Her kind has a thing for killing dogs, too.
Posted on 07/18/2011 6:49:02 PM PDT by Immerito
MS Police Officer Shoots Chained Dog Six Times March 23, 2011
In Gulfport, MS, police were called to a subdivision to investigate a possible break-in. During the course of the investigation, an officer went into the backyard of a neighbor’s home where she encountered the owner’s chained dog. The owner, who was just coming outside to get his dog, says the officer was standing approximately 30 feet from the end of the dog’s chain when she put half a dozen bullets in the dog.
Samuel Lovato rushed his beloved pet – named Melmo – to the vet but the injuries were too extensive and euthanasia was performed in order to relieve Melmo’s suffering. Mr. Lovato:
“I’ve had her for 11 years. Eleven years. She was a great dog, a good dog and she was just in her yard doing her job and just being a dog.”
Police will investigate themselves, as usual:
Police are looking into the incident, according to Lt. Craig Petersen with the Gulfport Police Department.
“First, we need to conduct our internal investigation,” Lt. Petersen said. “I feel really bad for the gentleman and the loss of his dog, but we’ll conduct the internal investigation.”
He also said that officers have to make life and death decisions in an instant, including assessing threats from animals.
“The officer has discretion in how to protect themselves in these situations, totally up to the officer based on the facts and circumstances of that particular case.”
Sound like they’ve already got the “Justified Killing” stamp all inked up? But wait, there’s more:
There is no timetable for when the investigation will be completed. The officer involved in the shooting remains on active duty.
So I guess it’s ‘Gulfport dog owners, hide your dogs’? Maybe while you’re at it, hide your kids too. I hate to think of a kid being in a yard with a dog where half a dozen bullets are flying.
hmm
Not much different than serial killers...love the joy of killing something, especially harmless pets.
Her kind has a thing for killing dogs, too.
Perhaps it was the first time she encountered a moving target.
Yay, a thread we can be like Daily Kos on!
“f the p!” “f the p!”
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But yeah there’s no doubt that pet killings by police need to be taken a lot more seriously than simple property damage. These are members of people’s family. There should be an external investigation in these cases.
But I’ll say that we only have 1 side of the story here.
The dog owner should get justice.
A chained dog... six times!
Such a macho powerful cop, that is!
Used to be you could go years and years without reading a story like this. These days there are too many to count.
The copsuckers will be here soon to tell you ‘you don’t have the whole story’...or ‘dogs on chains are dangerous and can scuff your boots’....
Apparently dogs are just ‘freebies’...
They are a ‘standing army’....
In other news, NATO felt fully justified bombing a civilian airport.
Maybe that triggerhappy cop would enjoy the rush of engaging a target that shot back?
“But I’ll say that we only have 1 side of the story here.”
The dog was chained up. I don’t personally agree with the practice of chaining dogs, but since the dog did not break the chain, the officer was in no danger.
The officer should have gone about her duties and ignored the dog.
It seems that she went into “Target acquired. Mission: Terminate” mode.
And on other days, they just shoot dogs.
They just followed their own internal policies and procedures. No fault found. The dog would have attacked if it was not chained up. The cop was taking no chance that the dog would unhook itself and attack. Nothing to see, move along.
Yes. That’s the side of the story we have.
Maybe someone could come up with a T-shirt that says “I don’t own a dog because the cops would shoot it if I did”.
ping
Such a macho powerful cop, that is!
Used to be you could go years and years without reading a story like this. These days there are too many to count.
ditto and its a matter of time before some law abiding citizen decides to get revenge for his family pet, I know I would if some thug with a badge walked into my yard and killed my pet
I grew up in the 70's with ( Adam12,CHIPS ect ) when the cops were the good guys.
now they are more like a banana republic gestapo
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