Posted on 12/30/2011 8:26:28 AM PST by bamahead
A Wake County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a couple’s 3-year-old dog Wednesday night while searching for a runaway teenager.
John and Linda Super say two deputies came to their home on King Circle, looking for a 15-year-old neighbor who had run away and had often spent time with them.
One of the couple’s dogs, Elvis, forced his way out the front door and ran outside as the couple talked to the deputies, they said. One of the deputies shot Elvis twice, including once in the back of the head, killing him, according to the Supers.
“All we’ve got is a dead dog and a lot of questions that need answers,” Linda Super said. “(Elvis) came running out, never bothered a soul, never opened his mouth, never woofed or nothing when he came out the door.”
Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said the deputy, Roderick Belfield, said the dog was barking and running towards him. Belfield will not be punished for shooting the dog.
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Harrison said he is investigating whether Belfield or the other deputy, Kenneth Edward Kay, used profanity while subduing John Super, who was upset after the shooting. John Super says the deputies were rough with him.
One of the runaway teen's guardians said Elvis was "vicious" and had lunged for the deputy, something the Supers dispute
“(Elvis) was my fourth child,” Linda Super said. “He was like the center of our lives.”
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I notice that you are attempting to change the subject instead of addressing how a charging dog could be shot in the back of the head.
I’m to the point where if they come to my door now all I’ll say, through the closed door, is, “You’re trespassing. Unless you have a warrant, get off my property now. I am calling my lawyer and the media”.
I used to have some respect for the cops. Now I see them mainly as an occupying enemy force. I believe the US is fast approaching a real SHTF financial meltdown. When that happens cops may find themselves high priority targets for a citizenry looking for revenge. I may be tempted myself.
Bad cop, no donut.
Cop needs to be hit in the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
How does a dog who is ‘charging’ get shot in the back of the head?
Is that like the magic bullet of JFK?
Wrong, the story says the deputy shot him twice, first one the dog goes down, the one to the back of the head was to put him out of his pain.
The story doesn’t say that the shot to the back of the head was the second shot, it says that the two shots *included* a shot to the back of the head.
Will you be cheering when reports come in that a freeper was gunned down as dogs are currently being gunned down?
Why yes, yes he will.
As would Chet99.
Shot in the back of the head? Uh, perhaps that would be because the charging dog, attested to by a gardian as viscious, had charged by the 1st cop and was lunging at the 2nd cop.
Ever been bit? Ever been attacked by a dog? People NEED to control their dogs and stop using them as clubs for society.
You tobacco has killed more people than that dog ever would have.
So if you defend yourself against home-invaders, the invaders are entitled to shoot you?
The dog was still on the owners property with the owners present.
The owners ‘record’ if he has one has nothing to do with anything.
Why not? The value of a conservative, to a member of a government union, is that of a dog.
Killing house dogs seems to be (at least unofficial) policy. Do you truly believe that those who kill dogs today will not one day be ordered/encouraged to kill “unwanted” people tomorrow?
Why do you suppose house dogs are shot with such regularity? It is to desensitize officers to the natural horror they would feel at gunning down law-abiding citizens.
Start with the dogs of the law-abiding citizens. Move on to the citizens themselves.
That is correct and I put a gun to my head and made myself smoke for about 26 years. When I got tired of holding the gun I gave up smoking. And no longer grow tobacco. But I would be willing to bet the dead dog owner could not pass a drug test. I saw a bunch of people in a smoking area the other day, they were taking turns holding the gun.
“Uh, perhaps that would be because the charging dog, attested to by a gardian as viscious, had charged by the 1st cop and was lunging at the 2nd cop.”
That claim is not supported by the information given in the article.
It must be those new-fangled boomerang bullets. A government agent wouldn’t possibly lie, shoot a retreating dog, and claim he was about to be attacked.
Interfering with a minor is illegal.
“Ever been bit? Ever been attacked by a dog? People NEED to control their dogs and stop using them as clubs for society.”
Twice
Doesn’t change the fact that cops are trigger happy and need to stop shooting dogs.
My Lord, wife and kids are all ahead of the dogs. The dogs are great. We all love them. But no, they are not the center. Now as to the particulars of this case, I have no idea if it were justified or not.
“But I would be willing to bet the dead dog owner could not pass a drug test. “
Who cares, they weren’t suspected in a crime.
Keep trying to fabricate a reason for the cops to do what they did. It doesn’t change anything.
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