Owners Angry After Cops Shoot Dog in Backyard

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[Borough Park]

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But Samuelson's neighbor, Fernando Perez, said he told the cops several times that Ozzy was roaming in the back.

When the security alarm system at the home went off, Samuelson called Perez to check it out while she made the 20-minute drive to her house, he said. Perez said he knew not to go into the backyard because of the dog and when officers arrived, he warned them.

"'Be careful. It’s a big dog,' I told them. They told me to go back to my house," said Perez, who repeated the warning several more times. "Before I get to my driveway, I hear the two shots. They walked into the backyard with the guns in their hand. Then they ran from the backyard like they were scared or something."

Samuelson said she got Ozzy to protect the house and deter thieves. Police have not said what triggered the alarm.

"He was our protector," Samuelson said. "He’s a huge part of our family."

[Borough Park]

[Gene Eric]

OMG!

[Slump Tester]

Gee, I can’t see why anyone would hate the pigs.

[I see my hands]

An oink oink here and an oink oink there.

[Impy]

Losers like these don’t have what it takes to be proper law officers.

It’s a job for men not little boys who pee themselves and shoot at everything that moves.

[HiTech RedNeck]

FREEP at the news article. 84% vote already that reading the article leaves them feeling “furious.”

[null and void]

Here’s a story to warm your heart.

[mylife]

Poor Dobe!

[GOPsterinMA]

Amen to that Impy!

[Salamander]

Where’s the “Livid and vengeful!” button?

[Salamander]

Rott.

[mylife]

I only looked at the picture.

[Rapscallion]

Good work. The police were conducting an investigation and the big dog was a vicious obstacle.

Suppose there had been a shooter back there and the police were distracted by the dog. Lives would be lost.

[Loyal Sedition]

OK, the coast has been cleared for the thieves.

Alarm company will ignore the next “Glitch”, dog is gone, now wheres the plasma TV and jewelry!

[mylife]

The shadow kinda made it look like like a dobes waist.

Regardless, these cops are pigs.
All they had to do was heed what Mr Perez said.

[Salamander]

So did I at first and my heart nearly stopped.

This goofy mutt is the one thing I -will- kill or die for.

[BykrBayb]

The neighbor was an obstacle too. Should they have shot him?

[americanophile]

How frequently do they shoot people’s dogs?! Seems like every week we have a story about the cops shooting somebody’s dog. Who the hell do they think they are?

[I see my hands]

To: Ozzie

"A dog can't get struck by lightning, you know why? 'Cause he's too close to the ground. See, lightning strikes tall things. Now if they were giraffes out there in the field, now then we'd have trouble."
~Deputy Fife

You a good doggie!