Posted on 01/09/2003 7:29:12 AM PST by FlyingA
Now, the time it took to cover that distance for the dog, including his little jaunt through the field out of the picture frame until he met his demise, was 3 seconds. He wasn't heading out for a frolick in the field. Also, the last thing you see before the gun blast was the dog lunging up at the cop. And the last thing I "thought" I heard was a growl cut short by the blast. I say "I thought" because I can not confirm that is what I heard due to other noises.
CNN put a big white circle over the dog at that point so it looks like the dog was approaching the policeman to maybe get his ears scratched. The guy on our local talk show today was telling the audience that he saw the CNN tape and the dog just walked up to the cop wagging his tail and the cop shot it, despite not seeing the unedited clip where you can see the dog lunging at the officer. He didn't mention that the cop was out of the camera frame and actually retreating into frame when he shot the dog and the cop next to him was raising his gun to fire. Did both officers decide it would be neat to shoot somebody's family dog or was the dog baring his teeth as he leapt up at them? That's something I want to know because the video did not give that answer. MY point again, is that the video does not tell the whole story. Compounding that, people are seeing and hearing things in that video that just don't exist, playing Dr. Doolittle and telling us just what the dog was thinking as it leapt from the car and so on.
Just show me his veternarian records so we can see how old, young, big or small he is and how did his vet "describe" him if he was a mixed breed. That's all.
I think you need to review his posts on this subject. I am afraid you have taken something out of context.
I have yet to make that mistake but I know it does happen. My day will come. Apology accepted.
Yeah, you put him down alright. Stupid ass cop. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR... You $^#$!&^$$^#*@_)()*!* sorry excuse for a man in uniform, you $#!@^^T*!&!*&^!
Sir, inside information is that you was involved in some type of robbery in Davidson County," the unidentified officer says.
I hate frivolous lawsuits, but I hope this family takes the police department to the bank.
Suuuuure. Got some news for you, "brain", a person can sue for anything. Emotional distress can reap huge payback. The woman who called 911 and said she saw the "perps" driving 110 MPH would be included in the lawsuit.
You bring up a good point.
Nothing at all is funny about this, but it reminds of something I read in Travels with Charley. Steinbeck said he put a red flag on his white French Poodle (charley) during deer season so no overzealous hunter (seeing white) would shoot him thinking he was a deer. Must've worked cause Charley survived all the traveling... If I ever have to travel in TN with my dog, I'm gonna seriously consider taping a big *white* flag on her tail that says "I surrender policeman, please don't shoot me".
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If this cop felt 'threatened' by the wagging tail...I'd hate to see how he would treat a person who was a little angry! Get this fool with a loaded gun off the streets!! And make him pay for killing their family member!!!
Beware of yellow-bellies with guns and badges.
So... a tail-wagging dog is now a MONSTER?
Matthew, grow up, grow a pair, and try and realize how absurd you sound. A MONSTER? A tail-wagging MONSTER?
From the dog's perspective, those cops should consider themselves lucky the dog WASN'T a monster, because seeing his owners yelled at, cuffed and thrust on the ground would spark many defensive-minded dogs to attack the perps.
THIS dog was wagging his tail.
MONSTER? Calm the idiotic rhetoric.
Makes you wonder how Animal Control manages to trap all those loose dogs on the streets without carrying a street-sweeper shotgun on their shoulder, huh?
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