It was a new day yesterday but it's an old day, now. [J. Tull]
This is the New Normal...and we don't get to "elect" 99% of cops.
Posted on 09/30/2012 1:51:30 PM PDT by Altariel
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -
A Hollywood police officer shot and killed a pit bull in a resident's back yard while searching for a man who had committed a strong armed robbery.
It happened just before noon Wednesday in the 2300 block of Wiley Street. The 4-year-old male pit bull, named Pup-pup, was shot in the back yard of a home that he was trained to protect.
"I just heard gunshots as I was walking back to the house," said dog owner Antonio Williamson. Quick Clicks
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It happened just after Williamson came outside to ask why so many police officers were parked in front of his house. They were looking for a man who had punched another guy in the face and stole his bike in front of a convenience store on Pembroke Road and 22nd Avenue. A witness followed the suspect to the area on Wiley Street and called 911.
"The police suspected the robber may have gone into the back yard so they entered through a side gate.
"When they got to the back yard, they were confronted by a pit bull," said Hollywood Police Sgt. Lester Cochenour.
The dog was shot multiple times and died in the back yard. Williamson was angry that officers didn't knock first. He said Pup-pup was a humble dog and was great with kids, but was also trained to protect to his property.
"There have been a lot of break ins around here, in this area for the last year and a half or so, and I have my dog out here just for that purpose," Williamson told Local 10's Roger Lohse.
Lohse reported that there are no signs on the side of Williamson's house indicating that a dog was in the backyard. Under the law, police are allowed to enter private property if they are pursuing or searching for a felony suspect.
But none of that makes either side feel any better about how this confrontation ended.
"It is an unfortunate circumstance that the dog and the police met. It was not the initial call but the officer had to shoot the dog to protect himself," said Sgt. Cochenour.
"Well, you know, they apologized about it but naturally the dog was protecting its area," Williamson told Lohse.
“It will bring no pleasure to see them dangling in front of the county court house, but killing and pillaging under cover of “law” will bring Retribution”
Their unions protect them from such personal responsibility.
*Everything* can eventually be “justified”.
They recently gunned down an 83 year old grandma.
It was justified because the officers [whom she called after a burglary] swear she was about to cap them.
Seriously.
Check your inbox
PPL need to hang a sign on their dog that says, “Show me your warrant!”
I wonder how long before some homeowner shoots a cop accidently after hearing a gun shot in the backyard.
I believe that's what elections are about, mostly non-violent fights so that those things are reality, not illusion.
And, as this story shows, that still mostly non-violent fight is now on everyday, not just on election day.
If liberty doesn't win every time, human nature dictates that sooner or later, things most certainly will become violent. We barely know what we each are capable of...let's not find out.
It was a new day yesterday but it's an old day, now. [J. Tull]
This is the New Normal...and we don't get to "elect" 99% of cops.
There is a facebook page called “Family Pets Shot By Law Enforcement”. Awareness Day was 9-22-12
These constant killings are pretty sad. Something is really wrong here.
Seems like the defaut thing for them to do these days.
Like it’s written in the bathroom stall:
“Here I sit, broken hearted.
Came to sh*t, but only.... Shot your dog to death.”
I THINK that’s how it goes
I can’t find it on Facebook. Could you post the link, please? :)
Indeed. The police have already shot at least one border collie:
http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/30/cop-shoots-border-collie-mix-he-mistook
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888903/posts
“Dogs shot by police facebook page”...it will get you there.
There are several links. Good luck. Very depressing-it has to make you wonder what’s going on. It isn’t good whatever it is.
Thank!!
That’s on my homepage here. Wonder who copied from me. Find the pit bull has been on my homepage since 2005.
Since when have we allowed the JBTs to just enter property?
Its a travesty!
I don’t care if they’re chasing Bonnie & Clyde!
I hope this guy sues for gazillions.
Why in hell would police think a robber would try to hide with a pitbull in someone’s backyard?
It is rapidly making me feel the police are the enemy.
This is why the US government can’t be trusted with the death penalty. With so many crooked cops running around, who is willing to bet on a life on the fact that the cops got it right?
Beats me.
I’ve seen it posted a dozen times at least, here.
Did you create it?
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