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To: shhrubbery!
You mean like this guy?

This photo shows a police officer shooting a bear, moments before an animal control officer on the scene was about to shoot the bear with a tranquilizer gun.

That video is a pretty poor example. For one thing, there's "no evidence the bear was about to charge" because the video isn't showing the bear at that point-who knows what it was doing if all you have is the video. Second, at the end, the reporter says it was the animal control officer who gave the order for the police to shoot.

From the video: "The animal control officer who gave the order to shoot says he did not want to but felt he had no choice because the animal was getting up on its hind legs"

So basically, you have a picture of a shaved-headed cop but nothing in the video supports that he's a 'roid fueled monster shooting bears for the hell of it.

91 posted on 07/07/2007 5:39:43 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (Hey! Must be a devil between us)
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To: GATOR NAVY
No, I agree the video isn't enough evidence to go on. I posted it only because I think it's pretty clear the police are in CYA mode.

I'm also basing my suspicions on the comments of witnesses, who were shown on local TV at the time of the incident (I live in NJ and saw more of the reportage than is now available online).

Yes, the police claim that the animal control guy gave the order to kill, and the reporter repeats that claim. But I'm skeptical. Never saw the animal control guy confirm that; and even if he did, well, if you knew NJ police like some of us who live here, you know he might be afraid to say otherwise.

323 posted on 07/09/2007 5:30:39 PM PDT by shhrubbery! (Max Boot: Joe Wilson has sold more whoppers than Burger King)
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