Posted on 11/04/2013 6:03:55 AM PST by KeyLargo
On a Sunday afternoon in October of this year, Gabrielle Stropkai’s dog was shot by a police officer investigating a burglary nearby. The dog “was walking by and went ‘ruff ruff’ — just a couple of little ruffs,” a neighbor of the Stropkais’ told local television in Boise, Idado. But “she didn’t jump at him or anything.” In response, the owner remembers, the officer “pulled his weapon, asked whose dog it was, and shot her in the back of the head.” The dog died instantly.
The Stropkais are not alone in their grief. A Google search for “dog shot by police officer” returns countless stories from across the United States. YouTube, too, is full of harrowing videos. There is even a website, the bluntly titled “Dogs That Cops Killed” blog, which seeks to “collect a few of the innumerable instances of police officers killing dogs” and to push back against the “wars on drugs, peace, and liberty.”
This unlovely trend has claimed the attention of Patrick Reasonover, a libertarian filmmaker in California who is currently raising money for a proposed documentary, Puppycide, through the crowdsourcing service Kickstarter. “We’re excited by this one,” Reasonover tells me, “because on so many issues — the War on Drugs, for example — it’s impossible to move the ball. You can feature the problems with the drug war, but there are so many embedded interests that one documentary isn’t really going to solve the problem. With this issue, however? We feel that it could.”
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Cop in this video charged with a felony
Watch and barf!
And barf again when his attorney speaks!
... possible doggie ping info.
I listen to the police scanner and Kudos to the Pittsburgh PD. When they do a raid and there are dogs, they somehow get the dog secured. I never heard of a Pittsburgh cop shooting a dog.
Cops have to be careful, but shooting a dog that poses no threat is just cruel.
My question is why haven’t we heard an uproar about this from the ASPCA, the Humane Society, and a whole lot of other animal protective associations.
What’s their problem — cat got their tongue???
If police lose the right to randomly shoot dogs, they will shoot a lot more random people than they do now. Actually they are empowered to shoot or otherwise kill any living being anywhere any time just so long as they follow the killing with, “I felt threatened.” They are awarded paid vacations for their heroism when they shoot unarmed nonthreatening people and don’t get that for shooting a dog. Some time they are going to figure out- some may already understand- that they can get several paid vacations a year by following the proper procedure- BANGBANGBANG!”I felt threatened.”
They are not winning the hearts (and minds) of the people (they serve?)
Probably because the Humane Society of the US is a liberal organization that just wants money and doesn’t really care about animals. One of the biggest scams out there.
His lawyer says, "The plaintiff refused a lawful command by a police officer."
So...I'd like to know...what is the penalty for such an offense? I seriously doubt it is having one's head bashed in on a metal bench in a holding cell.
I fully believe more and more cops are muslim converts who WILL kill dogs out of obedience to mohammed.
And of course, you will never be told by the media.
A function of the practice of drug dealers to train vicious pit bulls and then keep them in the vestibules of crack houses.
Frankly can’t blame police for erring on the side of caution.
I once was standing nx to several people who started arguing over the one person shooting of the second persons dog (killing chickens). Before too long, the second person and his brother had the shooter in the lake and his head under water. I honestly think that if I hadn't been there, those two guys would have drowned that old man who shot their dog. Makes people crazy you know. With all the ARs & FMJs in the public's hands; cops shooting dogs doesn't make good sense these days.
It’s interesting that the police don’t normally shoot stray dogs — they prefer to shoot pets.
They ask “is this your dog” — yes — bang bang.
“Frankly can’t blame police for erring on the side of caution.”
A family pet is hardly a pitbull trained by a drug dealer.
I think their problem is that they care more about money than anything else. Remember, the HSUS doesn’t own one single animal shelter. Not one.
I despise cops
in my experience they are on steroids are stupid and mean and lie
You are absolutely correct. I'm not sure if you meant this ironically or not, but it is the reality. "He made a threatening gesture" is all they need to say to literally get away with murder. After all dead men tell no conflicting tales
“.. can’t blame police for erring on the side of caution”.
I can’t either when the situation occurs that you described. However, time and time again.. there are stories that are beyond negligent and downright cruel. A cop enters the secured backyard of a person to “look” for a suspect and shoots the family Lab. Or, a cop pulls over a person driving ten over and shoots the family Poodle. It is THESE situations that make me wonder what kind of psychos are handed a badge and a gun. Granted, not all cops are that way but the “bad” ones make the regular, law abiding citizen fear, distrust, and downright dislike them. IMHO.
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