Cop shoots, kills family dog (Golden Retriever)

ajc.com ^ | 12/20/10 | Alexis Stevens

[Nachum]

A Clayton County mother of six said the family dog did what he always did when he saw someone. He barked.

But when "Boomer" started barking and running toward a police officer Saturday morning, the officer shot the dog and killed it, Lawrene King told the AJC Sunday night.

“He’s a golden retriever," King said. "He barks, but he’s never bitten anyone.”

A Clayton County police officer was on foot patrol on North Shore Drive when the dog jumped off a porch and started barking and running toward the officer, Capt. Tina Daniel said. The officer ordered the dog to stop and when it didn't, the officer shot and killed the animal in its yard, Daniel said.

The officer, whose name was not released, was responding to a call reporting a suspicious person, police said.

[Paladin2]

"It would have worked in this case,"

"Not a complex issue."

F'n DUH.

[Hoodlum91]

I agree about the cop, but I to this day do not know why this particular dog was a bad seed - it was never taunted or abused but the kids in our neighborhood, just was plain mean.

This was back in the day when dogs just roamed - no such thing as invisible fences. He could have been from anywhere. I was just pointing out that among the “goldens would never attack” posts, that yes, yes they can and would given the right circumstances.

This particular instance seems a bit...overkill, so to speak?

[SnakeDoctor]

Who the hell cares? I said I didn’t know ... because I didn’t know. I am not a mailman, don’t know any mailmen, and never cared to research their self-defense methods. Hell, the mailmen in our area never even get out of their little mailman cars.

I’m done with this asinine conversation.

SnakeDoc

[dragnet2]

I said about 300 posts ago that he should’ve used a taser if one was available.

But the point is tex...they are *never* available for law enforcement, as we read about these, "Cop shoots family dog" stories weekly...lol

Did you not understand this?

[Dead Corpse]

Unpossible. SnakeDoc knows better.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2645342/posts?page=319#319

Who are you going to trust? SnakeDoc or your lyin’ eyes...

[muawiyah]

You are going down a dry hole on this one. When the letter carrier is around people curb their animals. The pet ocelots go to the basement. The dogs get hooked to chains. So on and so forth. People know the post office sues and wins, and it only takes a couple of instances of that in a city for every dog owner to get things figured out.

USPS employees used to face hundreds of thousands of dogs every day. Every year 60,000 dog bites involved letter carriers.

Now that's down to almost nothing.

The owners are trained. The dogs are the same little critters who like to bite ~ which is what we keep them around for. And although the carriers are equipped to repel dogs, they usually don't have to these days.

[dragnet2]

Who the hell cares? I said I didn’t know ... because I didn’t know. I am not a mailman

Even little kids know mail carriers carry mase and pepper spray...

You actually deny knowing this?

No sale tex.

lol...

[muawiyah]

They neighborhood there is rich enough that they can command a cop on the spot to bust a guy selling meat out of his truck.

Or, was he simply making a delivery?

Or was it just a guy in a white pickup with a refrigerated cab driving through ~ something very unusual here Fur Shur.

[dragnet2]

You just stated, "I don't know how or what mailmen use to protect against dogs."

>>>>I’m done with this asinine conversation.<<<<

Nice evasive exit tex.

Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit.

[Salamander]

People who "own" big dogs highly tend to have a good understanding of dog behavior and risks.

Yup.

Funny thing, that....:)

[muawiyah]

The difficulty is a dog can run much faster than you. Eventually a sufficiently intelligent dog will figure out how to get through the barrier. I would imagine the people in this particular neighborhood buy ONLY AKC registered smart dogs that are good with kids but will attack strangers and kill them as quickly as possible.

This ain't no ghetto hood! This looks like it's choc full of top end people with bucks ~ mean as Arkansas wild boars.

[Salamander]

The dog knew ~something~ about that person that you didn’t.

Always trust your dog.

[maine-iac7]

1 mistakes. First the dog needed to be in a fenced yard, leashed, or restrained in some sure way,, or in the house. Dogs running off porches and defending their territory is not a good idea.

It's a very GOOD idea - it alerts homeowners to someone approaching and gives warning to said person approaching (This can save a lots of lives, deterring perps intent on no good . But in this case, being a golden, although the advantage of alerting home occupants, it was probably just greeting him.

Once more: The dog WAS CONTAINED with an electronic fence - which should have registered with the officer. If he couldn't see that cumbersome control collar and/or know what it was, he's too wimpy to be lose in public with a gun.

[Salamander]

Kevlar mail pouches?

:)

[Artemis Webb]

Here’s the thing SnakeDoc. There are ONLY three possibilities here:

A. You assume cops are right in all situations.
B. You know nothing about Golden Retrievers.
C. A and B are correct.

[Dead Corpse]

It was a Golden Retriever. Not exactly known for snacking on random strangers...

[dragnet2]

Ya, mail carriers use bullet proof mail pouches, not pepper spray or mace...

After that bit of cutting edge humor, I declare this thread >>dead<<

[muawiyah]

They have 6 kids, so it's gotta' be good with kids but bark a lot, and run around the yard like crazy.

I looked over the entire neighborhood and I think they have covenants that prohibit fences.

[glasseye]

They always kill the dog.

Kinda like a freebie!

[SnakeDoctor]

Generally speaking, I give police officers the benefit of the doubt in the same way I give American Soldiers the benefit of the doubt.

SnakeDoc