[LowTaxesEqualProsperity]

No dog is safe.

[Pollster1]

Yellow labs can be dangerous predators!

[Shannon]

ocop@oaklandnet.com

[Retired Greyhound]

That’s just a shame. C’mon cops.

One dog does not present a life threatening situation. Shooting it was totally uncalled for, and I hope this sorry excuse for a police officer gets his ass canned.

What a punk/punkette.

[Charlespg]

WTF is it with these ass*** cops shooting pets

can’t they use a catch pole or they too ***** stupid ?

[RegulatorCountry]

An 11 year old arthritic female lab? No threat whatsoever.

Fire these roidheads and fire them now. They have no business even wearing a badge and clearly like to play with their guns inappropriately.

[ClearCase_guy]

People should shoot back.

[STE=Q]

The dog, police said, growled and barked at them.

There is powerful pepper spray on the market, that will easily disable an aggressive dog.

I am usually on the side of the police, but this post has been self edited, if you get my meaning.

STE=Q

[GnuHere]

They manage to use beanbags for humans, why do they have to shoot an innocent, elderly dog protecting her territory, no doubt? GAAHH!!! Poor dear thing.

[LostInBayport]

"Oakland police responded to your residence to investigate a burglar alarm," the handwritten note read. "While circling the rear perimeter, lab advanced on officers in a threatening manner before being shot and killed."

Might be better to disconnect the alarm system and get burgled. Perhaps the burglars will simply take a television or the silver, and not murder family members (and yes, dogs and cats are family members to millions of Americans).

Imagine coming home to your dog dead in the yard and that callous note on your door. I was raised to respect and trust police officers, but the plethora of these stories has made me begin to fear their presence for fear of my pets being killed.

[Joe Boucher]

I’ll bet the farm;
The officer involved in the shooting is suspended with pay until a through investigation by internal affairs deem it a reasonable response by the officer.
After the lab went to give the shooter a lick.
And the shooter feels like a big man.

[dragnet2]

Police department keep shooting people's pet dogs, and they're gong to continue to make large numbers of enemies within the American public.

Just a guess, but I'd say law enforcement better start rethinking their military style tactics against the American people.

[crz]

“The dog, police said, growled and barked at them.”

I guess this is what dogs are supposed to do when a stranger shows up on your property.

I wonder if they ever heard of pepper spray. I mean, I can see a pit bull or something but a Yellow Lab?

[Riley]

There is way too much of this going on. They can’t all be vicious.

Get someone who needs a job and has some talent with animals to handle the dog. There ought to be a few of them around with the unemployment rate what it is.

[TChad]

from A Clockwork Orange

Alex's former droogs find the perfect new job.

[spitter]

These crimes by LEO’s will only continue to increase until folks get so much crap rubbed in their faces that they can no longer breathe. But until then, family pets will continue to be shot along with deaf people who fail to hear and follow their commands and mentally retarded folks too, like the case in Arkansas. Nothing will change but only worsen until “We The People “ take a stand, and I don’t see that happening.

[Paladin2]

GGGGggggrrrrrrr.

[TigersEye]

If they possessed any skills of observation at all they could have reasoned from the dog's behavior that there was no intruder in the house. I guess cops no longer try to figure out what is going on they just crash into the scene with guns drawn and trigger fingers itching.

Did they just leave the bloody body lying in the back yard?

[Right Wing Assault]

"While circling the rear perimeter, lab advanced on officers in a threatening manner before being shot and killed."

"Oh, yeah, and then an angry little kid them came running at us so we shot him too. We couldn't take him to the pound with the dog, so we laid him on the picnic table. It's going to rain, so I hope he doesn't get too wet. Good luck. Sincerely, Officer Friendly."

[jrcats]

I have a 3 year old yellow male lab & they won’t bite. I’m sick of the police who kill these dogs just because they want to kill. Some day one of the owners will flip because they “want to”.