Police Defend Dog Shooting as Family Plans Protest

NBC Miami ^ | Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 | Brian Hamacher

[x1stcav]

You’ve hit the nail on the head.

I changed my attitude toward the cops a couple of years ago and now regard them as a menace to be avoided if at all possible.

[chimera]

"Officer Taber’s actions were consistent with the current policies and procedures of the Pembroke Pines Police Department," the review said.

Well, there you have it. At least now we have it on the public record. It's in the manual. Step 1: shoot the family dog. Step 2: anything else.

[x1stcav]

Very interesting point.

Didn’t the Nazis require some sort of ritual for their elite SS operatives where they raised a puppy from the start of their training and then were required to kill it? Or was that in some sort of novel.

[x1stcav]

Schadenfreude.

Can’t wait.

[loungitude]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58g7CTY9-4U

Cop shoots baby deer in Oakland.

[Trod Upon]

Because mailmen aren’t generally wannabe soldiers and don’t get off on the idea of killing something just because they can?

[Danny R]

C’mon people. I absolutely adore dogs, as many policemen do as well. Don’t slur other situations and interactions with police officers, (some of whom are jerks) with this clear case of Jones being chronically irresponsible with the safety of his dog. The dog charged the cop, the dog bit the cop- all outside the home! There is evidence that all of this occurred, which justifies an officer using his firearm to stop the attack and prevent potentially disabling injury to another officer. It is very sad and it was preventable, but the owner caused this. We need more accountability in our society.

P.S.- Why don’t mailmen shoot dogs? BECAUSE THEY AREN’T ISSUED AND TRAINED WITH GUNS. Duh.

[panaxanax]

“P.S.- Why don’t mailmen shoot dogs? BECAUSE THEY AREN’T ISSUED AND TRAINED WITH GUNS. Duh.”
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Hey Danny, if you really are a cop, which I highly doubt, then why wouldn’t it occur to you to call the County/City Animal Control? Police action was not called for in this instance. There wasn’t an actual crime being committed.

You say that the only reason mailmen don’t shoot dogs is because they aren’t issued weapons or have training to do so. What kind of idiot are you?

I agree with OldPossum & Lurker. Better think twice before shooting MY best friend in MY house or on MY property. The situation will escalate to heights you cannot possibly imagine.

Just go away, newbie.

[CSM]

“This could have been rectified if people werent such pansies and didnt call the cops because a dog was loose.”

You read my mind. In the rare instances that I have seen a loose dog in my neighborhood, I “capture” it and successfully found the owner. The 2 times my dog “escaped” my fenced in yard, I had neighbers that were kind enough to do the same.

I can’t imagine wasting the police departments time on such an easily solved situation. Of course, I don’t call them when McDonalds runs out of mcnuggets either....

Society is getting wimpified and the cops are becoming more militarized. This is not a good combination.

[Forgotten Amendments]

I wonder why they don’t shoot cats?

This is the first pet killing I remember:

http://elfie.org/~croaker/lamplugh.html

Finally, at about three o'clock, the wrecking crew finished their destruction. In one final unconscionable act, female agent Donna Slusser deliberately stomped to death a cherished Manx kitten, and kicked it under a tree.

[Vendome]

Donna ought to be whacked with a clue by four, a couple of 8,9 or 10 times.

Disgusting

[Looking4Truth]

"The logic of doing this is convoluted at best, but amounts to local courts and laws agreeing that *any* dog is worth only $300 or less, and that if police have *any* justification for shooting a dog, whether or not it is a reasonable justification, it is acceptable, as dogs are *property*, and property has no rights, so no money in exchange for the dog’s life."

Yeah, and watch what happens when one of us 'civilians' shoots a police DOG (that they oh so cleverly call 'officers').

Wanna be military (but couldn't get in) punks!

[Trod Upon]

Sorry, but the mindset is just different with police officers these days. They aren't selected for brains (remember the city that won a court case to continue selecting against highly intelligent applicants to the police force? For the most part, they are followers, and right now there's a police subculture of unnecessary force. It goes along with the needless militarization many local departments are undergoing. Too many officers are are nothing more than thugs on the city payroll, just a step above mall security. They're itching to demonstrate authority. There's no reason to do more than kick a dog once or twice until you get to the very aggressive, powerful breeds. That dog could probably do no more than give you a nasty bruise, but then this isn't just about one dog and one incident. There's a pattern developing. And "Duh"? Really? What are you? Fifteen?