Posted on 01/18/2012 8:16:34 PM PST by chrisinoc
DeKalb County, GA - On Tuesday night, a DeKalb County police officer went to a family's home on Silva Court in response to a domestic dispute call.
When the officer went into the family's garage, he encountered a German shepherd who was on a chain.
Upon seeing a stranger approach, the German shepherd lunged - the officer's response was to shoot and kill the dog.
Tragically, after the damage was done, it was discovered that the responding police officer had actually gone to the wrong house.
Right now, the officer is not facing any charges - there will be an internal investigation.
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May have been a neighborhood which does not allow visible fencing.
I was alerting the Freeper who runs the Libertarian ping list. You do make interesting points.
“Feel sorry”?
I’m hoping they’d pulled the sheet over his face.
He was protecting his owner and his owner's property from illegal trespass and unwarranted search.
Bad dog!
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Soon they'll change it to the BATFD.
They're *not* going to be happy until you have absolutely -nothing- left with which to defend yourself from them.
Just watch.
What's the point?
We already know what the conclusion will be.
I’m pretty no really sure that this was NOT one of those neighborhoods
Hey buddy...getta load of *this*;
Sounds fair, doesn’t it?
*That* is why I don’t let people drag their little dogs up to -leashed- Odin to “play” with him.
He would never start something but he will finish it.
When it all goes to hell, I know who’ll be taken away.
Exactly.
ditto
I’m totally against chaining up dogs myself but given the option of the dog running loose and possibly getting killed [oh, the irony] at least the owner was responsible enough to keep the dog on his own property...for all the good it did him.
As far as I know, dogs do not recognize “uniforms of authority” and any dog will defend its home.
My back yard [where the dogs are let out] is fenced off from the front yard where any visitors might enter but if they disregard the signs and open the latched gate to the back yard, they’re in deep crap.
We have separated our property as much as possible to “dog space” and “people space”.
So far, 99% of the visitors have had the sense to not enter the “dog space”.
I can’t imagine a scenario in which cops would ever come here, unless I called them [not likely] but if that occurs, my dogs will remain _in the house_ the entire time.
God forbid I’ll have to jump between a cop with a gun and my dogs but I will.
I have before so it’s not gonna be a novel experience.
I am NOT defending the cop...no way, no shape, no form...
I HATE the breed. SARCASM!! :) I own two...
I’m incensed by the stupid abuse and killing of good dogs doing what nature or training have directed them to do.
Yep, me too, kiddo. I read these stories and picture myself, my dogs...how I would react...
Never mind that, when I was a kid, we kept my Beagle chained to his dog house in the day time, and I never noticed him becoming angry and territorial. And my neighbors all did the same with their dogs, and I don't remember any angry and territorial happenings....but I don't remember any pit bulls or Rotties being in the neighborhood, either.
I can’t COUNT the number of times a small dog has come after my dog...in public...owner having those frakking retractable leashes, and just not watching.
Of course, WE get the dirty look...even though mine’s under control...
ping
Anyone dumb enough to be afraid of a chained up dog is wasting oxygen intelligent life could use.
“the location of which causes LEO to fear for their life.”
The LEO, in this case, was TRESPASSING on _private property_ and shot a -restrained-, defenseless dog in cold blood.
Are you really that dense?
They’ve busted into “the wrong house” quite often and blown away the family’s totally unrestrained/minding-their-own-business pets with increasing frequency.
You okay with that because ~those~ dogs weren’t “chained up”?
Stop gawking at the trees before you get lost in the forest.
Bottom line:
Stupid cop gets “lost”, trespasses on “wrong” private property, pisses himself in fear and kills the family dog.
Period.
“is wasting oxygen intelligent life could use.”
And there we have it.
You know, something I never thought of. Should I have signs on my fenced in yard for the dogs ? Two Chocolate Labs and a Saint Bernard.
I never considered that somebody would just walk through the gate.
Not that they would get close without seeing all three up close and personal...
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