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Arundel police officer kills family's dog during search (Maryland)
Baltimore Sun ^ | February 02, 2014 | Colin Campbell and Tim Swift

Posted on 02/04/2014 5:16:16 AM PST by Ken H

Chief promises full investigation after Chesapeake Bay Retriever is shot twice in front yard

An Anne Arundel County police officer shot and killed a family's dog Saturday while investigating a burglary, officials said.

Police said the officer — a one-year veteran of the force who was not identified — was canvassing a neighborhood looking for witnesses around 4 p.m. Saturday.

When the officer went to a home in 900 block of Lombardee Circle in Glen Burnie the dog — a male Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Vern — "confronted" the officer in the front yard, police said. The officer then fired his weapon twice, killing the dog, police said.

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1 posted on 02/04/2014 5:16:16 AM PST by Ken H
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Scumbag trigger-happy cop, one of Maryland’s finest.


2 posted on 02/04/2014 5:19:20 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: Ken H

I have developed a strong distaste for cops. In the 60’s, my uncle had a donut shop. I remember one cop bragging he was going to shoot some punk when he ran from him. The cops called it “the cop attitude”. If you weren’t a cop you were a perp.


3 posted on 02/04/2014 5:20:56 AM PST by TStro (Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.)
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To: Ken H

“Take a day, and walk around, watch the Nazis run your town.” - Frank Zappa, “Plastic People”


4 posted on 02/04/2014 5:23:17 AM PST by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
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To: Ken H

FR needs a “Jack-Booted thug” ping list. This is what American cops have been morphing into for the last ten+ years.
They are young bucks that have watched to many TV cop shows.


5 posted on 02/04/2014 5:23:28 AM PST by AlexW
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I don’t see in the article that the dog was on a leash, or restrained by a fence.

If dogs are allowed to run loose, bad things can happen.


6 posted on 02/04/2014 5:26:00 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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FR needs a “Jack-Booted thug” ping list.

Great idea...it seems one of these stories turns up every damn day. This is done as an act of intimidation.

7 posted on 02/04/2014 5:28:06 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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If you injure a K-9, it’s considered an assault on an officer.

Apparently, the cop’s dogs have more rights than people.


8 posted on 02/04/2014 5:30:51 AM PST by fruser1
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When I hear “pit bulls” in a story, I give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but retrievers? Bull$h!t.


9 posted on 02/04/2014 5:32:23 AM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: Fresh Wind

The dog was in the owner’s yard. At any rate, until cops start paying for this it will just go on.


10 posted on 02/04/2014 5:32:41 AM PST by Wolfie
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“Vern barked and ran toward the officer, prompting the shooting”

Yet, George Zimmerman had to have his head beaten on concrete before he was even considered to be allowed to draw.


11 posted on 02/04/2014 5:34:12 AM PST by fruser1
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The cop was on the owner's property uninvited when the dog barked at him.

My sister has a 9 yr old Labradoodle that is the sweetest dog in the world. She is often unrestrained on her own property and will bark at strangers. Is that enough to shoot her?

12 posted on 02/04/2014 5:34:19 AM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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de rigour....nothing to see here....move along.


13 posted on 02/04/2014 5:36:22 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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The family said the officer wanted to interview a neighbor and was walking across the front yards of homes on the street when the shooting happened.

The officer was basically trespassing across front yards. Just because you have a uniform, gun, and badge does not give you the 'right' to come onto any owners property without permission. Wow. What is it with these da*% cops and dogs?

The dog did what he instinctual knew to do. Run up, bark at you, and look menacing(maybe). The officer was not in an active pursuit, running, etc. so there was no reason ...other than the officer's own stupidity at work here.

14 posted on 02/04/2014 5:38:06 AM PST by EBH ( The Day of the Patriot has arrived.)
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” these stories turns up every damn day. This is done as an act of intimidation.”
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You are right. Cops do not resemble those that I knew 25+ years ago.


15 posted on 02/04/2014 5:39:40 AM PST by AlexW
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The verdict will be that “It was fully justified.”


16 posted on 02/04/2014 5:41:09 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: Fresh Wind

Lots of people have electronic Invisible Fences.


17 posted on 02/04/2014 5:41:53 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Fresh Wind

I don’t see in the article where the officer was restrained from ‘crossing front yards’ without permission.


18 posted on 02/04/2014 5:42:57 AM PST by EBH ( The Day of the Patriot has arrived.)
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To: Fresh Wind

You better keep your children on a leash when they are outside, also.Any living thing can cause an officer to “feel threatened.” If an officer “feels threatened” he is obligated to kill the object of that feeling.


19 posted on 02/04/2014 5:43:21 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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There’s a reason why towns have leash laws.

By allowing the dog to run loose, without human supervision, its owners’ negligence contributed to the situation.


20 posted on 02/04/2014 5:43:23 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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