:51 PM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: chrisinoc
he prolly hadn't had a doughnut in awhile and his blood sugar was low so he got confused...
15 posted on 01/18/2012 8:29:34 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: upchuck

It lunged and could’a broken the chain.


16 posted on 01/18/2012 8:30:19 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: chrisinoc
Police shoot dog?

Yawn....

Wake me up when a dog shoots a cop... (/sarc)

Unfortunately, the headline is becoming that commonplace--as is the wrong address thingy.

Maybe we should require police to be able to read and quit giving exam points for other criteria.

Those who can read (and know their numbers) don't seem to make these mistakes quite as often.

17 posted on 01/18/2012 8:33:16 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Clintonfatigued

libertarian has nothing to do with MY having serious objections to cops routinely getting away with shooting some innocent person’s innocent dog, just because they can get away with it.

The damn hippies were right to call some PIGS.

Police will eventually get to the point where no one will stop to help one in big trouble.

This “police mentality” is just one of thousands of things that dearly need to turn around in America.


18 posted on 01/18/2012 8:33:42 PM PST by X-spurt
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To: chrisinoc

I am sick of these police just shooting dogs. They should be held responsible. Of course the dog is going to protect and they know it.


19 posted on 01/18/2012 8:33:50 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Paladin2

That GSD was doing what they do best-— protecting the perimeter of their owner. I will give my as loyal GSD Krista a hug tonight because I know she would die for me as well. I’m hard pressed to come down too hard on the cop without additional info—GSD’s are powerful, smart and focused on their territory. There is a reason the police use GSD’s. They are a weapon. Dispatch or the area commander is likely the fool here.


20 posted on 01/18/2012 8:34:05 PM PST by hatfieldmccoy (It's not racism..... it's probability, actuarial tables, statistics. Facts are stubborn things.)
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