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Leander police officer shoots dog at wrong house
Austin American Statesman ^ | June 18, 2013 | Esther Robards-Forbes

Posted on 06/19/2013 8:28:12 AM PDT by Altariel

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To: palmer

In a perfect world, which we don’t have. Again, I don’t justify the shooting without all the facts, just saying you serve the paper then make the call.


41 posted on 06/19/2013 10:49:21 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Hey look. Its one of our resident jackbootlickers here to tell us everything is grand up to and including the train station transfer!


42 posted on 06/19/2013 10:50:21 AM PDT by Crazieman (Are you naive enough to think VOTING will fix this entrenched system?)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

More by how it treats its unborn children, I would think.


43 posted on 06/19/2013 10:50:51 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Resolute Conservative

Give me a copy of the warrant and I will. I want the same info available to me as had the officer.


44 posted on 06/19/2013 10:51:22 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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To: Altariel
All Leos should be tested to see if they have an unnatural fear of dogs. If they do, they need therapy. A cop shooting one of my dogs would not have to wait for an internal review.
45 posted on 06/19/2013 10:51:34 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Crazieman

I am not blind supporter as I was one before and know first hand there are goobers in the job. My point is everyone here condemning knows shiite from shinola what happened out there until after the facts come out. Zip, nada, but they are quick to pony up and spout bravado they would kill anyone who shoots there dog yada yada.

Besides I don’t under your train euphemism.


46 posted on 06/19/2013 10:56:24 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

I just re read the story to see if I missed something and still did not see anything in it about a missing address numbers on the house. I still feel the officer was negligent from the start, no other houses had numbers on them that he determine the correct residence? Never heard of Google maps? Sloppy, lazy, shoddy work that resulted in an animal maimed. And worse it could have another home owner shot or killed.


47 posted on 06/19/2013 11:01:04 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

whenever an occasion for me to drive on to one’s property, whether I know them or not,either city or rural, I blow the car horn or make a very loud noise.
I do not exit vehicle unless someone invites me to step down. If no one shows I leave.
At the age of 77+ i have never had any proplems using that “RULE”.


48 posted on 06/19/2013 11:14:14 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: GOYAKLA

Yes that is a good rule that I follow a lot.


49 posted on 06/19/2013 11:15:54 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative
just saying you serve the paper then make the call.

There's a situation where there innocent lives at stake, that has nothing to do with it being a perfect world or not. The question is simple: do you act differently when approaching potentially innocent people and dogs or exactly the same?

Here's another situation: you are called to a bank robbery and when you arrive there is a man running from the bank. Do you draw, aim and tell him to halt? Suppose you arrive and there are 3 women and 2 men running from the bank (you have no info about the robbery). Do you do aim at the five of them?

If it is the same response no matter what the context, is that because training is only for threats, with no deviations based on observed facts and inferences?

50 posted on 06/19/2013 11:16:07 AM PDT by palmer (Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
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To: Resolute Conservative

“I am not blind supporter as I was one”

I suspected as much.

“Besides I don’t under your train euphemism.”

Not surprising in the least.


51 posted on 06/19/2013 11:37:09 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: DanielRedfoot

Here is the incident I was referring to on the other thread.


52 posted on 06/19/2013 12:23:57 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

” My point is everyone
here condemning knows shiite from
shinola what happened out there until
after the facts come out.”

With cops, facts don’t come out. Just excuses. Cops keep making the same mistakes and don’t pay for them. So nothing changes. WE are tired of the negligence and bad attitudes.


53 posted on 06/20/2013 8:22:01 AM PDT by LevinFan
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To: LevinFan

I see. Go be one and make it a better place.


54 posted on 06/20/2013 8:31:33 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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Update:

According to the officer, two German Shepherds starting running toward him, so he fired three shots and one of them struck Vinny in the back of the neck.

The Simmons say not only was it a close call for their dog, Vinny, but it was also a close call for their 6-year old terminally ill grandchild playing just around the corner.

“I was in my house, my grandchild was at the back picnic table, my husband was in the kitchen getting a snack and my dogs do what they do; run in and out.”

http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/212185641.html

*****

So, a “charging” dog is hit in the back of the neck and a six year old child is playing close by.

It’s a blessing the child wasn’t injured.


55 posted on 06/20/2013 7:02:21 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Lurker; Resolute Conservative

The facts are that:

1) A charging dog was shot in the back of the neck.
2) A six year old child was playing nearby.
3) The person on the warrant *lived in an entirely different town*
4) The whole affair was in response to an “expired vehicle registration”.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/212185641.html


56 posted on 06/20/2013 7:06:04 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Resolute Conservative

How about this. Idiot cops who arent smart enough to find an address start paying the price for this with their miserable, worthless lives.

I like that option better. Once a few of the exceptionally bad ones get smoked their marginally smarter brethren may, and I do emphasis may, catch on.


57 posted on 06/20/2013 8:26:34 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lurker

Loser.


58 posted on 06/21/2013 5:45:09 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

I’m not the one who showed up at the wrong house and shot someones family pet.


59 posted on 06/21/2013 6:55:31 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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