Posted on 06/27/2014 11:48:00 AM PDT by Altariel
Police spent much of Tuesday searching for a fugitive.
During the search West Virginia State Troopers and the Mason County Sheriff's Department said they had to shoot and kill a woman's dog.
Police spent almost 12 hours searching for Johnathon Jeffers, but with no luck. At one point during the search, police came out of the woods and onto Ginger Sweats’ property in Mason County. She has no ties to Jeffers, but was immediately caught up in the search when officers said they had to fire their guns.
Accompanied by the dog she has left, Sweat was still trying to come to terms with the loss of her beagle mix, Willy Pete. On Tuesday, police were searching the area where Sweat lives for a man who they said shot at them.
Sweat just happens to live in the search area, about seven miles outside of Milton. She said during the search, West Virginia State Troopers and Mason County Sheriff's Deputies came out of the woods onto her front yard, and that's when they shot her dog four times.
"The first time he tried to run. I don't think it hit him," she said. "They still continued to shoot him, and he eventually ran around to the side of my house, died and collapsed by my air conditioner."
Sweat said Willy Pete was her best friend, and that she tried to tell officers that the dog wasn't going to hurt anyone. However, West Virginia State Police Lieutenant Michael Baylous said the dog was a threat, and troopers did what they are trained to do.
"Try to avoid it, if possible, but the trooper who fired the shots, it's my understanding, waited until the very last second to fire that shot, in hopes that that animal would retreat," Baylous said.
The dog was sitting on a porch in the front of her house when the troopers came onto her property. Police said the dog started coming toward them. Sweat said the dog wasn't aggressive, but police said he was, and that they had to shoot.
"Many of us are dog lovers, but when it comes down to it, you absolutely have to put more value on the human life side of the equation than the side of the animal," Baylous said.
Troopers buried the dog behind the house. Sweat said her dog got her through a lot, and she is going to miss Willy Pete. She hopes that troopers think twice next time, before shooting an animal.
"I hit my knees when it happened, and begged the officer to do something," she said. "That was my best friend."
We have to accept whatever the cop says.
Thats why I cooperate and don’t argue. Even if I was to see my rights being violated, whats to stop the cop from handcuffing me, throwing me in the back of the car and saying I was being disruptive? Or I was obstructing... or disorderly conduct... any little charge.
Or worse, take out his billystick and say I started to attack him.
If you say something or challenge the cops authority in any way, he gets insulted, makes up a charge like obstruction. Its always good to have video every time, especially when dealing with younger cops who have a billy badass complex.
I can’t help but feel there is a day in cop school now where an instructor says, “If a dog runs in your direction, kill it. If a dog barks at you, kill it. If a dog looks at you funny, kill it. You will never be punished for killing a dog. Period.”
This must be part of the training and understood as SOP in many departments.
Shooting dogs seems to be the desensitization gateway. So you train a LEO to shoot a dog and not feel bad about it so that later you can shoot a ... what ... and not feel bad about it.
The info graphic you posted shows that shooting at vicious dogs works! Since cops are armed (and they do not hesitate to use them), no cop has died at the fangs of the canines. However, here is the static on dogs killing humans in the US:
2013 - 31 unarmed people killed. No cops were killed.
2012 - 35 unarmed people killed. No cops were killed.
2011 - 33 unarmed people killed. No cops were killed.
2010 - 37 unarmed people killed. No cops were killed.
I see the pattern.
Wipe your chin.....your boot polish is smeared.
Being dishonest with the statistics to protect your beloved government employees, are we?
I understand; you have to weep more loudly and flagellate yourself severely in order to show your True Devotion to The State. Throw some more incense on the altar that your prayers may be heard, Comrade!
I see you still have shown no sympathy toward the law-abiding dog’s owner.
If the dog was sitting on the front porch and came towards them, they should also have figured that the guy they were looking for who was armed was NOT there.
“toward the law-abiding dog’s owner.”
Red herring. The dog owner’s law-abiding abilities are not in question.
The dog, however, posed danger to the officer. The dog, being an animal, did not know when to retreat, hence it got shot.
That is not a beagle. I’ve had them many years. No Beagle in that photo.
“Just wait until the anti-cop brigade descends and starts persecuting the cops.”
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Yep,with their boringly repetitive dumb,dog,and donut jokes.
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“Wipe your chin.....your boot polish is smeared.”
Sounds like the “boot” is deeply up yours instead.
You stupid asshole.
Do you really think a beagle mix dog is going to kill one of your precious troopers?
This crap is going too far.
Willy Pete
Also what about Utility workers? I spent about 30+ years of my 42, employed years, as a outside utility worker and have yet to have a dog harm or threaten me. My oldest son has 25+ in a similar position and has the same results.
I also have three family members that are in law enforcement and never had a dog come at them or did they shoot any.
Some cops need to change their religion or change jobs!
Go back and reread the article unless you enjoy spouting ignorance.
A hint: “Sheriff’s Deputies came out of the woods onto her front yard, and that’s when they shot her dog four times.
“The first time he tried to run. I don’t think it hit him,” she said. “They still continued to shoot him, and he eventually ran around to the side of my house, died and collapsed by my air conditioner.”
On the other hand, you *could* continue so that the “gods” are not displeased with your failure to chant their praises.
What Yahweh thinks of such blind faith in them is another matter, of course.
The article describes the dog as a “beagle mix”.
The hierarchy remains:
There are four levels to this hierarchy:
A) Police
B) Police Dogs
C) Mundanes
D) Mundanes’ dogs.
Of course, Members of class A may kill members of classes B, C or D without fear of criminal charges, in multiple instances.
Members of classes C or D who kill members of class B are treated as though they killed a member of class A.
Those who faithfully worship Class A will be rewarded in The State to come. Their families will not be grenaded in the Middle of the Night (Unless Class A feels like it), their mentally ill children will not be beaten to death, especially if they are the progeny of Class A (unless, of course, Class A feels like it). Their toddlers will not be burned in their cribs (unless it is necessary for The Good of the State).
< /sarc >
Huh, those false gods don’t offer much of a guarantee to their worshippers, now do they?
You keep trying to use logic. How are the Statists supposed to argue against you, huh? Huh?
*Next* you’ll claim they should have thoroughly searched the child’s home *before* trespassing on someone else’s property.
< / Do I really need a sarc tag? >
The threat in this scenario had two legs, not four.
The Founders were particularly vocal on the subject of two-legged threats to liberty.
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