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Slain Pa. officer had pointed stun gun at 2 dogs
Associated Press ^ | August 12, 2011

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; cops; copshootsdog; dogs; donutwatch; policestate; standingarmy; stungun; warondogs
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To: samtheman
Fair enough. That is 10 times more info that the Radio updates and the lousy Morning Call could muster.

Hitcho looks like the typical resident of that area. It is a crappy little town outside of Bethlehem. If his neighbors thought he was filth, you know he was bad news. The towns only claim to fame is a motorcycle hill climb.


41 posted on 08/12/2011 1:05:24 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This instance does not sound like an insane cop that needed to be dealt with....it sounds like the guy with the shotgun was the one that was insane.


42 posted on 08/12/2011 1:06:38 PM PDT by Bobalu (He who is compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate)
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To: goodwithagun

Nothing can be designed that is 100 percent perfect, but then cops leaving while someone bleeds out is not the answer either and that is why we have the current laws.


43 posted on 08/12/2011 1:06:50 PM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Dang, Troy Aikman really let himself go.


44 posted on 08/12/2011 1:07:45 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SaraJohnson
This was bound to happen and will happen more if police officers don’t change their “rules of engagement.”

This wasn't a swat raid gone bad. This wasn't a homeless man getting beaten to death by rogue cops.

This was a cop doing his job responding to a domestic dispute with a known problem neighbor. And he was pointing a STUN GUN at the dogs, not his service weapon.

Yeah, police activities sometimes go too far. But so does the cop-hatred. Both are signs of unbalanced minds.

45 posted on 08/12/2011 1:09:10 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is how it usually happens. It’s not the cops that deserve it that get plugged, nor is it the average Joe that does the plugging. Cops get away with murder (just look at the Fullerton PD) all the time and then something like this happens where an A$$h##e offs someone that sounds like an OK cop.

However, if we did not live in a police state neither would be happening so it’s kind of like who cares anymore? Cops shouldn’t have the right to invade our property just based on some allegation of wrong doing and attack our dogs/property/persons at will and if they do then be prepared for this kind of thing to happen and for more and more people to not really care.

Support for cops is slipping away as more and more people get caught in the gears of the police state, either for revenue enhancement (traffic tickets at $500 a pop! and $100 for a parking ticket out here in CA) or some silly DV accusation by a PO’d wife/GF or some cops looking to work off a little roid-rage. That plus there is a growing part of the population that have no respect for the law what so ever, illegals and other minorities in particular. Means that more and more are not going to give a damn when someone pops another cop off as they are starting to look like part of the problem rather than part of the solution.


46 posted on 08/12/2011 1:09:22 PM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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To: Responsibility2nd
OK, but how is that any different to posts by The Old Lady and others bumping All to hit up the FReepathon?

Do you REALLY have to ask that one? Jeez. They are helping fundraise for FR to keep the site going.

47 posted on 08/12/2011 1:10:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: SaraJohnson

I sincerely hope you forgot your “sarcasm” tag.


48 posted on 08/12/2011 1:10:57 PM PDT by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: Palladin

The articles give some more info but not enough. Why was the officer in the rear and not the front?


49 posted on 08/12/2011 1:11:31 PM PDT by Ratman83
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To: org.whodat
Not that at all. I asked if YOU believe in private property rights or not, because it sounded like you were sneering at them.

And I have no use for statists that don't respect property rights.

/johnny

50 posted on 08/12/2011 1:11:41 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Nate505

Wow, that was stupid.


51 posted on 08/12/2011 1:12:54 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: SargeK

I agree one hundred percent.


52 posted on 08/12/2011 1:13:05 PM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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To: Palladin

Geez...it’s Brad Pitt in “12 Monkeys”.


53 posted on 08/12/2011 1:13:19 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Be prepared. It's a hard rain that's gonna fall.)
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To: Nate505

You think a man deserves to die for shooting a dog? That’s carrying animal rights too far.


54 posted on 08/12/2011 1:13:19 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (Socon-Econ)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Cops getting killed at family beefs is not unheard of.


55 posted on 08/12/2011 1:14:07 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: org.whodat
Arresting someone for something that may or may not have happened is stretching the “it's not perfect but if it saves one life it's worth it” mantra. In fact, it's what the founders would call unconstitutional. For example, I could call the DEA and make a bogus claim about you. Then a SWAT team will come in, shoot your dogs, fire of 70+ rounds in your general direction, and take your kids from you. But you know, it is more important that we have a law that violates a Constitutional right than an average American potentially selling weed.
56 posted on 08/12/2011 1:14:20 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Bobalu
This instance does not sound like an insane cop that needed to be dealt with...

You are right in this instance, but I don't think that we can make that a blanket statement about law enforcement anymore. A lot of these small town cops have gone from being the neighborhood protector to being some sort of paramilitary thug thinking he is on an episode of cops. Freemansburg cops are notorious for just sitting in bar parking lots to hit DUI's.

The most consistently professional cops in PA are the State Police. No matter the situation I have seen them in, they stay calm and try to handle the situation as efficiently as possible. They also don't go out of their way to bust people for revenue enhancement.

57 posted on 08/12/2011 1:14:26 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: SargeK
Bravo! I'm no fan of trigger happy LEO's who wantonly shoot people's pets-- but this guy was pointing a stun gun at attacking dogs. Not exactly a capital offense.

As for the moronic anti-Mormon snake-handling, strychnine swilling freaks, there is no shortage of them either.

58 posted on 08/12/2011 1:18:03 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: org.whodat

Domestic violence laws in themselves border on the unconstitutional anyway.


59 posted on 08/12/2011 1:18:17 PM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (Counting down the days until Obama resigns.)
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To: Lazlo in PA
Freemansburg cops are notorious for just sitting in bar parking lots to hit DUI's.

And tell me what is wrong with keeping a drunk from getting on the road and causing an accident?

60 posted on 08/12/2011 1:18:30 PM PDT by dirtboy
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