Posted on 12/30/2010 9:30:51 AM PST by moonshinner_09
Fulton County Marshal Antonio Johnson said Thursday the deputy who shot and killed a couple's lab mix while trying to serve a lawsuit is "very remorseful" about the "very unfortunate situation," but felt he was defending himself."From talking to him, he didn't have any other choice because the dog was charging at him," Johnson told the AJC. "The dog was unattended, unleashed, in an open gravel field."
Johnson said he was still going over the report and would not identify the deputy until later Thursday. He said the incident is under investigation and the owners are free to file a complaint.
The deputy went to 439 Edgewood Ave. in Atlanta to serve a lawsuit to someone listed in unit 103, Johnson said.
"The dog came out of nowhere, aggressively," Johnson said. "He tried to step back, but the dog kept charging him. He fired two fatal shots.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
My wife asked a local sheriff's deputy about that. He said, 'you gotta do what you gotta do' to protect yourself.
End of discussion huh?
Do you mind if I ping you next time a cop shoots a small dog in a fenced in yard?
“end of discussion”...lol..you’re funny. Not bright, but funny.
You sound upset.
Have you ever thought about changing your screen name to "joe fonebonehead?"
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but LEO these days get a choice of being certified for mace/pepper or tazer, but very few do both.
Easy there little fella.....
>Pepper spray is a bitch. Just a offhand whiff is really bad. NOw with a dog with a much more sensitive nose...?<
Police kill pit bull after pepper spray fails
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh police early yesterday shot and killed a dog after they said it shook off an entire canister of pepper spray and the impact of several bricks hurled at it to get it to move away from a house.
Just before midnight on Tuesday, Officer James Goga responded to a call from a woman who lives at a house in the 1000 block of Steuben Street who said a “large pit bull” was sitting on a chair, growling and barking, next to her front door.
The 57-year-old woman said she couldn’t get past the dog to get into her house, and police said it would growl and bark at anyone who came near, refusing to move.
“The contents of one can of pepper spray was deployed on the dog,” Officer Goga reported. “This was ineffective and only caused the dog to lick its face.”
The impact of two bricks only caused the dog to growl some more.
Shortly after midnight, a special deployment unit arrived to try to remove the dog, but when officers moved in it jumped up and came at them aggressively.
Officer Goga then shot it in the chest, killing it.
Police hadn’t determined who owns the dog.
First published on December 28, 2006 at 12:00 am
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06362/749579-53.stm#ixzz19czdfcao
A freaking labrador? He shot a labrador? I’ve never seen nor heard of a vicious lab.....and I used to work in an Animal Shelter.
There is either a detail missing, or the officer put a dog down that was as much threat as a Chihuahua.
Terrier. That could be a pit bull.
Both.
Jimbo: You see boys, the Democrats have passed a lot of laws trying to stop us from hunting. Cartman: Democrats piss me off!
Jimbo: They say we can't shoot certain animals anymore, unless they're posing an immediate threat. Therefore, before we shoot somethin', we have to say 'It's coming right for us.'
I think what they did was in the right order.
Pepper spray it first.
If it doesn’t work and it becomes a threat, then elevate the force.
The officer in the current story just blew it away, right away.
And you don’t have to be a dog expert to know a golden retriever is not a pit bull.
Sometimes you just don't have the time. I had a dog come out of nowhere at me and there weren't no time to elevate the threat if choice (1) didn't work.
One. It wasn't a golden retriever, it was a lab-terrier mix.
Two. "terrier' is most likely "pit-bull".
Though certainly not a Golden, she didn’t look like a viscous dog to me.
Video at link:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/26314486/detail.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d1cea7eb1811abd,0
Of course. The mouth was closed in that photo.
This dog would look sweet also, only if the mouth were closed.
If you have an issue with the dog in the story, maybe a hamster is more your speed. Cowardice is a terrible thing.
Cowardice is making personal attacks behind the safety of the internet shield.
shooting an animal controlled in it’s yard is not acceptable. This animal was not controlled in it’s yard. Legit shoot.
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