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 ...
Sure they matter, just not as much.
Kennewick , Washington: three Rottweilers got out of an open gat and wandered around the neighborhood located on a golf course. A neighbor called the sheriff’s office and they responded in force. Dropped 2 of them from 60 yards with their ARs and laughed about. The third one ran and ws returned safely home. ALL caught on their cameras. This was about a month ago.
I see someone gets it.
Our city calls animal control. They don’t shoot them.
Three Rottweilers on the loose is a dangerous pack. Good thing a small child wasn’t in the vicinity.
Common sense left the building a long time ago.
Nah, send them back.
It still is a warning sign. That hasn’t changed.
Hints:
Police are trained to use violence to force compliance if other means do not yield the desired results immediately.
Some police are intelligent, wonderful people who seek reasonable, non-violent solutions some or all the time.
Some police are thugs who either have no regard for life or actually enjoy killing things some or all the time.
You do not know which ones you will get, and anecdotal evidence suggests that police, good or bad, often arrive with a materially inaccurate or fatally incomplete story.
Therefore, NEVER ask for police to come “help” deal with any living thing that is incapable of immediately obeying barked out commands at gunpoint. Wildlife. Pets. Your children having an episode. People showing signs of psychosis or schizophrenia, but otherwise posing no threat. Police are not the right tool for those jobs.
Calling a cop for help often makes the situation worse. He might feel a need to shoot somebody and if there is not a dog handy, well, there’s you.
You want to find a Dunkin Donuts, call a cop!
For some losing a family pet is like losing a family member. There’s alot of intimate attachment & grief.
The population in Sturgeon is about 900 people so it wouldn’t have taken much effort to find the dog’s owner. If I were a citizen of that town I would certainly have reservations about someone with that cop’s mentality going around with a badge and gun.
No. Follow one.
I had a miniature pinscher about 11 pounds. Privacy fence all around. Several times I had to go chase her and bring her home. Finally I decided to see HOW she escaped. Long leash on her and waited. She was sliding sideways under a spot where the soil was a little lower, barely visible. That became my spot to put the rose bush clippings and she no longer did it.
So it can happen with the best of intentions and, no, our police would never have shot her.
I watched the whole video...it looks like the cop simply got
bored trying to wrangle the dog, and just shot it.
Marko
Spoken like a true blue California hippy out of the 60's. :) DIM STINKING PIGS..!
If you think they are all saints because they wear a badge, you’re a fool.
The dog had no collar or tag. This neighbor did not know it was a local dog, nor did the police.
I’m always amazed at how far the people on this site will go to defend the cops and the police state.
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