The family wants the deputy terminated. I reckon that would have a chilling effect on further shootings by JBTs
A golden retriever?
Is there such thing as a viscous Golden Retriever?
puppycide
Cops are happy to have their K-9 units attack people, but are cowardly in the face of a citizen's dog.
JBT ping
This is bull squeeze...
The police almost always USED to get the benefit of the doubt, but NO MORE!
Are you telling me an officer going to serve a civil paper warrant shouldn’t have a reasonable expectation that he may encounter a family pet? Should he also prepare himself with non-lethal repellant (pepper spay) just in case?
WTF? This officer is too STUPID to enforce the law but most especially to legally carry a firearm...
Charged my a$$... pets are becoming target practice...
The evidence is still intact, ie.. holes in the house??
UHhh,, how could he have been absolutely certain no one else was at risk when he fought for his life and blasted away?
He needs to do time. Sorry for the dog loss,, but this is just way too obvious of a kid with a badge and a gun sent to do an adult job.
He felt threatened by a Golden Retriever? Threatened how? Threatened with the prospect of being drowned in dog slobber?
Looks like we need a new “gestapo” option on Facebook/games?
When the law enforcement officer comes to your house, someone or something is going to die. As evidenced by the Georgia case of the child that was killed answering the door. There were no dog[s[ for the officer to kill, the parolee was not home, thus the officer was unable to kill him. This only left the child to kill. And she did.
Brings tears to my eyes. Some police are not worthy....maybe many.
Perhaps the best response would be to find out who the responsible officer is, then publicly shame him. Policemen know that they can do an awful lot before their own department will turn on them, but the same cannot be said of the public.
This should in no way constitute any threat to the life of the officer or his family, just that he should be ostracized by the public knowing who he is, and refusing to voluntarily have anything to do with him.
If he confronts someone on the street for any reason, that person should request a police supervisor be present; in many situations police are *required* to summon a supervisor is the public requests it. And when the supervisor shows up and asks why, the person can say that they “have no confidence” in the officer.
Police supervisors tend to get annoyed when they are told this, and not at the citizen. If it happens two or three times, they figure that the officer is more of a hassle than he is worth.
Here’s the deal. We own a 70 lb. rot/lab mix with the thick lab body and rot markings. She’s nothing short of adorable. 11 yrs. on she’s yet to bite anyone (just squirrels, groundhogs, and the occasional rabbit when she can catch them). Every delivery person is terrified of her because she runs out with her hackles up barking like fury when a stranger arrives. Soon as they get out of the car you have the wagging start that nearly bends her in half.
We’ve worried before if an officer came to the house she’d get shot because of her size and “alarm mode” she enters when anyone strange comes over. Yet once she is close to them it’s clear she’s just a loud mouthed baby.
Still, if I were an officer and saw Dixie running at me like that I would believe she was after me although she’s totally harmless.
Did you even notice how the puppy killers are almost never named in these stories.
Dogs are some of the best judges of character i’ve ever met.
So if you are a Police officer who has been bitten by a Golden Retriever ,I’d keep that news under your Hexagonal hat if i where you.
Then call Caesar Millan.
And chances are, the cop blew the dog away because he can.