[Sungirl]

Oh My God...it's coming right for us.

[Sungirl]

An updated article is posted now:
Dog killing cop"

[Wolfie]

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[Republic of Texas]

These idiots just opened the door for a big fat lawsuit that might, and we can only hope, bankrupt their corrupt little town.

[Space Wrangler]

The fix was in from the start. Notice how they use the term 'Officer Hall felt...' as if that somehow justifies his actions. What if Officer Hall felt that the Smoaks were aliens from space and were going to destroy the planet and he wasted them all right there. Would it then be justified, since he felt that there was danger? No it wouldn't. THIS is the reason that the us vs. them mentality is becoming so prevelant among both cops, and the public at large. Cops REFUSE to police their own. Oh, and btw, this was the THIRD dog that Officer Hall had dispatched as a cop. Somehow I don't think that it's the third of his life though. Cops like Hall suffer from feelings of inadequacy, or suffer from other 'frustrations' in their personal life. That's why they get their jollies by killing things. This won't be the last controversy Officer Hall is involved in. He'll end up causing more embarassment to his dept.

[savedbygrace]

Six of the seven commenters are ex-police or fire. Great balance, huh?

[joesnuffy]

Rule of Law
One law for the peasants
another for the elite and their watchdogs
Not American but very European

[DB]

I have a problem with this case...

I hope they get sued big time.

[VMI70]

"...Shipley said he had reviewed the results of a special investigation conducted by an official with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Mary Ann Viverette, who is police chief in Gaithersburg, Md..."

I wonder if they could have gotten someone any more biased to do the investigation. Cops look after their own and generally are bigger liars than politicians and lawyers.
This just plain stinks. I hope the Smoaks have another course of action against the police departments involved and burns both of them, and the town, new ones.

[zeugma]

Yawn. This is such a non-suprise.

Anyone who think's a cop is going to be punished for killing a peasant's dog, even if caught on film doing so, is out of their freaking mind.

Those people who were terrorized by the local gestapo are lucky their dog wasn't the only thing shot.