Posted on 09/28/2006 5:26:29 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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"If the dog attacked the police, then it was doing it's job. Dogs are supposed to attack intruders kicking in your door."
Just what I was thinking. I'd like to think even my normally loving, docile dogs would become agressive if someone burst in and started pushing my family around.
Besides, as someone else pointed out, the dog wouldn't run from the kitchen to the bathroom if it was after the cop, would it? No. It would attached by its teeth to some part of the cop's body. Given that, let's take a pop quiz. If you're the cops, what's the best thing to do in this situation?
A) Shoot the dog
B) Close the bathroom door, rendering the door harmless.
Okay! Round Two. You want to catch an 18 year old citizen-gone-wrong, who's selling pot... do you:
A) Put some cop in a car outside the apartment, wait for the 18 year old to show up, and arrest him on sight? or...
B) Bust into the family's apartment, pepper-spray children, handcuff everyone and kill their dog?
Well, I guess we know what THEIR answer is.
We have drug dealers because of the war on drugs. My point stands. Your point isn't a point. There are many creeps, not all of them drug dealers.
If drugs were legal for majors, drugs would still be illegal for minors and we would still have drug dealers selling to minors.
Either you miss the point or you are for the sale of drugs to minors being legal.
Had it been something like crack cocaine, they might have burned the place down.
Wrong. Indonesia executes more drug dealers than any other country on the planet. They average three per year.
Only 3 dealers per year in the whole country? Seems like the execution policy is working.
First, this woman's kids should be put in a foster home, if it can be proved she knew of her son's drug dealing.
Second, as a pitbull owner, I would shoot the dog, too. You do not wait for a pit to bite you before you eliminate it as a threat.
Third, there is no tolerance for drug dealers. "Only $60 worth of pot" is $60 more that is allowed by law.
Why I can understand why a cop might become frightened at the sight of a large dog and shoot it proactively ("understand" , mind you, NOT automatically support or defend) there is no excuse for killing cats or kittens (or teeny little dogs, for that matter). There is just no defense that can be made for such mindless brutality.
My thoughts exactly. Although I would add that the government has many supporters, many of them here at FR, unfortunately.
Dogs can be effectively tasered. Shooting them is sick and evil, and should only be done under the most extreme circumstances. Each case should be reviewed as a police action shooting on the same level as if they had shot a person.
I remember a famous quote but not the name of the person attributed to it. Something along the line of "honest men do not wear masks" or somthing like it.
Sixty dollars' worth of pot warrants a no-knock police entry employing paramilitary tactics and costing the taxpayers thousands of dollars---both for the operation and ensuing legal fees because of the damage they did?
You must be kidding. Nobody is that Naive.
That's why I should start the website exposing all of the cruel, evil monsters that do things like that. I saw the video of the cop killing the dog for no reason. He should have his face on a website and be publically shamed for the rest of his life.
No problem, its all in the game.
I dont try to defend the fatc that the kid was breaking the law, and deserved to be arrested, \
Probably one police officer with a real police uniform on could have knocked on the door at about 9am, told the perp he was under arrest, and walked away with him.
Sans handcuffs on the kids and shooting the dog.
Believe me I like police officers, I am around them a lot and hear their talk. They need a strong supervisory hand or they overkill like this.
I ought to start a website to expose the names of the agents who shoot dogs/stomp cats... I might look into doing that for my next website. As a public service.
That's an excellent idea. I'd be happy to send you a donation to help with any expenses you incur.
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