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Dog Shot, Killed By Birmingham Police Officers
Click On Detroit.com ^ | August 2, 2011 | Unknown

Posted on 08/19/2011 5:59:26 PM PDT by Immerito

The dog's owner said he has no idea why police officers thought it was necessary to gun down his Labrador mix.

Terry Boyle, of Birmingham, said four police officers shot and killed his 5-year-old dog, Buddy, Saturday night. Boyle said he rushed home to hear the horrifying news from neighbors who said they witnessed police officers shoot his dog four times.

"From what I have been told he was not aggressive at all and he tried to get away from officers when all four approached him at the same time," said Boyle.

According to police reports, officers have responded to the home on Bowers Street four times in the past two years -- including once because Buddy had gotten into a fight with a neighbor's dog, and another time because Buddy was on the loose.

This time, police said the dog was off his owner's property and on the attack when shots were fired.

However, neighbors said Buddy was a nice dog that did not cause trouble. Witnesses said that on Saturday night Buddy was on the front porch when officers arrived. When officers approached him, he ran to the side of the house, where he was shot twice, witnesses said.

"A witness saw my dog moving," Boyle said. "He lifted his head and was trying to move still. (Police) put the noose around him and dragged him a couple of feet and then shot him twice more."

Neighbors said they were shocked that Buddy was the target of officers.

"He wasn't a neighborhood pest or a dog that was out all the time, by any means," said Boyle's neighbor Barbara McIntosh. "He was always in the house or in the yard."

Boyle said he wants answers.

"It's unbelievable to me," Boyle said. "My dog has never harmed anyone his entire life."

Police said officers were responding to a complaint that Buddy, in particular, was out on the loose. Police also said Buddy was a Rottweiler mix. Boyle said Buddy was a rescued dog, and if anything he was a Labrador-shepherd mix, not Rottweiler.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: birmingham; dog; doggieping; donutwatch; jbt; labmix; michigan
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1 posted on 08/19/2011 5:59:31 PM PDT by Immerito
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To: Immerito

This is when a video camera on your house would come in very handy. No wonder many people hate cops.


2 posted on 08/19/2011 6:01:42 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

3 posted on 08/19/2011 6:03:11 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Immerito

Another small town cop with an itchy trigger finger.


4 posted on 08/19/2011 6:04:05 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Immerito
The dog's owner said he has no idea why police officers thought it was necessary to gun down his Labrador mix.

I guess I've just never seen a viscious lab.

5 posted on 08/19/2011 6:04:57 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Immerito

I hope Boyle gets the answers he deserves.


6 posted on 08/19/2011 6:07:20 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: umgud

Law enforcement is getting out of control But cops are nothing compared to the Homeland Security Gestapo at the Canadian border. Their behavior is outright embarrasing. Jack booted thugs.


7 posted on 08/19/2011 6:09:58 PM PDT by rjsclassics (bringing people together)
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To: umgud
I guess I've just never seen a vicious lab.

Right? The biggest threat I've ever had from a Lab is maybe being licked to death.

They tend to be very sweet dogs.

8 posted on 08/19/2011 6:11:28 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Immerito

What the cops are doing today to pets will happen tomorrow to the citizenry. Just watch.


9 posted on 08/19/2011 6:11:57 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Immerito

We have too many cops with too little serious things to attend to, who get paid far more than there work deserves.

When not shooting down people’s pet dogs, they are acting as revenue agents for local jurisdictions, handing out speeding tickets at specially contrived speed traps.

We really should go back to a citizens militia for public order where everyone takes a turn patrolling their own neighborhood and “professional” cops are kept to a minium for certain special circumstances - like maintaining order in courts, transporting prisoners, serving warrants and running jails.


10 posted on 08/19/2011 6:12:43 PM PDT by ZULU (McConnell and Boehner are the Judas and Ephialtes of the 21st Century)
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To: Allegra

Two black labs have charged at me.

I don’t imagine the Frisbee in my hand had anything to do with that. :-)


11 posted on 08/19/2011 6:18:20 PM PDT by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“What the cops are doing today to pets will happen tomorrow to the citizenry. Just watch.”

That, sir, is worth repeating.

(So I hope you don’t mind if I do. :-) )


12 posted on 08/19/2011 6:19:02 PM PDT by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: Immerito
There is no mystery. 'Roided badge heavy thugs like killing. They can shoot dogs without any penalty, or even explanation.

"He was comin' right at me! BOP! BOP! BOP!"

And, every dog owner, and his kids, with a suddenly empty dog bed will send them a card at Christmas. Just remember. There will NEVER be retribution...

13 posted on 08/19/2011 6:19:34 PM PDT by jonascord (Politicians should be pelted with human manure, weekly, to remind them of their worth to society.)
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To: Immerito
It's legal so they do it every time they can.

They ENJOY it.

Soon, they'll start getting shot for it...not unlike the officer we heard about here on FR within the last week.

I bet there's no less than 1 million people in this country that would use the same force as they would to protect their own child.

I'd sure like to see the LEO on this forum weigh in and tell us what the hell is going on.

My cousin is retired Highway Patrol and in his 30years he was aware of only one dog shooting. That dog had rabies.

14 posted on 08/19/2011 6:27:04 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: jonascord

Perhaps someone told them the bullets in their guns were close to expiring and they couldn’t remember where the range was.


15 posted on 08/19/2011 6:27:38 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: kittymyrib
"No wonder many people hate cops."

Apparently the police are doing their very best to add to that number.

16 posted on 08/19/2011 6:27:38 PM PDT by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Ask any shrink about someone who is prone to abuse animals and they will tell you they will have a tendency to abuse people.

Most serial killers have a past history of animal abuse.


17 posted on 08/19/2011 6:33:37 PM PDT by Carbonsteel
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To: kittymyrib
No wonder many people hate cops.

You can put the OldPossum down as someone who has no love for the sh'theads. I don't want to see them on my properties.

And yes, I have dogs.

18 posted on 08/19/2011 6:33:54 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: Immerito

Something tells me there’s more to the story.


19 posted on 08/19/2011 6:33:58 PM PDT by Realman30 ("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)
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To: Immerito

ANOTHER lab shot by cops! Labs are probably the least aggressive breeds on the planet. And why cops? Don’t they have animal control officers in Detroit?


20 posted on 08/19/2011 6:39:02 PM PDT by expat1000
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