Posted on 12/21/2006 7:18:44 PM PST by FreedomCalls
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Police shot a man's dog in front of his daughter on Wednesday night.
Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Jamie Roth reported Hartford police officers shot a St. Bernard by the front door of Glen Harris' home. ...
Harris claimed it all began when officers unexpectedly showed up in the yard. ...
"They didn't knock. They ignored the sign, the dog sees or hears (and) protects my daughter, so he ran toward him -- not growling, not foaming at the mouth, not anything," Harris said.
Police told Eyewitness News the officers were investigating a complaint about guns when the dog charged them. Two officers said they ran to the street and that the dog lunged at the second officers, who fired three shots.
Harris said his daughter saw the whole thing.
"While she's running toward the dog, they kill him. She's yelling, 'Why'd you shoot him? I was going to get him. Why'd you shoot him?'" Harris said.
Police continue to investigate the incident. The police report in the incident does not list any guns found at the Harris home and no one was arrested.
The Foley shooting so far has had only a minor impact on the San Diego Chargers. They're having a great year and have the best offense in the NFL; their record is 12-2 right now. But they have less depth at linebacker because they lost Foley, so if one or more of their other linebackers gets hurt then the shooting could affect their chance to win the Super Bowl this year.
That's the episode. I didn't realize it was in the back.
LOL, that was one of the most bizarre movies I've ever seen.
And there's the matter of the 12-year old girl trailing along behind calling her dog back. That is not insignificant to the discussion either.
Yeah. Can't have an armed populace.
I know there was a twelve year old, but she wasn't in control of the dog, she was just hollering after a loose dog that was described as being potentially 'protective'.
Yo! Try to focus here. I DID NOT say that they would get mauled everytime. How do you know when it is going to be that ONE time? Would you wait to see if the guy with the mask over his face was a bad guy if you were called to a place?
ALSO, I DIDN'T say that they should shoot every dog!
I was just telling people not to prejudge without knowing more!
It's funny that I've received more posts regarding this, than other thread.
Cops busted open the door. Saw the guy's gun. Fired through the table to kill him.
Why are the police at fault here?
Good for you! But one day....
It isn't implied. If they feel threatened by man or beast they are trained and allowed to take action according to the law.
True.
I saw one used as a guard dog and he did his job quite well.
"See if you still hold that opinion after this type of incident happens to your family."
Ok. I'll take that bet.
"Personally, I'd be none too "understanding".
Obviously.
Sounds like Lon Horiuchi was on the team...
Remember him..FBI sharpshooter who killed Randy Weaver's dog, then his wife.
All too familiar.
I wish total justice on the total baseborns who did this.
"one day" has already came. I had my nose nearly ripped off my face by a dog when I was a kid. On another occasion, I was biking on a public trail and got chased by a dog that seemed to want to tear me a new orifice. I had a 9mm in my frame pack, but managed to refrain from killing the beast. And I still don't feel the need to kill any dog that approaches. The point is, there were two cops. If one of them got bit, the other one could have shot the dog. Or they could have hit it with pepper spray or a taser before that happened, or whacked it with a billy club. Getting bit by a dog isn't the end of the world, and IMHO doesn't justify discharging a weapon in a suburban neighborhood.
http://sarahbethjones.blogspot.com/2006/12/at-my-door-armed-police-officer-and.html
At my door: armed police officer and hungry pit bull
This piece was originally published in the News & Record on December 13, 2006.
The morning before Thanksgiving - very, very early the morning before - our younger dog, Cosmo, woke us with increasingly insistent barking. We hushed him and continued to snooze... until, that is, the door bell rang, alerting Cosmo and his sister, Emmie, that it was time for full-blown, outdoor, cat's-in-the-driveway barking.
From our upstairs window, we saw a police car parked in front of our house with the spotlight trained on our door. Ringing the bell was an officer clutching his 12-gauge. The officer apologized for the early wake-up call
And his son, Sam.
Also back-shot.
(Anyone with a heart who has lost a dog knows this to be true)
Any which way it actually did happen, when 12 jurors hear this case and see the little girl crying while testifying, if it goes that far, it will be a sympathy/emotional decision against the police department. I would rather heard all the truth, ma'am, nothing but the truth.
Might it be the spin the writer has used to describe the facts in the way that is most sympathetic to the family?
The basic facts could easily be written to say that two cops investigating a firearms complaint shot and killed a dog who was loose in the yard at the residence of the complaint. As the officers entered the yard the dog ran at them and pursued the them into the street. The officers say they had no choice but to shoot when the dog lunged at a fellow officers. There was a child present, but that child had no control of the dog at the time of the incident. The family does say that the dog is known to be excitable and protective. The officers are assigned to a special conditions unit that investigates drug, gun and quality of life issues.
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