You mean like this?
I notice a lot of cops have that "bald, tattooed, body builder in wraparound sunglasses" look.
Then again, some of them look like this.
Posted on 05/25/2024 6:58:51 AM PDT by 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?
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I stop feeling sorry for cops. They do not stop crime and are trigger happy. They show up long after a crime, they have an us versus them attitude and are no longer public servants. They are a paramilitary. The pos that shot this dog is a sadist and is a threat to his community.
Dr. Clarissa Cole on After Hours AM April 17, 2019
(Start at 1:18:31)
Dr. Cole: He had an epiphany; he was going to become a cop!
Eric Olsen: Ha ha ha what??? Uh, so, wait a minute, he was told by a former employer, if you ever, you better never get a job where you have influence over others, an authority position, or I’ll do whatever it takes to stop you. So wouldn’t becoming a cop kinda give him the ultimate authority over people?
Dr. Cole: Well, you know, lucky for all these other people, he kept moving from county to county so they weren’t really, uh, yeah, it is the ultimate authority he was just moving around so people wouldn’t know what he was doing, and I think getting out of the teaching profession they didn’t know what he was going to do.
He eventually applied to the Broward County Police Unit; he was rejected, though, because he failed the psychological test.
Eric Olsen: Oh that’s it he’s out of the career. No career for him He’s obviously unstable…
Dr. Cole: One, you know what? One would think so, and I actually used to perform these psych tests, and oh, do I have stories! You would think that it would even, it’s supposed to, let me tell you how it’s supposed to work, it’s supposed to prevent you from getting a job as a police officer or a prison guard.
Eric Olsen: Sure.
Dr. Cole: Does that always occur?
Eric Olsen: I would hope that it does.
Dr. Cole: No, no, no, I would say 50% of the time.
Eric Olsen: What?
Dr. Cole: It’s supposed to be a be a requirement, a REQUIREMENT, if you don’t pass, if you are not psychologically fit, you are not supposed to become a police officer or a prison guard. Does that actually preclude you from becoming a police officer even as long ago as what, 2005? No, I was doing them in 2005. Half of the people I rejected still became a cop.
Eric Olsen: How does that happen? How do they get around this?
Dr. Cole: Oh God there so many ways
Eric Olsen: Is it a buddy, a dad?
Dr. Cole: My son, he’s the son of my buddy, his dad is a cop, he has to be a cop, he’s going to work in this county and we’re really understaffed, we need people, we know he failed, but it’s OK. The amount of excuses I heard to employ people.
And that’s the thing, just so the general public is aware, it’s difficult to fail, it’s difficult to fail one of these psychological…
Eric Olsen: What would cause one…
Dr. Cole: It’s not like the bar is so darned high that no one could pass, it’s nothing LIKE that, this test is just to find out is this person basically psychologically stable, are they non-sadistic, do they not have criminal or punishing tendencies or narcissistic tendencies themselves. Basically you’re trying to weed out anybody that has a like God complex; I’m judge, jury, and executioner. You want to get those people out of there. You’re trying to get people out of there that are just psychiatrically so unstable that they can’t control their emotions so, maybe some sort of bipolar thing going on or somebody that absolutely clearly has a personality disorder, like narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder. They are not
Eric Olsen: Checks and balances. Checks and balances to protect the general public from somebody that would not do well in that position.
Dr. Cole: And I was very, yeah, I was extremely, forgiving on these psychological tests even when somebody would sort of hit sort of some of those marks on the tests we would give, I would ask in interviews I would ask a ton of questions just to be very, very sure that this person was indeed failing the psychological exam, and I did not fail that many people, but the people I failed, please believe me that it was for extremely good reasons, extremely good reasons, and half of them became cops anyway.
Eric Olsen: So when they‘d leave would they go to a different state and do it?
Dr. Cole: Hah no, they would get hired by different a county, like a couple minutes over usually. Somebody knew them and “Now let’s pick them up.” “No, no, no, he has really strong sadistic tendencies and fantasies of rape and murder, you really shouldn’t hire him” and they would. And that’s exactly, I hope it’s different that was like I said, this was in 2005, it scared the heck out of me and I said I would never have a career doing that I don’t want to know that those people are becoming officers.
Eric Olsen: Tell me it’s in the minority, though, that this happens.
Dr. Cole: It’s in the minority that people fail, the majority of people passed. But those that do fail, like I said it’s for very good reason, but half of them. Half of them got picked up. So no, it’s not a minority a full 50% got hired.
Eric Olsen: That is truly a scary number out there that 50% of...
Dr. Cole: It’s a small sample, a small sample that was in a place that was economically depressed and needed officers…
(End at 1:23:29)
>>>Was the owner with the dog, or did the owner let this blind and deaf dog wander?
No, the dog was alone & it escaped from the owner’s house. A witness reported the two bullet shooting to the owner.
One neighbor said everybody in the neighborhood knew the dog.
Why didn’t the neighbor that found the dog know? Or at least ask around?
There was a time when killing small animals and pets was regarded as warning signs of severe psychological issues.
“Who would let a blind and deaf dog wander around town, especially without tags?”
Neighbor: We have all often seen him running around town.
Strange ...
I could hardly read this story last night.
The cop thought the dog was a stray. What gives him the right to shoot strays on sight?
Hope he pays for this terrible injustice to that poor animal.
On the video had lots of copslaining. Weak justifications.
My neighbor’s two elderly dogs got out about a month ago - the gardener didn’t fasten the gate correctly. They wandered down the street and ended up on a neighbor’s lawn - who immediately called animal control.
He was fined $750 for each dog. At least they weren’t shot.
Dogs can and do get out.
You mean like this?
I notice a lot of cops have that "bald, tattooed, body builder in wraparound sunglasses" look.
Then again, some of them look like this.
Thanks for your imput, Kristi Noem
First I heard of it was on YouTube, “The Civil Rights Lawyer”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OrHL2URBXWk&si=iPP2VUEFE2Fz1DNg
The story is making it’s rounds, as it should!
“Mistakes” by people with a gun are inexcusable. When you pull the trigger you are responsible for the effects of the bullet. I was taught that by a cop in pistol safety class.
Excuses are not acceptable.
“I notice a lot of cops have that “bald, tattooed, body builder in wraparound sunglasses” look.”
What you are seeing are the consequences of steroid abuse.
Light sensitivity, heightened aggression, unusual musculature, and hair loss.
blanket thrown over such a small animals would have rectified the situation. pick the dog up in the blanket, and get a vet to look at him. Oh? cops dont have blankets in their cars? the neighbors didnt have an old blanket to help save this dog?.,
No tag/ no collar/..How far from home was this dog? was it dirty and flea infested? .. Not a well taken care of animal? . I place the majority of the blame on the owner,
It didnt need to be shot,the police officer needs a new job, one where he has no authority over anyone and no contact with firearms.
If he would shoot a small dog with no threat, what would this idiot do to a person he “perceived” as dangerous? He is lacking any judgment and obviously any intelligence. He is the dangerous one.
A check of police-related posts here on Free Republic will show that many folks are now very suspicious of the police. And FR is a law-and-order site… so that’s saying something.“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRockerSpot on.
we need more information, and less inflammation
Having had a geriatric blind and deaf dog I can attest they wander poorly even in the house
Background is completely irrelevant except to scolds here
That tiny dog didn’t merit shooting
It’s crazy
The Change.org page is showing 16,600 signing the petition vs 3000 at time of making the video.
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