Posted on 01/14/2011 10:52:47 AM PST by Immerito
SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. - A Lee County deputy goes in a woman's yard, and ends up facing off with a family pet. He shot the dog twice, and now the owner is furious, demanding answers, saying her dog did nothing wrong.
Christine Bonelli was inside her San Carlos Park home Thursday afternoon when she heard two shots. "First I thought it was fireworks and said no, that's gunshots I think," Bonelli said.
She stepped outside to find two deputies and her Foxhound Mix "Harley" with gunshot wounds. "Blood was coming out of his shoulder and on his leg, coming out of his mouth," Bonelli said.
A neighbor tells WINK News he warned deputies that Harley was in the fenced-in backyard, but they continued on. "They said he was in the chair when he came in the yard, and he came running and barking at them, protecting his property, he didn't bite them, he might have shown teeth, but they shot him twice," Bonelli said.
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Agreed. That is a fox terrier, a fox terrier who was shot in the side, despite the claims of the officers that he was charging them.
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=191883317495051&view=all
So you admit that the cop was in the yard illegally, and yet you insist on believing what a cop committing an illegal act said about the illegal act he committed?
How does a dog who was charging them get shot in the side? See the pictures of the Fox terrier mix yet?
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=191883317495051&view=all
How are you coming on documenting the American Staffordshire Bull Terrier within Harley?
You cannot read, I said the cop had no business in the yard,
If a cop has no business in the yard, then if a cop enters a yard, it follows he has trespassed illegally. Therefore, he was illegally on her property and illegally shot her dog. He has committed a crime.
then I said the article says it was a pitbull
Nowhere in the article is the dog called a pitbull.
The dog is described as a “Foxhound Mix”. The two exact words used in the article. The word “pitbull” occurs nowhere in the article.
and the picture in the article of a dog with a wound is a pitbull. Now when do you want that appointment.
How are you coming with the objective evidence that the dog is an American Staffordshire Bull Terrier? Do you even known what one looks like?
Why are you taking the claims of those caught committing illegal activity (”the dog was a pitbull”) more seriously than the claims of the victim of the crime—the owner of the dog, OUR FELLOW CITIZEN, who had committed no crime?
Why are you taking the word of the State above that of the Private Citizen?
PitBull is a generic name for several types of Terriers and mixes.
I am aware that it is a generic term, just as spitz is a generic term, however, the word is often misused by those who could not accurately identify a dog’s breed to save their lives.
...and good news for Harley; he is recovering from the bullet wounds delivered by illegally trespassing policemen who had no lawful reason to be in his owner’s yard.
I will never forget that day, and how quickly they went to use their guns - in a residential area nonetheless- to shoot a dog. I tried to work with area vets to develop dog kits for police cruisers (tranquilizer guns, heavy gloves, food, leashes, etc.) but the idea fell apart.
Ironically enough, that same police officer accidentally shot someone. I did not have kind words to say about him.
Those quick to shoot dogs often are (or become) quick to shoot their fellow man.
It’s an unfortunate observation.
Thank you for doing your part to intervene on behalf of those frightened dogs.
You need your eyes checked. That is NOT a Pit Bull.
The cops claimed that they shot a “pitbull” to cover their government-employed arses. They trespassed illegally, and they had the audacity to claim that a dog THEY shot in the side was “coming at” them. In other words, the placement of the bullet wounds on the animal contradicts the story told by the cops.
Cops are not experts in identifying dog breeds and consistently mis-identify dog breeds, particularly when they need to cover their arses when they believe it warranted. Good cops can tell a consistent story that lines up with the facts. They know that the facts and evidence will corroborate their story.
A pity that far too many Law Enforcement Officers don’t follow Sir Robert Peel’s principles like Peace Officers used to, isn’t it? Then we woulnd’t be reading this story about a fellow citizen victimized by those members of the citizenry who took oaths to serve and protect their fellow citizens.
Or at the very least, we would be reading about how the deputies in question had been removed from the force, prevented from ever serving on any other force in the nation and how the Chief of Police announced that the force would be covering the dog’s veterinary expenses in order to amend the wrong done.
Know what the public response would have been by most conservatives if that is what occurred? A crime was committed, but the guilty paid and the victim was compensation. Justice was done.
The cops claimed that they shot a “pitbull” to cover their government-employed arses. They trespassed illegally, and they had the audacity to claim that a dog THEY shot in the side was “coming at” them. In other words, the placement of the bullet wounds on the animal contradicts the story told by the cops.
Cops are not experts in identifying dog breeds and consistently mis-identify dog breeds, particularly when they need to cover their arses when they believe it warranted. Good cops can tell a consistent story that lines up with the facts. They know that the facts and evidence will corroborate their story.
A pity that far too many Law Enforcement Officers don’t follow Sir Robert Peel’s principles like Peace Officers used to, isn’t it? Then we woulnd’t be reading this story about a fellow citizen victimized by those members of the citizenry who took oaths to serve and protect their fellow citizens.
Or at the very least, we would be reading about how the deputies in question had been removed from the force, prevented from ever serving on any other force in the nation and how the Chief of Police announced that the force would be covering the dog’s veterinary expenses in order to amend the wrong done.
Know what the public response would have been by most conservatives if that is what occurred? A crime was committed, but the guilty paid and the victim was compensated. Justice was done.
I did read the article. The dog was identified as a Foxhound mix.
The arse-covering cops claimed it was a pitbull when they realized that witnesses knew the crime they had committed.
So why does a dog who charged them have wounds in its side?
Why are you claiming that we should believe those who serve the State over the Private Citizen who committed no crime?
It’s an absolute shame when a crime-committing cop can stir up such nearly-blind loyalty while one’s own fellow-citizen, victimized by those who vowed “to protect and serve”, is libeled by one of those individuals.
The deputies KNEW there was a dog there, they KNEW they had no right to be on her property, and they attacked her property.
Some of our self-proclaimed Sheep Dogs are really Wolves.
Inventing positions when you cannot defend your own?
Why was a dog charging at police officers wounded in its side?
Why did the police officers unlawfully trespass on the property of a private citizen without warrant?
Why are Agents of the State to be afforded more benefit of the doubt than the private citizen who committed no crime?
Why are you unable to answer the actual points I address?
Why are you so desperate to invent positions for me that I do not hold?
Yes, I have a papered Boxer and a rescue Boxer (animal control) and some would call a Boxer a Pit...drives me nuts! Scares me for their lives, too...one wrong bark and wrong judgment and that's all she wrote.
Harley
Smooth Hair Fox Terrier varied looks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Terrier_%28Smooth%29
It’s a shame when people can’t tell a foxhound mix (the description of the dog given by the Victimized Dog Owner) from a “pitbull”.
It’s purely insult to injury that the police officers had the audacity to fine the woman that whose property THEY damaged.
I don’t know how many Freepers live in the area, but I hope the phones in the local Sheriff’s office are ringing off the hooks.
Here’s the Phone Directory for the Lee County Sheriff’s office:
http://www.sheriffleefl.org/about/phonedir.aspx
You can also email them here:
http://www.sheriffleefl.org/about/emailus.aspx
Just wanted to add, it’s easy to mistake dog breeds from photos.
I did it here on FR, I thought a Bulldog was a Boxer, the angle etc threw me off, I was corrected.
The photo seemed short on legs for a Boxer but somehow looked too long for a Bulldog, the face on a Boxer is obvious but pretty varied at the same time.
I don’t see org.whodat as someone who runs around to defend the state.
I think it’s just an honest difference of view, not a stance to judge from. jmo
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