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Chicago police must pay 330k for killing dog in home raid
The Lookout ^ | 08192011 | LIz Goodwin

Posted on 08/19/2011 8:10:23 PM PDT by Artemis Webb

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To: The Antiyuppie

Why don’t they get Cesar Milan to train police departments on how to deal with dogs? He did one with mail carriers on one of his episodes.


41 posted on 08/19/2011 9:43:10 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Artemis Webb

Ok. How many people can name a time that cops did something for you that would be worth paying them for?


42 posted on 08/19/2011 9:43:21 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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To: Artemis Webb

What’s $300K more?

Cook County Taxpayers May Be On Hook For $108 Billion In Debt

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/06/22/cook-county-taxpayers-may-be-on-hook-for-108-billion-in-debt/


43 posted on 08/19/2011 9:48:02 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Artemis Webb

How many people that are law abiding citizens, veterans even, feel uncomfortable around cops (TSA, etc). I mean in a way that you think you could be arrested and set up even if you broke no laws. Am I being paranoid or is it to the point we’re already in a police state? I understand it’s been them against the bad guys for ever, but are all citizens now the bad guys?


44 posted on 08/19/2011 9:51:46 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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To: dragnet2

Look fella, all I’m saying is that they’d find an excuse as to why they shot your dog. If you don’t say anything and the dog comes out, they will shoot it and claim it came out of nowhere and they didn’t know it was there. IF you tell them it’s there and you want to contain it, they will shoot it because they took your statement to imply it could be dangerous.

Seriously, what’s your problem?


45 posted on 08/19/2011 10:14:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
What was the raid about, more War on Drugs insanity?

No - it's the War on Dogs.

46 posted on 08/19/2011 10:22:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: ebshumidors

Cops who shoot dogs that are not threatening them are powertrip psychos and should get some slammer time and stringent mental health exams before release.


47 posted on 08/19/2011 10:25:14 PM PDT by tarotsailor
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To: Secret Agent Man
The problem might be, the homeowner instinctively requesting to secure the dog...Knowing they’d shoot the dog otherwise.

Look fella, all I’m saying is that they’d find an excuse as to why they shot your dog. If you don’t say anything and the dog comes out, they will shoot it and claim it came out of nowhere and they didn’t know it was there. IF you tell them it’s there and you want to contain it, they will shoot it because they took your statement to imply it could be dangerous. Seriously, what’s your problem?

I have no problem regarding this. I made a statement. You disagree, or want to argue, I can't do anything about that.

48 posted on 08/19/2011 10:45:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Artemis Webb

Very good!

In cases like this, the officers should be PERSONALLY liable for their actions, rather than the tax payers paying for their malicious acts.

If the officers are personally accountable, I’d bet the farm they wouldn’t be as quick to do suck things. The officer that did this should be selling his house in order to get cash and compensate his victims.


49 posted on 08/19/2011 11:44:50 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: DB
"All these payouts should come out of the police’s budget."

Best would be to have these nationwide, daily, awards come from the Police Unions.

50 posted on 08/19/2011 11:55:39 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Obama is bad luck for the US.)
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To: brent13a
"I just don't see any logic in how the Feds could conscript all local law enforcement into one giant gestapo army. It's simply logistically impossible. It would be a mess and such a thing would be destroyed quickly. It would be suicide for any police officer to submit to being a "nazi-drone of the government. The MAJORITY of agents of the state won't think TWICE before carrying the State's orders! To think anything else is to not be prepared.
51 posted on 08/20/2011 12:55:57 AM PDT by bertrand
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To: Artemis Webb
Any "officer" who thinks he needs to "protect himself" from a black lab needs to protect himself from normal human beings who would like to bring the cowardly chickenshit to justice.
52 posted on 08/20/2011 1:17:31 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: ebshumidors
Ok. How many people can name a time that cops did something for you that would be worth paying them for?

When I was 17 I got pulled over for speeding. Cop noticed I had a case of unopened beer on the back seat.

After he gave me the ticket he said, "You are aware that the drinking age in Maryland is 18, right?" I acknowledged that I was indeed aware of the Maryland drinking age. Hey then told me to drive carefully and then left.

I figure that was probably worth at least a $20 spot. :-)

53 posted on 08/20/2011 2:08:56 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici ("Si, se gimme!")
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To: ExtremeUnction
I was a police officer for the LAPD in the 70’s and never was threatened by a family dog. A member of a family, yes. but never by a dog. A few growled at me, protecting their master. I would just scratch their head and they would settle down. sheesh.

I don't recall ever reading these types of stories till the late '90s or so.

54 posted on 08/20/2011 2:10:25 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici ("Si, se gimme!")
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To: Joann37
And what an idiot - shooting a dog whose tail was wagging!

I don't think I have ever seen a lab when its tail wasn't wagging.

55 posted on 08/20/2011 4:27:40 AM PDT by Eeyore4651
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To: Artemis Webb
Damn shame the trigger happy cop didn’t have to shell out more than 2k.

A sign of the pervasive sickness in society - law enforcement folks acting like politicians...

56 posted on 08/20/2011 4:31:47 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: Eeyore4651
I don't think I have ever seen a lab when its tail wasn't wagging.

When two of them unprovoked attacked my 20-pound dog and one bit me on the arm, their tails weren't wagging. The owner had them on leashes. He is a big strong guy and they nearly pulled him over. I never saw those dogs doing anything like that before. What is is that makes people think that all labs are always peace and love?

57 posted on 08/20/2011 5:01:32 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Joann37

My black lab’s tail always wagged when he was excited or upset or on alert. The tail is not really an indication. If the hairs on the back of a black lab stand up - then you’re in trouble.

Of course, I think this is a terrible story and the stupid cop should never have touched a hair on the head of the poor animal.


58 posted on 08/20/2011 5:16:30 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

You know, if some cops fear pets so much how are we to believe they’d behave well in a truly serious situation?

When my mother called the police once for a minor problem (she always calls the cops, something I cannot control), the cops practically panicked at the sight of my mellow black lab. I had to force the dog into the cellar.

Then when my father died and the cops showed up I tried to throw the poor dog back in the cellar before I got yelled at again and they told me not to worry. They all petted the dog!

I think someone’s suggestion of Cesar Milan having a video or something to train cops would be a great idea.


59 posted on 08/20/2011 5:23:04 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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To: hinckley buzzard

People are ridiculously scared of black labs. I had one and I couldn’t believe how many people ran at the sight of this dopey, laid-back, silly pet. I think it’s their size and the color. Honestly, people are afraid of BLACK dogs.

Good for security purposes, though.


60 posted on 08/20/2011 5:26:32 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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