The rest of my post observed a very plausible reason for this current trend of dog-shooting by police officers.
Twenty years ago, I can’t recall hearing about one such shooting.
Only in the past couple of years has this phenomenon exploded. That’s a serious trend and a serious problem requiring major addressing.
And no, blaming the victim won’t make that trend go away. One of the most heinous ways some abusers keep abused women with them is convincing them that they-—the victim—will be despised and looked down upon by others in society; that others will tear down the victim.
With such twisted arguments, the abused woman increasingly viewers her abuser as the “safest” person in a dangerous world.
Sorry, this woman had no way of knowing the officer would shoot her dog. And given other cases in the past, even if she had put her dog in a bathroom or other room, it still may have been shot. It has happened before:
Police shoot, kill grandmother’s dog after raiding wrong house (13 year-old pug named “Wrinkles”)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2541284/posts
“An officer entered the bathroom over the 62-year-old woman’s protests and shot the dog, named Wrinkles. As many as eight shots may have been fired, Robinson said.”
So long as we pretend that the problem was what the victim did *not* do rather than what the assailant *did* do, these killings will continue.
Put your dog away when the cops come. It’s not rocket science.
“Twenty years ago, I can’t recall hearing about one such shooting.”
Good God. 20 years ago, there was no Internet (in practicality). You didn’t get fed this stuff from all over the country constantly - local stories like that wouldn’t make national news. You THINK it’s more prevalent, but you have no proof - go do statistics on dog-shootings then and now. I have little doubt it’s mostly PERCEPTION because you have more information sources flooding you.