Golden retrievers are the finest, most people-loving breed of dogs on Earth.
Any moron cop who would willfully shoot one deserves to be fired immediately.
Golden retriever puppy today, person tomorrow?
Anyone who looks at a golden retriever puppy and whose first thought is “shoot it” isn’t right in the head.
Was the officer using the dog for target practice, or what? Why shoot the dog?
A Golden??? Seriously, a Golden?
(WTF...shaking my head)
The only thing you need to fear from a Golden Retriever is if he rubs against youor navy blue pants! This is just a horrible story.
In the past few weeks, it seems I’ve read dozens of stories on this site about cops shooting dogs. Why is this happening so often?
took him 6 shots to kill a cornered dog. Well that is about right for the level of shooting competancy of much of our local police force.
This was just an exercise to show the neighborhood who is really in charge. Good brave cops demonstrating their community ‘protect and serve’ moto and get in some good realistic target practice.
I sometimes think that the Police Departments are going out of their way to promote this feeling of distrust of the police in the communities. That in turns keeps the ‘Us vs. Them’ mentality increasing in the Police departments. A very dangerous positive-feedback loop is developing here and it needs to be broken.
Another ‘brave’ police officer ‘afraid for his life’ kills a harmless dog.
and another doughnut muncher earns their dog shooter marit badge...
I hate cops with a passion
I read the police report - I would encourage others to click on your link and read it.
It’s beyond insane — if only the police would show the same dedication to go after criminals, as this policeman showed trying to catch this dog, there would no criminals left on the streets.
Apparently he spent a significant amount of time trying to find the dog, after it ran across the road in front of his police car.
Your tax dollars at work.
He should be fired.
Picture of this "dangerous" 8-year old Golden Retriever the policeman shot. (see article)
When a cop goes trigger happy in an American residential neighborhood..... no big deal.
I've said it before: the military has tighter Rules of Engagement in Taliban territory than American cops have in American neighborhoods.
This happens all the time all over the country. I’ve become a cop hater because of it.
This no good SOB cop should be fired and serve time. He killed a damned puppy. And since when are cops also dog catchers. He said in his report he had to hit his brakes to keep from hitting the dog. He didn’t want to run over the dog but he sure as hell didn’t mind shooting.
He also said he whistled and said “Come here, pup.” And the dog complied. Then he says the dog growled at him. God, I hate people like this. And I’ve worked with people like this the short time I was a cop. A bunch of them loved to show their power and loved confrontations. As long as they were wearing a badge.