Posted on 06/26/2014 2:44:22 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
A man whose dog was recently shot and killed by Salt Lake City police has posted a video of an exchange he had with officers minutes after the shooting.
Sean Kendall’s 3-year-old Weimaraner, named Geist, was shot in the head last week after officers entered the homeowner’s yard while searching for a missing child.
The video, posted to Kendall’s Facebook page on Wednesday, begins 15 minutes after the shooting, right after Kendall received a call from animal control informing him of the incident.
“Which officer shot my dog? Please,” Kendall asked several officers standing in his front yard when he arrived at the scene.
“We were looking for a lost child,” one officer responded. A neighborhood parent had reported their 3-year-old child missing earlier in the day. The child was later found asleep in the basement of the family’s home.
“And that gives you probable cause to enter a private residence without permission from the owner?” said a livid Kendall, who asked for the names and badge numbers of the officers.
“He was threatened by the dog, and he shot the dog. That’s as simple as it gets,” one officer said.
The officer who shot Geist was not at the scene at the time, though the officers gave Kendall his name.
“So backing up slowly and leaving the residence was not an option?” Kendall asked, his voice growing more agitated.
“I understand it wasn’t you personally,” he said, “but you guys killed my dog.”
I’ve had this dog for three years. He was my best friend, and he was shot because an officer couldn’t back the f*** up out of my house!”
“Is that against policy? Is that against training?” Kendall asked.
Kendall referenced a spate of cases, often dubbed “puppycides,” in which police officers shoot dogs, often with little provocation.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Kendall met with city police officials and wants the officer who shot Geist to be fired.
Good for him. I hope they’re fired.
He’s got the name of the cop who did it. Now it’s time for some payback on a personal level.
The homeowner seems rational and controlled. Much more than I would have been. This will go a long way toward getting these guys fired.
Unless there was probable cause...officers ain’t go no authority to enter a private home or yard.
And no...looking for a missing child is not probable cause unless the guy is a registered sex offender.
They weren’t right then. They are now, to a great extent.
Enough with the unfounded blanket statements. You sound like a Woodstock recyle.
SOME cops are pigs.
The day is coming when a dog owner will blow the head off a Ramboed-Up Dog Killer who just shot the family’s dog and it will go to trial and a jury will say not guilty. People are tired of it. On that day I will drink a toast to Karma cause she is indeed a bitch!
If not “right”, at least prescient...
cops shoot dogs because they can
they are above the laws applicable to “civilians”
far out!
“Unless there was probable cause...officers ain’t go no authority to enter a private home or yard.”
One of the exceptions is “Exigent Circumstances”.
How do you define what they are?
Research it and you’ll find some interesting interpretations.
Jack-Booted thug alert.....Today’s cops, the new US Gestapo.
“Get on the ground. Get on the ground NOW!”
Well officer you’re threatening to me. Can I shoot you?
oink
If my child was missing,
and I went into my neighbors backyard to look for him,
and my neighbor’s dog barked at me,
and I shot my neighbor’s dog,
would I be held harmless?
Yes or No?
But, hey, I am just a mere lowly civilian...
(cough sough)
I hope they never come after my beloved dogs, because someone will be having a bad day, but if it’s me, it will only be because his day was worse.
Well, the important thing is that Officer Fife returned safely to his family that night.....
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