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Maryland Cop Kills Dog
Washington Post ^ | 2/3 | Rodney Balko

Posted on 02/05/2014 1:01:02 PM PST by nickcarraway

This one happened in Anne Arundel, Maryland. The officer apparently cut across the family’s yard en route to another house to ask about a burglary. In the process, the family’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever did what dogs do: It defended its turf from the unknown intruder. So the cop shot the dog.

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But it isn’t just Maryland. These stories are all over the country, and have given rise to Facebook groups and websites to track how often it happens.

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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
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Please read the whole article, it's very short, but it's worthwhile.
1 posted on 02/05/2014 1:01:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Arundel police officer kills family's dog during search
2 posted on 02/05/2014 1:02:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Didn’t you just post this? Why it got pulled?


3 posted on 02/05/2014 1:03:48 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Police should need a search warrant to even step foot on someone’s property. The dog belonged there. The cop did not.


4 posted on 02/05/2014 1:04:03 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Woof


5 posted on 02/05/2014 1:05:14 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I excerpted, but apparently 52% of content invalidated that, so I have to repost.


6 posted on 02/05/2014 1:07:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Trespassers will be shot shoot on sight.
7 posted on 02/05/2014 1:09:30 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: nickcarraway

Either the cop is held accountable, or we live in a police state.


8 posted on 02/05/2014 1:10:50 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: nickcarraway
from the article: very few police departments give their officers training on how to read, interact, and respond to dogs. This, despite the fact that groups like the Humane Society offer the training to any department that wants it. Postal workers, for example, do get that training, and dog attacks on postal workers are rare

At 12 I was a paperboy in Alaska where quite a few people kept dogs large enough and aggressive enough to scare the bears away from getting in their trash cans. I was challenged by dogs daily but I never had to shoot one and I never got bit. I did have to smack down a couple dogs on a regular basis. I don't see why cops have to shoot dogs so frequently.

9 posted on 02/05/2014 1:11:26 PM PST by Teotwawki (For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
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To: nickcarraway

This is a winning issue for local tea party candidates.


10 posted on 02/05/2014 1:14:35 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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I don't see why cops have to shoot dogs so frequently

Simple, really:

We don't care .. We don't have to !

11 posted on 02/05/2014 1:16:30 PM PST by tomkat
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To: nickcarraway

Here in Pittsburgh, we had a police K-9 killed last week when he was stabbed by a knife-wielding maniac.

In addition to an absurd week of public mourning for a DOG (complete with flags at half-staff and a big public funeral on Friday), there is now a bill in the State Legislature to make the penalty for killing a police dog a minimum of 10 years in prison.

More than you would most likely serve for killing a HUMAN BEING.

Meanwhile the police can still kill YOUR dog with impunity.


12 posted on 02/05/2014 1:17:40 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: nickcarraway

That dick should be held personally and criminally liable

There is no excuse fir a casual saunter through someone’s property and shooting a dog or human being nor any living thing, when you have ZERO Exigencies to do so.


13 posted on 02/05/2014 1:21:18 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: nickcarraway; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Maryland ping.....


14 posted on 02/05/2014 1:21:45 PM PST by momtothree
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To: Responsibility2nd; nickcarraway

It got pulled because he always takes Shiite from The Great Gatsby , AM’s and that punk Jim Thompson.


15 posted on 02/05/2014 1:23:28 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Teotwawki

Because police are now taught that their safety is paramount.

Add to this that they’ve recruited a bunch of low-IQ pussies who can’t handle themselves in the real world.

What you get is a resulting mindset of “everything is a threat that needs to be shot.”

For these clowns, life is spent imitating Cartman from South Park:

“You will respect mah authoratah!”


16 posted on 02/05/2014 1:26:56 PM PST by NVDave
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To: Vendome

lolol. I recognize sarcasm. Hope those three do too. BTW. WHO is the Great Gatsby?


17 posted on 02/05/2014 1:27:43 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It sure ain’t Nick.

He’s too honest, decent and smart....


18 posted on 02/05/2014 1:33:22 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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He’s too honest, decent and smart....

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Ahhh. More Sarcasm. ha ha ha ha ha ...

/confused


19 posted on 02/05/2014 1:36:50 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: nickcarraway

This incident happened in my county. We have heard about this case for days. The dog owner was interviewed and does not want the cop fired (he was a rookie cop or at least inexperienced). A dog like this can cause a lot of damage to a human if not stopped. The biggest shame of it all is that he was cutting through the yard to help another neighbor. I am Switzerland on this case....I really feel for the family but I also can understand that the cop may have been scared that the dog would do something.


20 posted on 02/05/2014 1:38:58 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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