Posted on 06/26/2013 1:57:05 PM PDT by Morgana
CONCORD -- Two Concord roommates are seeking an explanation as to why a police officer shot their aging cocker spaniel during a neighborhood search for a suspicious person last week.
Zach Grimm and Dave Biller say Kirby, a 13-year-old cocker spaniel, is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder after barking at an officer in the backyard of their home in the 2000 block of Weaver Court on June 17.
But a week after the incident, the two say they have received no explanation from police about why officers were in their yard. Worse, they said, they have not received an apology from the department.
"It's obviously pretty upsetting," said Grimm, 29, who said the dog has been in his family for about 10 years. "The officer who shot at him, after it was over he just sort of had this goofy look on his face, almost like a smirk, and then he left. No explanation, no apology or anything."
Police were in the area around 4:30 p.m. after reports that a person posing as a door-to-door salesman was looking into backyards, according to Concord police Lt. Bill Roche said. In the course of the search, officers entered the backyard of the residence and were confronted by the 29-pound, reddish-brown dog.
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Last year, a St. Louis cop shot a golden retriever. I have never seen either a cocker spaniel or a golden retriever look threatening. This is pathetic.
Lord, a cocker doesn’t have enough brain to be dangerous! Like shooting a special-needs kiddo...
Aaaaaaand to all those with special needs kiddos, my humblest apologies. Gotta think before “send”.
A: Because the police weren't sticking to their primary responsibility: Raising money from productive citizens for the welfare state.
In before that “holster sniffer” states that dogs deserve to be shot.
In a Obama perfect world, LEO’s would sit at the coffee shop and only respond for a seatbelt violation.
They need the revenue and want to go home safe every night.
In this instance, you didn’t need a “/sarc” tag. You needed a “/sad but true” tag.
“The police are above the law and owe no one an explanation for their actions. They are answerable to themselves and their superiors.”
Most cities are corporations and the cops are armed security guards for the corporation and you ain’t a stockholder. :)
Don’t seek out an apology from the cop. Seek out the cop.
First it starts with doggie death squads.
As America descends into third world status those death squads will shoot the citizenry.
I wonder if it would be legal to sell signs that said:
“Police Officers Conducting Warrantless Searches While Trespassing Are Subject To Be Fired On Without Notice”.
Thank God I moved out of that city 13 years ago. How sad things went downhill. It was a beautiful conservative city but now rise of crime, and just weird things.
If a cop came into my house and shot one of my pets (cats, I admit), I would seek and get more than a frikken apology.
I will make a T-shirt of that! Thanks!!
and yet another doughnut muncher earns their dog shooter merit badge...
I sure don’t want that.
Exactly what might one do that they would consider “alarming”?
Where are the boundaries between being yourself and being ‘alarming’?
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