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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 dont shoot my dog, he wont 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 Tuesdays case. Baylous said officers still are searching for [Jonathan] Jeffers [the suspect they were pursuing]. He declined comment on the shooting of the dog. Its counterproductive and its 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 its 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.
62 posted on
06/27/2014 2:18:56 PM PDT by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Altariel
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 dont shoot my dog, he wont 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 Tuesdays case.
Baylous said officers still are searching for [Jonathan] Jeffers [the suspect they were pursuing]. He declined comment on the shooting of the dog.
Its counterproductive and its 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 its counterproductive to comment further.
63 posted on
06/27/2014 2:19:52 PM PDT by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Altariel
**** 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.
< /sarc >
(Failed to appropriately space the “sarc tag” so it showed)
64 posted on
06/27/2014 2:20:58 PM PDT by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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