Posted on 06/18/2015 5:30:39 PM PDT by Altariel
**** “Since we know this article is absolutely truthful and precise in the facts, should this cop be executed without a trial?” ****
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For the most part, I agree with you. Think carefully before you call 911, FRiends.
I know it isn’t right, I know it isn’t equivalent, but if I cop did this to my dog I would kill him. Not right then, because I wouldn’t have a gun in my hand, but one day down the road that cop would turn up dead. I’d probably get caught and go to jail but these dog shootings are acts of sadism commited under color of authority. Police know there’s nothing a homeowner can legally do, and they also know this is emotionally devestating to the families. I simply would not be able to stand someone lording their station over me like that.
That’s just me.
Agreed.
***** “Don”t call the cops. Ever.” *****
Well if you need chalk outlines, I don’t know of a private company that will do that.
Tell me, if you witnessed a coworker murdering his wife before your eyes, would your response in any way involve hugging him?
There is no justification; this isn’t a fear response, it’s the actions of an individual who knows that he can do essentially *anything* and not face the same consequences that a non-police officer would face.
In “red state” Mississippi.
“And, Officer, since I couldn’t be sure who he might shoot next, I had to protect my family, ......”
Cops have learned they can get away with it, so they simply shoot the dog to shut it up.
Sometimes the cops just like to kill.
That is pretty much an excusable shooting. The officer, if he shoots a dog when it is not posing as a threat, is showing himself to be a threat.
If I understand US criminal law, it is permissible to shoot a cop under those conditions as you would with anybody.
Hell I can make a chalk outline. I can’t resurrect a shot dog, though.
>>You cop haters are over the top.
The cops started it and then escalated it over the course of the 50 year, failed “War on Drugs”. Any cop who is afraid of a golden retriever is a pathetic coward who is a disgrace to his badge. He’s probably such a punk that he gets off on hurting people and animals when he gets a chance.
“....the officers did see the leash, but were within their rights to shoot him as they “felt threatened.””Scumbags! Ever looked the definition of a “Scumbag...”
Yeah. Its your first sentence.
Try taking that to court...The only "back-up" you'd get would be when you're serving your 25-life.
Sue the cop, sue the department...But I can't see killing another human over a dog.
*If* I ever had to call cops for some unlikely reason, I would put my dogs in my truck, drive them up the ridge a good ways, lock it and leave it running with the AC on, if it’s hot and then let them come here.
An law school professor and former criminal defense attorney tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police.
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