[aomagrat]

West Virginia State Police Lieutenant Michael Baylous said the dog was a threat

He's a liar.

[libstripper]

Thugs like this just don’t understand how dogs are hard wired. Any time a stranger barges onto a dog’s property, the dog will come running in his direction and bark at him. When I was a teenager, I had a Beagle who did it and now, fifty some years later, I have an 85 lb. Pitador and a 110 lb. Great Dane who do it. In each case all the stranger needs to does stop and talk to the dog and wait for the happy wiggles and wags. That’s worked for UPS drivers, Fed Ex drivers, my neighbors, and all sorts of contractors with my two dogs to the point where I can’t even credibly threaten to sick them on anybody.

A loud command to stop followed by aggressive moves toward an offending dog will usually cause it to stop, the cop being the much larger predator. If that doesn’t work, one or two warning shots into the ground in front of the average dog will send it running. Actual, lethal force is only necessary against the most vicious, lethal, and determined dogs, of which there are quite few, most of which are police and other attack trained dogs.

[servo1969]

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.

[Sergio]

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.

[huldah1776]

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.

[OldSmaj]

"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.

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.

[Ken H]

Willy Pete

[Altariel]

Cops Shot at Retreating Arthritic Dog Toward House Filled with Children: Business as Usual http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/27/cops-shot-at-retreating-arthritic-dog-to [Ginger Sweat's] 6-year-old Basset hound/beagle mix, Willy Pete, left the porch and made his way toward the troopers. The dog, she said, suffered from arthritis in his back legs and was not aggressive... Sweat said she was still inside when she saw the trooper raise a weapon at her dog. “I ran out my door, jumping up and down screaming ‘don’t shoot my dog, he won’t bite, just let me get him in the house,’” she said. She said the officer fired one shot toward the dog but missed. She said Willy Pete turned tail and was running back toward her. “He ran towards me with desperation in his eyes,” she said. “They fired again in my direction. In the direction of my home where my kids were.” She said three more shots were fired, a total of four shots. Willy Pete, she said, was hit three times. The dog went to the back of the mobile home. Sweat said she found the dog near the air conditioning unit. “I watched my dog struggle and then die,” she said. “I collapsed in a puddle in the floor, screaming and crying." Lt. Michael Baylous, State Police spokesman, said troopers sometimes will inform the public in similar situations with a media burst or by going door to door, but that it was his understanding there was no time for that in Tuesday’s case. Baylous said officers still are searching for [Jonathan] Jeffers [the suspect they were pursuing]. He declined comment on the shooting of the dog. “It’s counterproductive and it’s only serving to fan the tension,” Baylous said. “We have had several people responding to us in a very irrational way and we feel that it’s counterproductive to comment further.” **** Yes, they had no time to do anything. Not even conduct a thorough search of the child's home. Do not question the State, or you shall be smitten as a non-worshipper, until you see the light and call upon the name of the State to save you.

[bamahead]

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[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Could this be Michael Baylous of Mason County and his other brother Michael?

</sarc???>

[HiTech RedNeck]

I guess this is not as bad as killing a man during a doghunt.

STILL....

[Timber Rattler]

However, West Virginia State Police Lieutenant Michael Baylous said the dog was a threat, and troopers did what they are trained to do.

Finally, an admission of what we all knew to be true...

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