Posted on 02/05/2014 1:01:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
This one happened in Anne Arundel, Maryland. The officer apparently cut across the family’s yard en route to another house to ask about a burglary. In the process, the family’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever did what dogs do: It defended its turf from the unknown intruder. So the cop shot the dog.
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But it isn’t just Maryland. These stories are all over the country, and have given rise to Facebook groups and websites to track how often it happens.
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Didn’t you just post this? Why it got pulled?
Police should need a search warrant to even step foot on someone’s property. The dog belonged there. The cop did not.
Woof
I excerpted, but apparently 52% of content invalidated that, so I have to repost.
Either the cop is held accountable, or we live in a police state.
At 12 I was a paperboy in Alaska where quite a few people kept dogs large enough and aggressive enough to scare the bears away from getting in their trash cans. I was challenged by dogs daily but I never had to shoot one and I never got bit. I did have to smack down a couple dogs on a regular basis. I don't see why cops have to shoot dogs so frequently.
This is a winning issue for local tea party candidates.
Simple, really:
We don't care .. We don't have to !
Here in Pittsburgh, we had a police K-9 killed last week when he was stabbed by a knife-wielding maniac.
In addition to an absurd week of public mourning for a DOG (complete with flags at half-staff and a big public funeral on Friday), there is now a bill in the State Legislature to make the penalty for killing a police dog a minimum of 10 years in prison.
More than you would most likely serve for killing a HUMAN BEING.
Meanwhile the police can still kill YOUR dog with impunity.
That dick should be held personally and criminally liable
There is no excuse fir a casual saunter through someone’s property and shooting a dog or human being nor any living thing, when you have ZERO Exigencies to do so.
Maryland ping.....
It got pulled because he always takes Shiite from The Great Gatsby , AM’s and that punk Jim Thompson.
Because police are now taught that their safety is paramount.
Add to this that they’ve recruited a bunch of low-IQ pussies who can’t handle themselves in the real world.
What you get is a resulting mindset of “everything is a threat that needs to be shot.”
For these clowns, life is spent imitating Cartman from South Park:
“You will respect mah authoratah!”
lolol. I recognize sarcasm. Hope those three do too. BTW. WHO is the Great Gatsby?
It sure ain’t Nick.
He’s too honest, decent and smart....
He’s too honest, decent and smart....
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Ahhh. More Sarcasm. ha ha ha ha ha ...
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This incident happened in my county. We have heard about this case for days. The dog owner was interviewed and does not want the cop fired (he was a rookie cop or at least inexperienced). A dog like this can cause a lot of damage to a human if not stopped. The biggest shame of it all is that he was cutting through the yard to help another neighbor. I am Switzerland on this case....I really feel for the family but I also can understand that the cop may have been scared that the dog would do something.
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