Posted on 01/18/2014 11:04:19 AM PST by nickcarraway
A Jennings resident claims one of his pit bulldogs was shot to death for no reason by a Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Deputy.
Jeff Davis Sheriff Ivy Woods told KPLc that the shooting happened Thursday as a deputy was on a call in the area where Jacob Authement lives. The deputy was responding to a complaint from neighbors about four-wheelers being driven in the area.
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My original thought too. I'm afraid that, if a cop acted like that on my property, I might panic and protect myself.
Gosh, here I thought that cops were paid to stand in the line of danger to protect the people. Thank you for the correction that their safety and security overrules the entire reason why they are paid well and have incredible benefits.
So what happens when the shift goes from assassinating family pets and they start opening fire on loved ones in your home? By your explanation, officers have a right to show up when one of your loved ones gets out of control and blast them.
It is not a slippery slope, it is an outright cliff: when we do not hold officers to the same laws that everyone else lives with, the line of what is 'acceptable' drifts constantly. Twenty years ago, an officer opens fire on a family pet, they'd have to show bite marks, explain a couple times how they tried to disengage, and even then might not be employed for long. Now, the investigation, if it extends much at all, simply looks for an officer to be 'worried' about the situation that might have happened, and pats the officer on the back and moves on.
Twenty years ago, an officer opening fire on a child holding a toy gun would likely face charges, not just dismissal. Today, they are cleared within hours, no charges pending.
Officers are paid to perform a job. If they think that job is too much for them, then they should quit or be fired and someone who can handle the job should take over. Instead, an ever growing population is becoming afraid of calling officers, knowing that doing so might turn a difficult situation into a fatal one. It is an ever expanding problem. Because inner cities, twenty years ago, didn't care what officers did in inner cities, just so long as it was contained to 'rough areas.' Now those 'rough areas' are just about everywhere, where it seems reasonable to open fire on a car full of kids simply because someone refuses to accept their authority.
Cops have a right to perform the job they are hired to do, under the rules that the people put forward, or they can stop accepting the money and go home. That is the truth that you seem to want to utterly ignore. They do not have more of a right to life or liberty than you or I do, they do not have wholesale permission to open fire in non-life threatening situations, and we MUST enforce these rules upon our lawmen, pressuring politicians to ignore cop unions and follow the will of the people.
Your behavior and statements here are increasingly bizarre. Pit bulls “lie?” Where the hell did you get that from? You are making claims with no support whatsoever.
Actual statistics show that the breed itself is one of the most even-tempered dogs in existence. You cite two incredibly bizarre sites that seem to serve no purpose other than to foster the media narrative that pit bulls are dangerous. Factually, dog “breeds” are as valid a concept as human “races.” In addition, DNA testing (the only real way to identify a breed) shows that visual identification of a dog - ESPECIALLY by the media, which your sites rely on - is accurate about 12% of the time. Don’t know what kind of dog it is? Pit bull.
I won’t go into details unless I must, but extending the “logic” you’re using here into other areas would be very, very bad for your sanity.
Stopped reading your post at the first sentence. Your distortions of what I actually said are a waste of time, I’m not reading the rest of your post - it’s just not worth my time.
Thank you for your well-reasoned post in #103. Very very well said and cuts to the problem of “visual identification” as justification for killing animals.
I, for one, always love to see your dog pics, Salamander! (And the pet pics of everyone else.) Ignore the disgruntled ones.
” I have seen nothing to suggest otherwise.”
Then you’re blind.
“Cops have a right to go home every night whole and undamaged”
No, they don’t.
Standing ovation!
Thanks, friend.
I never gave it a second’s thought.
Coulda been worse...coulda been YouTubes of them playing.
How annoying is *that*?
;D
I was a mailman for 10 years and felt more threatened by the degenerate slugs (human) than the stray dogs.
Should I have been authorized to shoot them???
Is that a multiple-choice question?
Show me any place or any where it says differently in any official job description of any LEO. It is never required of them by their departments or taught that they should do so by the LE academies. They do not have to sacrifice life of limb for me, you, or anyone else. When they stop you do they insist that you wear a bullet proof vest? Nope but you will see them wearing about 40 lbs of required gear all intended to keep them safe and uninjured. Their training is geared for their safety and to neutralize all threats before they are injured of killed. They are taught/trained to take care of themselves first.
The only exception to this that I know of is the Secret Service as they protect our top level elected officials and I do not put them in the same category as normal or regular LEOs.
Cops these days ar nothing more than thugs and highwaymen with badges. They have forfeited any respect I ever had for them. May they all catch bullets.
“Coulda been worse...coulda been YouTubes of them playing.”
Next time? :))))))
I had seen this before somewhere, but it bears posting again and again and again and again every time ignorance rears its ugly head!!
I don’t know about that. I have 4 dogs, biggest one a 80 pound hound dog, smallest one a 15 pound blind JRT. The only of the 4 that would bite you is the 15 pound blind one. He would jump up and nip your pants and a cop would probably blow him away.
What, no corresponding disapprovals? :-)
So we know that you will never accept their help or call them to help no matter what the threat to you and yours. The first time you call for assistance from LE would move you into the supreme hypocrite class.
Stating a wish that LEOs be shot is not wise. In today's real world there is no hiding behind your keyboard. Any rational person knows that there is nothing that is hidden on the web today. LE can go from your online handle to your name and address very quickly. If a LE agency or officer reads your statement as a threat then this research will be accomplished ahead of time and your information will be known and shared. Those who may or may not chose to help you in a future emergency or life threatening situation may feel it necessary to stand off until the shooting stops or react slower and with much more caution knowing that you want them "shot". The more you believe in what you posted then the more this scenario could be true. That is a hell or a catch 22 your in.
If I were a LEO and I knew that someone wanted me to "catch a bullet" I would not be in a hurry to risk my life to save them or others at their address or who were with them. In fact I would have to approach them as very carefully and be ready to protect myself because they have already clearly stated that they want me shot.
You very well could have placed yourself and your family in a interesting position. Not too smart.
Cops arer NEVER in a hurry to risk their lives. Witness Columbine, Newton, and on and on and on. They ARE in a hurry to shoot dogs, grandmothers, smack retarded women around, plant drugs and lie about it, and on and on and on.
I used to respect cops. Not any more. They have lost it through their own actions.
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