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Cop kills "Bear-Bear" (A Dog) at Arundel dog park: Justified?
Baltimore Sun ^ | 08/03/2010 | Baltimore Sun

Posted on 08/03/2010 6:06:22 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour

Here's the full story of Bear-Bear that I wrote with Sun reporter Brent Jones, online now and set to appear in tomorrow's Sun, print edition. It's been getting a lot of attention online. Lots of folks appalled not only that this dog was shot in a dog park, but that police aren't going to charge the cop that shot him -- or even let the public known his name. Please share what you think:

Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won’t be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian Husky Monday night at a community dog park.

Bear-Bear, a brown and white Husky that’s about three years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German Shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to play roughly — the federal officer asked Bear-Bear’s guardian, his owner’s brother, to call off the dog. But before he could do anything, the officer pulled out a gun and shot Bear-Bear.

Bear-Bear, who belongs to Rachel Rettaliala, died of his injuries a few hours later.

(Excerpt) Read more at weblogs.baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: cop; dog; donutwatch; jbt; warondogs
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1 posted on 08/03/2010 6:06:26 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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So did the Shepard have any injuries (from the other dog)?


2 posted on 08/03/2010 6:11:16 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Hmmm, Officer Neckvein perhaps, or was this the puke who shot the Boy Scout several years back.

A full investigation is required, and municipality that owns the dog park should BAN HIM immediately ~ and sue his pants off.

3 posted on 08/03/2010 6:11:30 PM PDT by muawiyah
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The officer had better be able to produce a record from the vet of his dog’s treatment...produce his dog and its freshly stitched wounds...


4 posted on 08/03/2010 6:11:35 PM PDT by heartwood
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“This is tragic,” she said. “A community of homeowners with children playing around should not have gun-crazy, off-duty policemen shooting in their area, especially a dog in a controllable situation.”

Have to agree with this. No matter what the dog was doing to the other one, it does not justify disharging a firearm in a public park with people around.

This man does not have the judgment to be a police officer. He should be fired.

5 posted on 08/03/2010 6:12:58 PM PDT by BigBobber
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

I guess when the only tool you have is a hammer, every situation looks like a nail.


6 posted on 08/03/2010 6:14:00 PM PDT by PalmettoMason (The shattered skulls of tyrants should be used for traction under the boots of justice. T. Nugent)
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‘Federal’ cop off work shoots dog.

JBT use of force is always justified.


7 posted on 08/03/2010 6:14:12 PM PDT by Palter (Kilroy was here.)
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Probably confused his taser with his gun.


8 posted on 08/03/2010 6:15:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Probably confused his taser with his gun.

Oh, then it's okay then. /s

9 posted on 08/03/2010 6:18:32 PM PDT by PalmettoMason (The shattered skulls of tyrants should be used for traction under the boots of justice. T. Nugent)
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That part of the facility had open run rules. The cop brought his dog on a leash and appeared (reading the news on this one) to have attempted to walk his dog on a leash in that part rather than in the on the leash part.

Other stories indicate this may have been a privately owned dog run ~ part of an HOA.

That's possibly why the cops won't bring charges ~ they are waiting on the HOA President to bring charges ~ which I would have no problem doing.

It's obvious the cop violated the rules, and went further and violated some of the implied rules by shooting another resident's dog.

There will be some lawsuits.

10 posted on 08/03/2010 6:18:37 PM PDT by muawiyah
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Around here, it’s against the rules to have a dog ON a leash in the dog park.

So it appears that the cop had a dog that shouldn’t even have been in the park.


11 posted on 08/03/2010 6:20:00 PM PDT by PAR35
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Works in CA.


12 posted on 08/03/2010 6:20:42 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Lemme see. Baltimore? Federal cop? Quick on the trigger? He sure fits the profile of an ObaMao JBT.


13 posted on 08/03/2010 6:21:11 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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Eventually, citizens are going to have to start actively protecting their property from these trigger happy goons.

Or retroactively if they don’t see the badge coming before it starts shooting.


14 posted on 08/03/2010 6:21:23 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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Just another rare, isolated example of the 99% giving the 1% a bad name. The psychotic cop and all of his peers and superiors who won’t investigate, charge or identify him.

Go team blue! Yay!


15 posted on 08/03/2010 6:21:39 PM PDT by Filo (Darwin was right!)
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"There will be some lawsuits. "

That's a problem as one can typically only get the Justice one can afford. Whoever has deeper pockets wins.

16 posted on 08/03/2010 6:24:53 PM PDT by Paladin2
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I said this earlier on another thread. ANYONE, cop or citizen, who harms one of the family pets is a dead person walking. It's only a question of when and where.

L

17 posted on 08/03/2010 6:30:27 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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These cops are soon going to have a price on their heads.

Copper is lucky the dog owner had more restraint and didn’t shoot his dog as he couldn’t control it even on a leash.


18 posted on 08/03/2010 6:30:42 PM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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German Shepards, with their masters, on a leash, are very, very violent, sudden, and aggressive. I just spent $1200 last month to get my 90 pound German Wirehair Pointer stitched back together after a visiting friend’s German Shephard went after my dog in my house and got my dog’s head in its mouth and started chewing and shaking it around. Like a fool, I jumped in and pulled them apart. A very bloody mess. The Vet took one look at my pooch before I said a word to him and asked “German Shephard?”


19 posted on 08/03/2010 6:41:08 PM PDT by dtrpscout (A bad dog is better than most good people.)
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running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German Shepherd, who was kept on a leash.

You cannot do this with most dogs. The dog that is on the leash is at a disadvantage in doggie land. If he starts to make any sounds of distress, every dog in the park will run to investigate which will put the leashed dog into even more distress and some may attack.

Almost every off leash dog park has a leash/un-leash vestibule. It is there for a reason. If you let your unfamiliar dog into the park free, the dogs will run up, investigate, sniff, greet, what have you. Most dogs will stand still until the inspection is over and go do their own thing. That is if they are free to run away if danger arises. If they are not free, they are very insecure and bad stuff can and does happen.

Personally, I scan the park for Pits and let my dogs in if there are none present. I know I will hear from the Pitbull folk but I keep my dogs safe how I see fit. A youngish pit is no problem but if I see an intact male over a year old, I keep my dogs away.

20 posted on 08/03/2010 6:41:51 PM PDT by lovesdogs
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