General question: Putting aside any problems of necessity here, if the police damage a bystander’s property (let’s say inanimate property for the sake of the question), does the town reimburse the bystander?
“So I was running by, saw the dog there, and knew I had to do my duty...”
Be careful going up to the PD to bark at them about this incident. You may just get shot too.
As my kids get older, I will teach them to avoid interaction with police if at all possible. I no longer see them as the famous, altruistic, “thin blue line” that protects me and my family. Sorry.
Calling for an investigation is worthless. If you want justice, you will have to find another means.
"Give us the donuts and we'll release your dog unharmed...ish..."
A dog named monkey??
A majority of people in the world will tell you, "Anyone who comes onto our property and kills a member of my family is my enemy."
Most also understand the inherent deal of this world: "Do unto others as you would have done unto you."
Careful what you start.
When "police business" means going onto someone's property and killing what they believe to be an innocent member of their family for "the greater good", you are doing it wrong.
Karmicly speaking, sometimes a stick is a stick, but usually it's a boomerang.
Put it down before you hurt yourself.
This is why our gates are always padlocked. It's not that much of a bother when you buy a set of padlocks keyed the same and the risk to our pets is reduced.
I was once in a convenience store during an armed robbery.
The gunman locked the store manager, the cashier and me in a store room.
From the store room phone, we called the cops 6 times before cops arrived to let us out 3 hours later.
Cops are worthless.
Also at the link:
Recent Puppycide:
Cops Shoot Dog During Foot Chase; Petition Started for “Justice for Monkey”, Ed Krayewski, July 3, 2012
Elgin is the Dog-Shootingest Town in Illinois, J.D. Tuccille, June 27, 2012
Austin Police Revise Policy on Use of Lethal Force on Dogs After April Puppycide Drew National Attention, Ed Krayewski, June 19, 2012
Deputy Shoots a Dog That Is Actually Dangerous: His Own, Scott Shackford, June 8, 2012
Cop Shoots Border Collie Mix He Mistook for Pitbull After Showing Up at Wrong Home, Ed Krayewski, May 30, 2012
Justice for Cisco: A Wrong Door Puppycide in Austin, Lucy Steigerwald, April 17, 2012
Just killing the competition. Dogs actually understand the meaning of “to protect and serve”.
“...police department to fully investigate the incident”
What’s to investigate? They’re punk thugs.
Where is the cops-can-do-no-wrong crowd? 45 posts and not one defending them and saying what heroes they are. And the ones that critize them when they beat some helpless guy to death or shoot someone’s pet dog for no reason are cop haters.
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Condolences to the people losing this beautiful dog.
This sounds like a comedy - tragedy - of errors. Circumstances.
The dog escaped her yard because the crook left open her gate. She was (naturally) chasing after him and then the other suspicious people (police) who strangely were running like nuts, also. Not shocking if she *was* really charging them, doing her job. While you’re in pursuit of a crook, you don’t want to be impeded by bared teeth.
I say, don’t be shocked if the dog gets shot.
It’s tragic, but it doesn’t sound like the knee-jerk “jack-booted thugs” comments so glibly thrown around here most of the time. They were in pursuit and didn’t need another threat to impede them concurrently.
I could be wrong, but that’s how I read it now.
Some day the dog owners will start shooting back.