Posted on 08/12/2011 12:20:01 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
FREEMANSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a police officer slain while responding to a domestic disturbance in a small eastern Pennsylvania borough had pointed a stun gun at two dogs before being shot.
The Morning Call of Allentown reports Freemansburg police Officer Robert Lasso had pointed at the attacking dogs when the homeowner pulled out a shotgun and fired the fatal blast Thursday evening.
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Yes, I am........... and bless your little heart.
Do you think you have a right to pull a gun and walk on an airplane or what?
My first thought as well.
But the price for shooting a cop remains the same. This guy will fry, if PA has the death penalty.
Yes, because some animals are more equal than others.
I'm with you on this. It's a worthwhile read that should get better visibility. Posting a link to it is better by far than reposting the article as many times as some others do.
Who were the armed men on the rooftops that scared the passengers so much, muawiyah?
Not just last night. Paul is an embarrassment all the time. In my view he would be just as bad as the current occupant in the white house.
In the incident the thread is based on I would say it would be better to have shot the a$$hole who owned the property first. He sounds like a real scumbag. If an officer has been dispatched and his superiors have given him orders then he has a job to do. He was murdered by a jerk and I find it offensive so many on here would side with the jerk over the officer, but seeing so many on here who just hate cops regardless of the person behind the badge it doesn’t come as a surprise. The constitution does not give us the right to kill. This guy, nor his animals were in any grave danger. No justification for his behavior.
Another thing, the plane that hit the Pentagon actually flew South around the Beltway and turned left DIRECTLY OVER MY HOME.
Yeah, you don't have to be important. Friend of ours living down in Arlington lost her rooftop antenna to that plane. Several folks in this neighborhood died there. My cousin was saved by one of my neighbors when the plane slid in under the classroom he was in.
Say what?
Real people who write stuff on FR have actually been attacked by terrorists or affected by them directly.
One inspector had had some direct experience with the phenomenon so we didn't laugh at him. He was just nervous.
Your stories have nothing to do with what I posted. You either drink too much or not enough. I’m not sure which. If it’s not too much please have one for me. I can’t until baby girl arrives in about three weeks. Good night. Mama’s back is throbbing.
IF an officer goes to a door and hears nothing amiss, he has no rational reason for demanding entry, absent a warrant. While officer A is gone for a warrant, presuming probable cause, officer B can sit outside to maintain a listening watch and, should violence break out, he’s there to intervene. Otherwise, a warrant, naming the person or persons sought and the items to be seized and the reason why it’s believed they are on this premise can CONSTITUTIONALLY get the cop through the door. What’s so hard about doing things the RIGHT way for a change?
Now what did all that have to do with private property?
Now what did all that have to do with private property?
Kris, DCWUSMC is of the impression that there are NO REASONABLE SEARCHES ~ yet it’s been the case in English common law for a thousand years (as well as Roman law) back 2700 years, and probably even Babylonian law ~ maybe even Sumerian law going back 8,000 years THAT the king’s constable is entitled to act on what he sees ~ he is NOT required to ignore what his eyes tell him.
If you should kill a police k-9, you can be charged with murder most places, even if there is total video coverage of the dog attacking YOU. If the cops’ dogs are so valuable, why would it be any different for YOUR dog? And if killing your dog can be so construed, then wouldn’t it be defense of self and others to kill the would-be murderer before he can kill the dog?
So you’re all too willing to give up someone else’s rights just so YOU have the illusion of safety. Pitiful.
Nothing in the article indicates that the domestic disturbance call came from the same residence.
It may very well have been a neighbor.
If that someone is on my property after dark, in Texas, and doing mischief..... by law, yes, deadly force is authorized.
And you aren't too big on property rights either, by the 'something you think is your property' comment.....
Do you, muawiyah, believe in private property rights?
/johnny
REASONABLE searches require a WARRANT unless the cop actually sees or hears something that clearly shows a life is in danger. In this case, unless the guy had blood on his hands or someone was screaming, which apparently was not the case, there was no CONSTITUTIONAL CAUSE for him to attempt to enter OR to shoot or taser the dog. None whatsoever.
Now it’s known that you have no respect for rights; probably a real good thing you’re only a mail flunkey and not a cop, where you could do some real damage.
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