[ClearCase_guy]

A great many people feel like serfs, oppressed by a tyrannical government which tramples on our Constitution.
A lot of people are self-sufficient enough that they really have very little interaction with government agents -- they pay their taxes and seem to get very little for it.
A lot of people have interaction with the government only in the form of police officers. This interaction is costly or inconvenient more often than it is helpful.

I'm not sure how much the police realize that a lot of citizens really hate the police, seeing them as visible agents of a tyrannical government. And killing a man's dog is apt to really set someone off.

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm not sure how much the police realize that a lot of citizens really hate the police, seeing them as visible agents of a tyrannical government.

I'd wager quite a few of the smarter ones realize it completely, and enjoy the fear it puts into the little people. They enjoy the hate, too, because it gives them a convenient excuse for treating civilians like crap. "They hate us anyway, may as well shoot the dog as a precaution."

[blackdog]

I have no real tangible evidence, but this tactic has to be one deliberately taught in cop school. They would not be doing it if it wasn't.

It began with the Ruby Ridge Potts/Horriuchi dogs, mommy, and infant shootings at the Weaver place. Since then, it's standard cop MO in stand-offs, and no-knocks. They did it at Waco when they shot the dogs belonging to the sect. One by one, wounding them so they would scream and yelp for as long as possible. They shot the puppies one by one and then the mom dog.

Ironic that the end result for the people was much the same as the dogs. Remember that every time you hear or read one of these dog shooting stories. The next step is closer than you think.