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Posted on 12/18/2009 9:38:20 PM PST by Chet 99
Cop's Two Shots Kill Small Dog
By Nicholas Briano
Police fatally shot a small pug dog in the head last week while responding to a call on a quiet Edgemere block, telling superiors that the dog attacked them outside its Beach 43 Street home.
The incident began at 5:33 a.m. last Thursday, October 26, when Patricia Fernandez, who was already awake and getting ready for work, heard shots fired outside her home located on a quiet deadend street.
According to police sources, patrol cars had responded to the house next door on a child endangerment call.
Prior to the cop's arrival at the home next door, Fernandez's daughter-in-law let their 10-year-old pug, named Frank by the family, outside through the backyard at about 5:25 a.m., something they do with regularity. But with the dog off the leash, and police responding to the child endangerment call next door, Frank, weighing no more than 20 pounds, ran along the side of the house toward the police cars and was shot once in the eye and once in the jaw by an unidentified police officer from the 101 precinct.
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Nice try! But....
If the pit-bull charged the officer it would be the one that caught the Glock fever!
It's more likely an officer reminded another that a pit-bull lives in the house next door and when the poor little Pug walked around the house, it was free range time on Long Island!
Welcome to the Law Enforcement Hush Puppy Hall of Fame!!
With bonus points for killing a dog under 20 pounds!!
The dog in question is not a pug. Seems to me that the writers of the story are trying to drum up some sense of outrage which obviously most on this post quickly consumed and easily digested. Call me heartless, but I will lose no sleep over this one.
Frank, weighing no more than 20 pounds, ran along the side of the house toward the police cars and was shot once in the eye and once in the jaw by an unidentified police officer from the 101 precinct.
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Did the cop wet his panties when a 20lb. dawg “attacked” him?!
What A Man!!!...
You probably like cats too.
I can certainly see an officer shooting a Pitt Bull that is running towards him...I would shoot it too. Or perhaps a chow, german shepherd, dobie, rottweiler..etc
But a Pug!?
Something is wrong here :-(
I keep tilting my head as I read this story.
"Cop's Two Shots Kill Small Dog" is not a story.
"Small Dog Shoots Cop Twice", now THAT would be a story.
The cops waited 2 hours before “informing” the owners something had happened. That is simply inexcusable.
Sorry!
CA....
As the pit bull doesn't have any bullets in it, I assume the cops never saw it.
I think he's claiming in low-light situations a waddling Pug resembles a charging Pit Bull.
Gotta give the cop kudos though. A doubletap to the face of a Pug at night. Either he's a damn good shot or the Pug was tugging at his toe.
The dog was being a watch dog. He didn’t deserve this kind of treatment for doing what they are supposed to do. This act of terror will come back to bite the police at some point as it is now a real joke to them.
Pathetic cop
One day, I expect to see revenge killings over pet murders. Oh, some will condemn this as an overreaction but when you receive no justice, what are you left with? Especially when so many cops think the badge empowers them to bully a formerly free people and shoot humans and animal companions with impunity.
I fully expect someone’s guinea pig to be stomped to death by some human pig in the near-future. “I was afear’d o’ my life!”
Look at your post,,,
This Moron shot it at close range,,,
The Idiot had to know it was a little dawg to have hit it,,,
My yorkie is a little under 14 lbs.
He's the largest of his breed,,,
This Pug was only 6 lbs. heavier than him,,,
No way this cop thought it was a pit...
Bump Dat!...
Utterly and absolutely bush league. The officers were clearly mediocre policemen and even more mediocre human beings.
If you were being charged by a pit bull and a pug, which one would you shoot twice?
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