Family still wonders why police killed their dog

Chicago Tribune ^ | September 10, 2010 | Wendy E. Normandy

[Immerito]

This is an older article, but it didn't seem to be posted on Free Republic.

It seems, based on communication I have with an acquaintance, that the dog owner was not liked by the police department; she was very outspoken (and sometimes outspoken against abuses of the local police department), and this may have contributed to this act of apparent retaliation.

[edcoil]

It’s the Chicago way.

[ScottinVA]

Family still wonders why police killed their dog

Because they could.

[Lurker]

This crap continues to happen because none of the cops involved has had to pay so much as a five dollar fine let alone any payback of a more personal nature by their victims.

Once the perpetrators of these killings start being held to account either by the Courts or by the public this behavior will cease.

[Irenic]

Because they could.
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That was my answer as well.

[BulletBobCo]

Practicing Obamacare.

[LibWhacker]

May the Big Dog in the sky make him pay.

[jrcats]

I hope Spuddy haunts the cop every day of their life.

[MrB]

Because they could... get away with it.

ditto

[McGruff]

There are two sides to every story. I read the whole article and...

The police chief told the Tribune the shooting resulted from a series of misunderstandings and carried out by a well-meaning officer who believed the dog –– who had a large, benign tumor growing on his neck and struggled to breathe –– was suffering.

[OldNavyVet]

The officer probably grew up on a farm.

[edcoil]

I think the best idea I have heard is that payments to victims should come from the pension fund for the officers. That might reduce it and the “good” officers will want to protect their pensions and manage their less trustworthy co-workers.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The officer probably grew up on a farm."

Most farmers I know respect the property rights of others.

[Osage Orange]

Here in cattle country....IF, we see a dog running cattle, and we know the dog's owner..we tell them.

If we don't know the dog and it's running cattle...we shoot it.

[Moonman62]

The dog was 15 years old, had no collar or tags, was laying on a curb, had a tumor on its neck, and had difficulty breathing.

[Joe 6-pack]

Didn’t sound like this dog was pestering too many cattle.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The dog was 15 years old, had no collar or tags, was laying on a curb, had a tumor on its neck, and had difficulty breathing."

Did it have a chip? We don't know, and it doesn't sound like the cops even bothered to check. Certainly the owners have a share in this in as much as the dog was loose, and that contributed to the circumstances. Having said that, it sounds as though the first cop was told exactly where the dog lived and did nothing with the info.

[Osage Orange]

Yeah I know.......: >

[OldNavyVet]

Speaking of chips, I know a person whose dog got out and ended up causing a major accident on a California freeway.

The Chip led authorities to the owner.

Guess who got sued.

[ScottinVA]

Fair enough, but given that cops seem to have developed a penchant for shooting non-threatening pets (chihuahua and golden retriever) lately, I look at what they do with a jaundiced eye.