[EBUCK]

Extended news on the Tenn. Dog shooting.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[Wolfie]

The author left out the part about the Smoaks begging the cops to close the car doors so their dogs didn't get loose.

[mc10]

just for the record...the dog was not a pit bull...it was a very small dog and was wagging its tail in a very "friendly" way when he approached the idiot cop when the cop blew his head off... writing as a tennessean, i am extremely embarrassed about this whole situation and the cop should be jailed...

[per loin]

``It's been very difficult, but a lot of people who've made comments don't know me,'' Hall said on WTVF-TV in Nashville. ``It's kind of taken a life of its own where people are judging without knowing all the facts.''

On what facts was this bozo operating when he and his cohorts pulled a family over at gunpoint, made them kneel with guns pointed at their heads, and murdered their dog?

Perhaps he should go on TV and do a frame by frame analysis of those three seconds when the dog was out of the car and still alive. He can show us which wag of the dog's tail gave him the clue that the dog was faking being a friendly pooch.

[NittanyLion]

"I noticed that it trained in right on me; the dog's coming right at me," he said. "I yelled at the dog as I was backing up. I screamed at it; it kept advancing and barking in an aggressive manner. It's unfortunate criminal what happened after that."

It didn't train right on him. The dog bounded out of the car, headed at first toward the side of the road, then turned and started walking toward the cop. All the while, its tail was wagging and it was trotting around.

[scouse]

``With the knowledge I had at that time, I was so limited that I felt I did what I had to do,'' Hall said.

It is obvious from this statement that this man is incapable of acting in a rational manner when he comes under any duress. He was alone, in fact he was surrounded by his brother officers. Had he been alone he may have shot the whole family.

[Rebelbase]

Freep mail me if you would like to send an email directly to officer Hall.

[Red Jones]

officer hall is an idiot, but the bad culture among the police encourages this. Then the stupid dumb ass jerk-off police chiefs refuse to bring order in their ranks. This man should've been fired already. I don't think it's proper to jail police when they do bad things, just fire them, but fire them quickly and without excessive consideration for the officer's point of view. The citizens are the ones who matter here, not the cops, if the cops don't know that, then they shouldn't wear the uniform.

[Ken H]

Hall, who said he has received death threats...

Death threats to a police officer is a very serious offense. Can we assume that Officer Hall has reported these death threats to the proper authorities and that they are being actively pursued?

Or could these be the same kind of "threats" that Daschle claimed he received and tried to blame on talk radio?

It's easy to make such a claim. Backing it up is a different matter.

[Brian Mosely]

Here's the take from the folks running the Putnam Pit website, which was started several years ago in an attempt to expose all the happenings in Cookeville and that county in general. I always check on this site every once in a while, some of the things they describe as happening there will have you shaking your head.

[Teacher317]

``I yelled at the dog as I was backing up. I screamed at it; it kept advancing and barking in an aggressive manner.

I don't recall hearing a single bark.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

James Smoak, who owned the 1 1/2-year-old pit bull-boxer mix named Patton.

G-d dammit!

The owner himself stated that it was a BULLdog-Boxer mix. NOT a Pit bull! What the F is wrong with these idiot reporters?

How tough is it to get the facts straight? Or are they trying to get sympathy for the cop because he was almost the victim of a nasty old Pit bull?

[Centurion2000]

and the officer who pulled the trigger says he's been getting death threats.

Wow, I'm like fresh out of sympathy for this nazi scumbag.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I've never seen a cop yet that was'nt an arrogant bast*rd.Not only should they lose their jobs but should have their right to own a firearm permanently taken away!I imagine also that some"blackrobed thief"(judge)will cover for them.

[SerpentDove]

I wonder how this cowardly bastard feels now. If he was scared of a dog, I hope he is absolutely terrified, night and day, now.

A family was terrorized wrongly. Now that incident is past, but this POS has to fear stepping outside indefinitely.

In a small way, justice is being served.

[weikel]

Bump I wish he could see the guys hanged.

[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!

[MadelineZapeezda]

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

[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!

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[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?