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Police shoot dog in St. Clair Shores after complaints about excessive barking
wxyz.com (an ABC news affiliate) ^ | 12/05/2013 | Kim Russell

Posted on 12/09/2013 2:50:44 PM PST by Leaning Right

SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (WXYZ) - "Friendly, loveable, playful,” said Brittany Preston as she described her dog Lexie. “She was just my puppy."

Preston says she left her dog with her Grandpa at his home in Saint Clair Shores, went to work overnight, came home, and the dog was dead.

She says Grandpa has mild dementia and forgot he let the dog out. The dog started barking. Between the hours of 3:00 and 7:00 a.m. several neighbors sick of the noise called police.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: dog; police; shoot
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The police said that the barking dog charged them, so they were forced to shoot. The dog was hit eight times.

Maybe this was a justified shooting. But I am curious about something. Most English policemen are armed only with a short club. How do English cops handle loud, charging dogs?

Do they simply run away? Or do they club the dogs to death? Or do they keep calm and just handle the situation?

1 posted on 12/09/2013 2:50:44 PM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Apparently we don't have animal control officers any more.

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2 posted on 12/09/2013 2:52:47 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Joe 6-pack

ping


3 posted on 12/09/2013 2:53:51 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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To: Leaning Right
You get a fat mail man to kidnap it.


4 posted on 12/09/2013 2:55:30 PM PST by thetallguy24
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To: Leaning Right

Why send the trigger happy swat wannabes instead of animal control? Is shooting the only way cops have of dealing with a dog? First they start shooting dogs for “barking”, next they will shoot people for talking back to them.


5 posted on 12/09/2013 2:57:27 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Woof-Woof


6 posted on 12/09/2013 2:58:27 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Leaning Right

Why can’t these problem dogs be tranquilized instead of shot dead?

You hear this thing all the time and while I can understand a charging dog is a problem for cops trying to defend, seems they always just want to pull out their guns and shoot.

I’ll tell you this, though I cannot imagine a scenario where this would happen, if anyone shot my dog for barking at them I’d have to get my gun and shoot THEM!

It’s what dogs do! But the cops....they keep shooting them.

There’s no saner solution?


7 posted on 12/09/2013 2:59:07 PM PST by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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To: Leaning Right

What is it with these cops?


8 posted on 12/09/2013 2:59:40 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

“next they will shoot people for talking back to them.”

They already do that...


9 posted on 12/09/2013 3:00:17 PM PST by babygene ( .)
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To: Leaning Right

Much as I hate dogs getting shot by Cops.....

She should have kept the dog at home. Dropping it off to spend the night with someone with diminished mental capacity is not the smartest way to go.


10 posted on 12/09/2013 3:00:22 PM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Leaning Right

Many dogs run toward a new person to be friendly. The barking is excitement. The cop takes no chances and kills the dog. There is no recourse. Your dog is dead. Just be thankful that they didn’t see granpa with a TV remote, yell to him to put down the gun, but he doesn’t drop the TV remote because it’s not a gun, and he’s dead too.

Welcome to the wonderful world of trust in the new USA.


11 posted on 12/09/2013 3:01:01 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: cripplecreek

in St. Clair Shores?

I was, as a teenager... under the impression that St Clair Shores was a fairly upscale burb and find it rather odd that this sort of behavior has found its way there...


12 posted on 12/09/2013 3:02:11 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: MeshugeMikey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan#2010_census


13 posted on 12/09/2013 3:06:06 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: babygene
Yes they do.
14 posted on 12/09/2013 3:07:46 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: I want the USA back

“Many dogs run toward a new person to be friendly. The barking is excitement. The cop takes no chances and kills the dog.”

Apparently cops have never seen a dog before and are totally unfamiliar with normal dog behavior. Its as if they have been trained that a barking dog is as deadly as a lion and must not be allowed to get close.


15 posted on 12/09/2013 3:09:22 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Leaning Right

There have been barking dogs that I have wished dead. Never kilt one, but won’t rule it out


16 posted on 12/09/2013 3:13:07 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Leaning Right

The dog was hit eight times
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I can’t say what i think...


17 posted on 12/09/2013 3:17:52 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Leaning Right
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18 posted on 12/09/2013 3:19:06 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Leaning Right

They usually shoot dogs for NO reason.


19 posted on 12/09/2013 3:24:59 PM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
Its as if they have been trained that a barking dog is as deadly as a lion and must not be allowed to get close.

Well said.

20 posted on 12/09/2013 3:26:59 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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