Outrage in small Missouri town as cop shoots and kills tiny blind, deaf dog Teddy that he was called to help after 'mistaking it for a stray that needed to be put down'

Daily Mail UK ^ | 24 May 2024 | Will Potter

[Ken H]

Teddy the tiny Shih Tzu mix was gunned down in Sturgeon, Missouri on Sunday

The pooch's owner Nick Hunter was seen angrily confronting the cop

Residents are outraged as it was revealed the cop was sent to help the pet

A small Missouri town is up in arms after a local cop fatally shot a blind and deaf dog after he mistook is for a stray.

Tiny 13-pound Shih Tzu mix Teddy was tragically gunned down in Sturgeon, a town of just 900 people, on Sunday, leaving its owner Nick Hunter enraged.

In footage from KOMU of Hunter confronting police officer Myron Woodson, the emotional pet lover said: 'Was my dog a threat to you or anyone else?

[sport]

You better leave the Police alone now a days. The days when the Police were your friend have gone the way of the DoDo Bird

[Ken H]

“The latest petition signatures on Change.org on Teddy’s shooting is 20,835 up from 16,600.”

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Now at 23,078

[sergeantdave]

Pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriffs have the capability and armed muscle to explain to gestapo cops that they are no longer allowed to act like assholes in the county and must leave.

Every community in America should elect one.

[zeugma]

5) Police investigation revealed that the cop did everything perfectly. Because of course it did.

What is it with police killing dogs? It would seem that too many police are a threat to everything around them.

[zeugma]

Modern cops look like an occupying menace, not like authority figures dressed to create respect.

Truth in advertising for once.

[zeugma]

You will always find someone who goes to the mat for the police, no matter what they do.

A lot fewer than used to. The professional bootlickers have mostly wandered off, because nobody buys their crap anymore.

[existentially_kuffer]

Ty for posting the results.

[ConservativeMind]

The town has no “animal control.”

So it’s the police.

[ConservativeMind]

I ask the same question of you, then.

[wardaddy]

Six threads so far lol

I don’t care just noticed when I googled

Loss for words this insane cop

Anybody ping Gator?

[wardaddy]

Around here you can count on it

Show them the boot heel and they salivate in anticipation

[wardaddy]

I agree

NAVY SEALS and other spec ops>cops

[wardaddy]

So in your assumption all Rotts eat children “in the vicinity”?

I grew up before leash laws

We survived generally

[wardaddy]

👊

[PTBAA]

“So the cop made a mistake about an anima. Can’t we cut him some slack with our outrage?”

There is something very wrong about a man who would do something like that and he should not be trusted with a badge and a gun.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My uncle’s boxer chewed my face when I was three. I have zero trust in big muscular dogs that can go crazy, especially in packs.

[Scrambler Bob]

Does the town have housing for homeless?

If not, then shoot those strays too, right?

They may be wandering and stumbling, and no tag (I mean ID)

[ConservativeMind]

Are dogs humans?

No, they are not. Animals cannot have or respect rights.

Owners have all culpability for their animals. The dog trespassed, had no collar, did not respond to words, behaved strangely, had no tags, and the town had no animal control.

The dog’s death is entirely on the owner.

I would fine the owner for all of this, including and legal bills involved for thr police.

[ConservativeMind]

That is, “…including all legal bills for the police.”

Phone typing today.

[OldMissileer]

They will never get the respect they crave until they start acting like Adam 12 again.

100% correct. Dressing like they are going to assault a fortified army position does not generate an ounce of respect.