If I was a cop and saw a pitbull I’d shoot the damn thing too. In the long run they probably did him a favor. The breed should be exterminated.
I hate pitbulls too, but this was a mixed dog that was tied up in it’s own house. I think the cops should be jailed.
I'm sorry because I agree.
If I was a cop and saw a pitbull I’d shoot the damn thing too. In the long run they probably did him a favor. The breed should be exterminated.
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Cynophobia, even selective cynophobia, is based in fear, not in reason or logic.
Be careful-—the tyranny you justify to assuage your cynophobia is the same tyranny others will use to justify *your* breed of choice being gunned down while chained.
“If I was a cop and saw a pitbull... I’d shoot the damn thing, too”.
Did you read the article? Did you read that they entered his residence and it was the WRONG one? Did you read that the dog was tied up? Did you read that he is a veteran that fought for our freedoms? Did you read that he now has to pay for the cremation and to fix the holes that the cops left? Are you advocating that the police should barge into homes and kill all pitbulls and pitbull mixes because you feel the breed should be exterminated? I can see now why our freedoms are being taken away if all you got from this article is that you are glad the pitbull is dead.
Hopefully you would be competent enough to enter the right residence. What is the point of kicking down the door to search for drugs? Why not do surveillance and detain the suspect when he leaves? This is just another cluster-f in the war on drugs.
To a large extent, dogs are what they are raised to be. Those who buy attack dogs and raise them to be attack dogs get mean animals. Those who adopt large dogs and teach them to be gentle get large, gentle dogs. I grew up with friends who had a pit bull, and I never felt threatened. I remember her getting riled up to defend the home one time, but even then I didn’t feel threatened. The burglar/prowler/intruder felt very unsafe (and I think the dog would have eaten anyone who threatened a person who was allowed in the home), and the criminal left without his tools, but I felt safe. Another friend’s dog, a Saint Bernard, captured a burglar and held him down, sitting on him and drooling on or licking his face for nearly an hour. It’s certainly different from how a pit bull would react, but I’m not willing to say one is better than the other.
We don’t know if the cop had an option on shooting the dog or knew he had an option - he might not have noticed the chain in that first second when the pit bull transformed into Cujo to defend his territory against someone breaking in. In any case, the police should pay for all damage and for replacing the dog if they raided the wrong home.
What an idiotic comment.
Even if you busted into the wrong house? You’d just gun the dog down? And you do stand for individual freedom, do you not?
I’m no fan of pitbulls either, but cops aren’t just shooting them... they’re slaughtering all breeds of dogs on sight as a matter of practice when they break down doors.
I am speechless, what else would you as a cop shoot when after you wrongly enter someone’s home? Never mind I really don’t want to know as I am sure it would be a very chilling answer. But please tell us you are not a LEO, because there are already to many of your trigger happy types among or Law Enforcement Agencies now.
I feel the same way about Germans.
they didnt shoot it because it was a pitbull
they would have shot that dog if it was a poodle
somehow sometime the ROE of “them vs us” has changed
when the police bust in, the dogs get shot
couple years back local mayor here had “mistaken” police bust-in and in front of him and his wife, they shot all 3 of his killer chocolate labs, including the one that was trying to run and hide
Well bless your heart. What a man.
“If I was a cop and saw a pitbull I’d shoot the damn thing too. In the long run they probably did him a favor. The breed should be exterminated.”
1. Thank god your not a cop.
2. You know nothing about Pitbulls.
3. Doing people a favor against their will is liberalism.
They will shoot your Lab next.
“If I was a cop and saw a pitbull I’d shoot the damn thing too. In the long run they probably did him a favor. The breed should be exterminated.”
Proof positive that the 14th Amendment allows even the most mentally warped and morally feeble creatures equal protection under 1st Amendment.
I saw your public display of mental retardation - and knew right away there would be some 10-15 replies.
Bet you wish FR had a way to self delete posts, dontcha?
You have no sense.
These are not cops. They are thugs in blue wrecking lives, destroying people’s pets, and devastating their homes.
These bastards should be fired and incarceratd, the idiots who supervised and trained them handled similarly and the police department should be forced to pay all this guy’s expenses.
Once we signed away our right to protect OURSELVES to a “professional” law-enforcement agency, we set the stage for the ruination of our Republic and our rights.
I don’t care if the man had a man-eating Bengal Tiger tied up in his kitchen. The cops busted into the wrong house and murdered this poor man’s pet. Your reply is not Conservative. It is indicative of a freedom-hating liberal. I hope you typed this distasteful post as a joke.