Officer Shoots Woman, Pit Bull Playing

Click2Houston.com ^ | October 8, 2009

[taraytarah]

Officer Shoots Woman, Pit Bull Playing

Sugar's fun was abruptly halted, upon hearing gunfire. Little did she know that she too was a target.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

People who panic shouldn’t be cops!

[LibWhacker]

Shoot the dog! Shoot the dog!

[Red in Blue PA]

Huh? If I did this, I would be in prison for a very long time.

Yet it is perfectly acceptabel for the officer to shoot before they know what is going on?????

You may believe in 2 sets of standards, but I don’t.

[Teacher317]

I can't blame the officer.

You can't blame the officer for badly misjudging a situation, firing shots inapporpriately, firing and hitting the supposed victim, firing without looking for verification that his/her (incorrect) judgment is proper? All because of the breed of the dog, I presume. I wonder if you'd react similarly to improper police shootings in urban neighborhoods.

[PowderMonkey]

"Playing without a permit, eh? Any Pitt Bull in yer' pedigree, boy?"

[Candor7]

Mock dog fightong and wrestling in public is easily miscostrued, or have you ever seen it? Mock screams of fear to entertain doggy who is bussy looking like a killer mastiff?

It also can get tragically out of hand.

Live on the edge, die on the edge.

IMHO the officer reacted as any reasonable person would have.

The results were nearly tragic.

I believe such conduct of wrestling dogs and mock dog attacks in public is highly inappropriate, no matter where it is conducted. Do it at home in your yard of you have to.

[Teacher317]

IMHO the officer reacted as any reasonable person would have

A reasonable person would NOT have fired before at least ASKING the "victim" in some way if they needed help. Personally, when I come up kids wrasslin'/playin' like that, I yell LOUDLY to get their attention. If they don't, then I can take further steps. I do not start hosing them down with a flamethrower on sight.

[Candor7]

Do you know for sure she didn't get their attention?

Come on!

YOu think she just drew down and opened up?

YOu ever receive police training? HuH?

No , I support this officer, while all the rest of you arm chairs have tantrums. LOL.

[Lurker]

I hope this idiot cop is fired and sued for everything he owns. He violated a basic rule of firearms safety:

Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.

Fire him. Sue him into Bankruptcy, then sue him again.

Then prosecute his dumb ass under 18USC242 for Violations of Civil Rights under False Color of Authority.

Frigging idiot.

[A.J.Armitage]

YOu think she just drew down and opened up?

Sure looks that way.

[Candor7]

Very doubtful.

Police training.

Think about it.

[El Gato]

Sugar was also wounded. The dog's owner took Sugar to a vet and it is expected to recover.

Good, but I wouldn't want to get too close to her wearing anything that looked a La Marque police uniform. :)

[A.J.Armitage]

So you have what she was trained to do, and I have what she did do.

You’re right, of course.