Posted on 10/17/2015 8:55:04 PM PDT by Altariel
An Okmulgee County family turned to 2 Works for You for answers after their dog was shot and killed by a Morris police officer.
*WARNING: Watch the video in the player above, unedited, but it does contain content that could be considered disturbing.*
On September 27, Jeana was out of town and her kids were staying with family in Morris. Her dog, Leesie, was at a neighbor's home when something went terribly wrong.
READ OFFICER NARRATIVE HERE
Leesie had been locked inside the house. But, at some point, the front door was kicked in during a burglary attempt, ultimately letting Leesie loose. Later on, Leesie encountered a Morris police officer and was shot multiple times.
The owner's 14-year-old son found the dog’s bloody body in a ditch outside the neighbor's home.
Dylan Froehlich says "The owner of the house had her with a blanket covering her. And I picked her up and carried her to my grandma's house and buried her in the backyard."
Jeana says Leesie was left to die in the ditch and the officer never notified her of the shooting even though Leesie was wearing ID tags. She says her dog suffered at least five gun shot wounds.
She says tried to get answers from the Morris Police Chief for weeks but got nowhere.
"He wasn't showing any remorse or compassion at all, he said just call him [the city attorney]. He will talk to you about it. That never happened."
2 Works for You reporter Casey Roebuck reached out to the city attorney and received the officer's report and bodycam video of the shooting in a matter of hours.
According to the report, the officer says he was dispatched to the scene for an aggressive pit bull, but he never states whether or not Leesie was the animal he was called out for.
In the video, you see only a glimpse of Leesie in the officer's headlights. The barking sound gets closer, then Officer Matthew Stone is heard yelling, "Get back! Get back!" Seconds later a shot is heard.
The next 30 seconds of the audio is disturbing. You hear Leesie crying in pain amid seven additional guns shots. After the eighth shot is fired, she goes quiet.
In the report, the officer states that he fired the last three rounds to, "confirm the dog was no longer suffering from the wounds that were inflicted." The officer goes on to state that he was fearful for his safety.
His account does little to comfort Jeana and her family.
Dylan, 14, said "I think the cop shot her because she was a pit bull and they were scared of how she looked."
"I just miss her,” says Jeana. "She didn't deserve to be shot like that ... that many times."
Is that what you want, Donna? Do you sic the police on a neighbor you don’t like and dogs you don’t like?
Newsflash: The same thing happened in Germany, neighbor reporting neighbor to the Gestapo. It’s happened in every totalitarian regime before or since, reporting “undesirable” neighbors to the local authorities.
Every time an American does it, we move further in that direction.
Every time you do it, you aid those who would destroy our remaining liberties.
First they came for the “pit bulls”, and I didn’t complain because my dog wasn’t a pit bull. Then they came for the rottweilers, and I didn’t complain because my dog wasn’t a Rottweiler. Then they came for the Dobermans....
Ruby Ridge started because an officer shot a dog.
And that officer, US Marshall actually, was shot dead on the spot.
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I want to comment on the HRT but better not...
What’s not to realize? I prefer my dog to most people.
I just pointed out that the owner wasn’t looking out for the dog. Shame on the owner.
Is this the way you treat your dog?
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There are many situations when bringing in the police will only make things worse, sometimes much worse.
Well, Donna, don’t really know all the circumstances but most people leave their dogs locked up in the home at least occasionally and sometimes regularly.
Dog owners have to work, do errands and other things that one cannot take a dog to. It is dangerous to leave a dog in the car and many people who used to take their dogs and leave them in the car for a short time don’t dare do that anymore.
The dog was at a neighbors and the door was bashed in. Where was the owner?
They were ot of town and had neighbors caring for the dog. Start of the article.
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