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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He shot the cocker because the owners might have sued had he shot them and they survived.
Wrong. They already hăve a nearly unlimited right to shoot anyone any place. All that is required to validate that right is to repeat the line, "I felt threatened."
Dog suit or suit and die, it does not matter. "I felt threatened." The most ominous warning that an officer can give to a subject is,"I feel you are a threat to me."
We have an electric fence for the cattle. Spend about $200 and you will have one that will knock any policeman on his tail. I'm betting few of them are country boys who would know how to get into one without a shock. Run it around the top of your yard fence and nobody is climbing over.
Police don’t shoot cats often. SOP is to stomp them.
You can't stomp a cat...they will simply run away.
You are confusing cats with dogs. Dogs are sweet but stupid...cats aren't stupid.
Society is filled to the brim with potential Ted Bundy's who just need a reason to cross over the line.
A dead pet in the back yard might be such a reason.
Now where can they find an old VW?;-)
Some years ago there were several incidents of cops stomping kittens to death in the course of raids. It was the female officerettes that like to stomp.
Sigh. Even Cocker Spaniels bite people.
ATC
Sick.
Ted Bundys.
Sigh. Even Cocker Spaniels bite people.
ATC
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You’re going to go far!
As weird as that looks...you are correct.
I would rather hear the truth than be flattered with lies.
I now know you are the same.
Let's go kick some grammatical @ss.;-)
They should going after their badges, not an apology.
Arthurus is right.
I remember that all too well.
“...I shudder to think what might have happened had that cop stumbled across him in a backyard instead of the spaniel....”
Be cautious about calling an ambulance, cops often show up too.
He never feels threatened so he’d have to fake it...;D
And here I was trying to give him a solid legal defense should The Boy make his feelings about dog-shooting government thugs evident.
Unappreciated, I am. :)
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