Traffic stop traumatizes family: Couple handcuffed, dog shot to death over lost wallet

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Saturday, January 4, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Saturday, January 4, 2003

Quote of the Day by Bogie

[Lunatic Fringe]

The week before Christmas, my brother was pulled over by a bunch of cops in North Carolina (Statesville) because he matched the description of a bank robber. After putting him through the ordeal of getting out with hands up, lay on the ground, and having his car searched, they did him the favor of arresting him for a suspended license (he just returned from a year-long Army tour in Korea).

[Byron_the_Aussie]

[JohnHuang2]

G'morning, amigo.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

And to you, mon ami. So good, to return to FR from a few months' sabbatical, and find you at your usual station, sourcing key stories for us all. Very best wishes for a prosperous 2003, By.

[JohnHuang2]

Very best wishes for a prosperous 2003

Why, thanks -- same to you and yours.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Opps.......you are free to go now.

[jwh_Denver]

Sex is like sports, or for that matter the Roman games of old, since it helps to keep the mind of the underling off of the subject of taxes.

LMAO!!

John, I want to reserve judgement on the article because I recently dealt with a cop with a real attitude and I am trying to get rid of the thoughts and attitudes of that experience. If a seriously bad police force turns up they can be dealt with "American Graffiti" style.

[per loin]

The police were successful at their main objective, protecting themselves.

[backhoe]

John, my thoughts and feelings go so far beyond disgust and revulsion and anger over this story that I will not mention them, beyond saying that stories like this have no place in the America I revere.

I have a few links:

Owner to pursue police in shooting of two dogs

Oregon man captures robber -- cops shoot his dog as a reward

AGR Online/ Letters
... Asheville police kill dog, no longer welcome. Editor, Asheville Global Report,.
On Friday, May 26, about 9:45 pm, during a truly amazing display of police power ...

BSL - United Kingdom - Media Articles and the DDA
... terrier as appeal is shelved - The Telegraph 28 June 1996 - Police kill dog with
a garden fork - The Telegraph 18 July 1996 - How pawprints can uncover the ...

Untitled
... May, 09 2001, Owner of dog killed by police ponders action. May, 08 2001, Centreville
officer shoots puppy; 1-year-old Lab ran up to 2 officers talking to owner. ...

[Jorge]

....the officers then told them they were released and apologized.

Well, they said they were sorry, so it's OK. Right?

I've been arrested on false charges by a racist cop who obviously didn't like the fact that I shared an Apt with a black friend. Nobody apologized to me.
I had to pay a freakin fine and move just to avoid future encounters with this racist cop.

[goody2shooz]

We travel via SUV with a very large dog who is always kept behind a dog barrier. I believe it to be safer for the dog than an open interior. After reading this article I can believe it.

[GailA]

The news last night here in Memphis said it was a Pit Bull. Which given it's reputation for mauling folks to death, would scare any one. IF you call the police in Millington, you get NO less than 2 cars 2 officers each. Millington has about 9,000 population now since the Navy base went from a training station to an administration type base. So we have more than enough officers to do this.

[Free the USA]

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[fred flinch]

Seems to me that the owners of the dog should have controled the dog on command. This was not memtioned. This to me is a law suit in the making!

[RottiBiz]

A dog, I believe to be a pit-bull, jumped from the suspect vehicle, singled me out from the other officers, and charged toward me growling in an aggressive manner, Hall described.

The family dog was a BULLDOG, not a Pit Bull!

One of our dogs is a Bulldog (think U. of Georgia's mascot "Uga"). They are the most people-loving, non-aggressive dogs and they don't look anything like Pit Bulls.

Our family joke is that our Bulldog will delightedly greet burglars at the door, slobber affectionately all over them, show them around and leave with them when they are finished.

A needless, senseless tragedy. My heart breaks for this family.

[johnny7]

Cops love to confront law-abiding citizens... no risk.

Traffic tickets are good revenue if the perps look docile.

Give them a drunk to slam around and they love it.

I have no more respect for most of them than I do the hacks at motor vehicles.

State cops are the worst. They're not out there to protect you... they're out there to make money for the state!

[wita]

It takes a certain attitude, bravodo, personality, to be a cop and make cop like decisions that escalate a situation far beyond reality. For this reason, all police forces must be brough under control of someone, or group without said bravado, attitude, personality. Disarmed would be a start. As true servants of the people, they can be at the mercy of those they stop rather than the other way around.

Can you imagine two unarmed policemen busting doors down, instead of politely knocking and presenting a warrant. The public has allowed far to much "progress in the name of law enforcement" and far too many mistakes by those they think are here for protection of the public, when in reality police protect themselves first, and the public if it suits or the situation presents itself.

The public is in need of more serious lessons in what happens when you give government the power to do what it finds unpleasant, and what it doesn't have the stomach to do, and then give them the ever increasing manpower, resources, and budget to do the job. Those dedicated individuals in the police line of work will continue to find plenty of "work", all of it at public expense and some of it not in the public interest.

[Lion's Cub]

"We had begged them to shut the car doors so our dogs wouldn't get out, [but] they didn't do that."

Personally, I hope they sue the state to the max. Big jury awards are the only thing that is going to bring these police forces back under control. Money is the only language that politicians and city and state officials understand. They don't give a hoot about the Constitution; but they do understand the bottom line.

[maica]

""Seems to me that the owners of the dog should have controled the dog on command. This was not memtioned. ""

Seems to me that this dog saw his owners being handcuffed and 'kidnapped' and came out of the car to investigate.

I lost my wallet in Tennessee, by leaving it on the roof of my car at a rest stop. Didn't realize it until I stopped for gas in North Carolina. What a mess that caused at the time. Now I am glad that the wallet was not found by the Tennessee highway patrol!