Man Wants Punishment for Dog Shooting

AJC.com ^ | 01-10-03 | JOHN GEROME

[BenR2]

Really. I don't see what the fuss is all about. The dog disobeyed a direct order.

The officer said: "Come out with your paws up!" And the damn pooch ran out on all floors.

NO DOUBT: The dog had it coming to him!

Hell: They were pulled over for RWD (Riding While Dog) in the first place!

[caltrop]

I've seen the video on TV. The dog had a high pitched yippie bark, short legs and long hair. It looked more like a lap dog than a pit bull to me and would probably have to have bitten the cop twice for him to notice had he been busy eating a donut instead of itching to shoot his shotgun.

I agree the cops probably weren't concerned about reprecussions when this happened. Perhaps when a jury comes in with a million dollar verdict against the Sheriff's Department somebody in authority will clean house and, when the new policemen are hired, will explain they can't act like Jack-Booted-Thugs without severe personal reprecussions.

[EBUCK]

See my pic below of a mix (bull/boxer)

[Wright is right!]

"I couldn't get the video to download and play clean, so I can't make a size judgement myself. But wouldn't a full grown pit-boxer mix be a medium to large size dog?"

GEEZ, Louise. It's not a pit-boxer mix. It's a Boxer/English Bulldog mix. English bulldogs are small. A "Pit Bull" is a Staffordshire Terrier, with a huge head, short stubby legs and a stiff frame.

Hard to believe you've missed the video on TV. Everyone's been playing it.

Michael

[EBUCK]

The whole situation could have been avoided if the cops were still trained to protect and serve instead of the "us" against "them" attitudes.

Exactly...I really doubt that this cop violated PD procedure...

EBUCK

[EBUCK]

LOL, I shouldn't be laughing but you "made me do it"...

[EBUCK]

See my #75 for pic of boxer/Bulldog mix, (not "below" as I tried to direct)

[Centurion2000]

An officer makes a mistake for whatever reason and someone may die from that mistake. But we shouldn't consider it murder. He was on the job, at worst he made a mistake. That's how we should view it.

So when a trucker makes a mistake and crushes a compact car with his 18 wheeler, we should just say that's a mistake and not do anything right ?

Or how about the ship captain that mismanages a ship and kills a few hundred passengers ?

Or the pilot that crashes a plane ? (of course they usually die first in the crash)

[MadelineZapeezda]

Make the cop work in a humane society shelter for a few years. He could learn the breeds of dogs.

[SerpentDove]

>>
OK, just to play devils advocate here...

You are the cop, you are arresting a family for carjacking/robery (??????)<<

The cops should be fired (wrongful arrest) and hopefully brought up on criminal charges. This is inexcusable IMHO.

If the law says this type of thing is okay, the law is dead wrong.

[Wright is right!]

Your #75 is a Boxer/American Bulldog mix. This dog in question was a Boxer/English Bulldawg. English bulldogs are smaller, and the mix got his legs from the Boxer side of the mix. Good point of reference, though.

Michael

[babygene]

Suppose you had a CCW permit, a little dog aproached you and you pulled out your gun and blew it away...

What do you suppose would happen to you? (Hint: It would be a lot worse than geting bitten on the leg)

[EBUCK]

e could but that wouldn't change anything...he still would have shot.

(you can change your screen name?)

[EBUCK]

If the law says this type of thing is okay, the law is dead wrong.

Yup. Dead wrong.

[TankerKC]

``I noticed that it trained in right on me; the dog's coming right at me,'' he said.

It’s coming right for us!

Wav File

[EBUCK]

Not much smaller though. Quite a bit more "squat" but in relative proportions IMO.

Regardless, the breed shouldn't even matter. There should have been some common sense exercised as soon as the cops started hauling Mom, Dad and kids out of the car.

[rolling_stone]

I have a question maybe someone can answer, from the Putnam Pit site you can read the Cokeville investigating officers report.

http://www.putnampit.com/pithome.htm

It states that Hall & McWhorter did not activate their in car video cameras off because of the "possibility of a system override of the other units". A third Cokeville officer, Sergeant Lamb pulled up behind McWhorter, but no mention is made if he activated his car video or not...What is this fear of overriding other units, is that police jargon for may possibly override our reports by showing facts that conflict with our reports?

According to who I believe to be the manufacturer of their equipment there can be as many as ten vehicles in close proximity without crosstalk or degraded audio signal...


http://mobile-vision.com/Frame.htm (go to microphone)

What good are the video & audio if they are not used?

[EBUCK]

[chimera]

Perhaps when a jury comes in with a million dollar verdict against the Sheriff's Department somebody in authority will clean house and, when the new policemen are hired, will explain they can't act like Jack-Booted-Thugs without severe personal reprecussions.

This is what it will take, but I doubt it will happen in this case. They've already lined up a Maryland police official (nothing like going for an unbiased review) to protect one of their own and organize the wagon-circling. I doubt if the cops will pay any price for killing a dog. What, they killed that one Selvulpeda (sp?) kid sometime ago and that one has disappeared down the memory hole. Anyone know whatever became of that case?