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Cop Arrests Man, Forced Him to Leave Family Pet on the Side of the Freeway to Die
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Posted on 07/29/2014 1:13:45 PM PDT by chessplayer

On July 13, Josie Garcia’s husband was pulled over by Houston PD for failure to use a turn signal.

The routine traffic stop lead to a search and prescription drugs belonging to the passenger were found. Both men were subsequently arrested and the SUV was impounded. Charges against her husband were dropped days later.

Unfortunately, Garcia’s 14 year old chihuahua, Guero, was along for the ride.

As the men were being taken into custody and the SUV towed, Guero was removed from the vehicle and left on the side of Highway 59.

Garcia’s husband plead with the officer to let him call someone to come get the dog or for the officer to call animal control, who’s shelter was only 2 blocks away.

The officer refused, claiming the dog would be fine.

For the next 3 days Garcia put up missing posters and searched for her beloved pet. Eventually, she received a call to let her know where he was.

Guero had been found, dead, on the side of the highway not far from where the men were pulled over. The elderly chihuahua was nearly blind from cataracts and had been hit by oncoming traffic.

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What the hell is it with the cops in this country and their love of animal abuse?
1 posted on 07/29/2014 1:13:45 PM PDT by chessplayer
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The routine traffic stop lead to a search and prescription drugs belonging to the passenger were found. Both men were subsequently arrested and the SUV was impounded.

Some facts are missing, here.

2 posted on 07/29/2014 1:15:53 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: chessplayer

Police Officer Dog Haters are they all Muslim or are they being trained by Muslims ?


3 posted on 07/29/2014 1:15:57 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: null and void

What the ****?!


4 posted on 07/29/2014 1:16:40 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: chessplayer

Cop just saving bullets.


5 posted on 07/29/2014 1:18:33 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: chessplayer

I love my dogs like children. If true, i dont have the words.


6 posted on 07/29/2014 1:21:09 PM PDT by Carry me back
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To: NorthMountain
"Some facts are missing, here."

Any facts that would explain why the dog was left on the side of a highway?
7 posted on 07/29/2014 1:22:11 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: chessplayer

What the hell is it with citizens who jettison their constitutional rights and allow the constabulary to search their vehicle as a result of a simple “civil infraction” traffic stop?

I posit that anyone who agrees to a vehicle search in these circumstances because “I haven’t broken any laws” and “I’ve got nothing to hide” is no US citizen at all.
Tell Larry Law to get a warrant.
Tell Larry Law that you will wait for the K-9 patrol.
Tell Larry Law that you will only open your vehicle when thay have properly executed warrant and...by-the-way...while we wait...I’m calling my lawyer (look up at the nearest highway billboard-—that is your lawyer!)


8 posted on 07/29/2014 1:23:07 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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9 posted on 07/29/2014 1:23:42 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Carry me back

If a “civilian” were to leave a dog in a car to die, he’d face charges.


10 posted on 07/29/2014 1:24:52 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Kartographer

If the story is true as presented, the officer is liable for a lawsuit?..................


11 posted on 07/29/2014 1:25:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Kartographer
Facts as to what how "prescription drugs belonging to the passenger" led to anybody getting arrested. That makes absolutely NO sense to me.

Cops should have called animal control for the mutt. Leaving it there creates a traffic hazard AND is irresponsible handling of a citizen's private property.

12 posted on 07/29/2014 1:25:39 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: chessplayer

“prescription drugs belonging to the passenger were found”

I call BS


13 posted on 07/29/2014 1:25:52 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: chessplayer

is there some law that says the public cant sue in civil court


14 posted on 07/29/2014 1:26:44 PM PDT by Revelation 911
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Its OK, folks. Houston’s Head Lezzie in Charge has apologized....

Tuesday, she spoke before City Council, compressing her story into three short minutes. It got an immediate response from Mayor Annise Parker.

“Let me give you a public apology right now on behalf of the city of Houston,” Parker told Garcia. “I don’t know what airhead — there’s another word in my mind but I’m not going to say it — would throw, you wouldn’t put a kid on the side of the road. You shouldn’t put someone’s pet on the side of the road.”

more....

http://abc13.com/pets/family-traffic-stop-ended-with-family-pet-dead/213313/


15 posted on 07/29/2014 1:27:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Red Badger

Say that despite the fact that no charges were filed what facts would make it OK for the Cops to not secure the dog and have it picked up by Animal Control?


16 posted on 07/29/2014 1:27:53 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: NorthMountain
Did you read to the end of the paragraph??? Charges against her husband were dropped days later.

Why do you suppose that happened? Could it be because it was a bad arrest, as in they really didn't have jack and were just being A-holes because they can.

There is no cover for the cop(s) on this story even if it was a righteous arrest because you don't leave animals on the side of the highway, period, because they are a f-g traffic hazard. Swerving to miss a dog could cause an accident.

It was a pure dick move by the cop and he should be fired for endangering the public as well as animal abuse.

17 posted on 07/29/2014 1:28:58 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: chessplayer

This is so sick and sad. That poor dog, almost blind, alone and terrified and without food and water for 3 days, wondering why it’s friend left it. And it was TOO MUCH DAMNED BOTHER for the cops to make one damn call to a shelter two effing blocks away.


18 posted on 07/29/2014 1:29:39 PM PDT by chessplayer
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“What the hell is it with the cops in this country and their love of animal abuse?”

The job attracts many sadistic bullies so of course they love to torture animals. They do it to humans too anytime they can get away with it.

I know lots of cops and more than half laugh about doing this type of sh**. Probably even more talk about it in private. Keeps the job “exciting”.


19 posted on 07/29/2014 1:33:36 PM PDT by varyouga
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"It was a pure dick move by the cop and he should be fired for endangering the public as well as animal abuse."

I wonder if he has been identified publicly, perhaps in the hearing? It might give him some pause if the general public knew his identity.

20 posted on 07/29/2014 1:34:58 PM PDT by Truth29
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