[yesca]

They are trained to do that for dominance, the less need it more as you can see.

[dblshot]

Barney Fife would have handled this a lot better.

[Genoa]

Calling the cops? Confine your Rottweiler.

[AU72]

When police arrived, Barlow says things got out of hand with the officers

The story is in the details here.

[rogue yam]

After a shootout with the alleged robbers, the two brothers called police. When police arrived, Barlow says things got out of hand with the officers and his innocent dog paid the tragic price.

Barlow said, "One grabs me in the head lock and starts punching me in the face."

I can't help being a little curious about how "things got out of hand". What did Barlow do in the moments before the headlock was applied?

[Fundamentally Fair]

More proof that there is no situation that can’t be made worse with the presence of cops.

[monday]

So tired of police treating victims like criminals. If I was on the jury I would give the family about 10 million dollars. The only way to stop this sort of abuse is to make it hurt so much that police forces can’t aford to hire officers who do this sort of thing.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

But Barlow was arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including insulting an officer.

So insulting a LEO is a criminal offense now?

[Hacklehead]

Nothing will turn people against the police faster than this rampant dog shooting BS.

[Drawsing]

I know the whole story has not been told here, but I am perturbed by the number of dogs that are killed by policeman. It is almost as if they are anxious for a chance to shoot anything just to have a little excitement. It reminds me of the time I went rabbit hunting as an adolescent with some teenage friends. We couldn't find any rabbits, so we wound up shooting some innocent songbirds. I am not proud of this.

The bottom line, I guess, is if you see an officer approaching, lock up your dogs. It doesn't matter if he is wagging his tail and looking for a pat on the head. He stands a good chance of becoming another puppy silhouette stamped on the side of a squad car.

[ClearCase_guy]

When the revolution comes, a lot of folks are going to put the police in the “enemy” category. And in a guerrilla war, having to wear a uniform is a big disadvantage.

[GBA]

Yet another Prince George County cop shooting a citizen's dog for no justifiable reason.

Are they trying for some sort of Guinness record book or is there a contest between them and some other county or do they just hire dog haters?

[SnakeDoctor]

Too many skipped details in the story to tell whether this was police misconduct or not.

Doesn’t sound like a normal post-robbery interview to me. What does “it got out of hand” mean? What caused it to “get out of hand”? Why did FIVE cops need to put the guy in a headlock and wrestle him to the ground?

SnakeDoc

[old school]

The cops don’t know that your “Fluffy” is a sweetheart, the way you do. If you call the cops, put-your-dog-away dumb-ass!

[Albion Wilde]

Another Merlan dog had to die.

[Vendome]

JBT’s

[runninglips]

If a common citizen kills a police dog, they are charged with a felony for it. If I am not wrong, a police MAN can use deadly force to defend his dog. Why can’t the common man do the same?

[paul51]

they called police for help

First mistake

[Forgotten Amendments]

Yet another FEMALE cop flips out in a stressful situation. Call me sexist, but it sure seems like an inordinate number of these horror stories involve female cops. Does anyone have figures to back me up?

[Nate505]

The authorities in this area really love killing dogs.