Cop took just 3 seconds to shoot dog

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, January 9, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, January 9, 2003

Quote of the Day by 45Autoby

[ambrose]

"I yelled at the dog to get back, but it attempted to circle me to attack, so I felt that I had no option but to protect myself," the officer wrote in a police report.

A liar and a dog killer. May he rot in hell.

[Consort]

The original WorldNetDaily story give the very sad details of how the family was brutilized by the police. The children and the remaining dog were traumatized for days.

[Ouachita]

Watch the video here.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Reminds me of the killing of Bob Lee Swagger's dog, Ouachita.

[sushiman]

Couldn't agree more ...Trigger happy dumbos that give other good cops a bad name ... I've got three Boston Terriers here with me in Sushiland , and if this had happened to one of them we'd be devestated and very , very angry .

[Consort]

Yep, they better not mess with Bob "The
Nailer" Swagger.

[Ouachita]

He was one of the best Marine Snipers in Vietnam. He can hit you from three-quarters of a mile away before you even hear the shot. Some call him the most dangerous man alive. Now if he can just stay alive...

[patriciaruth]

Oh, common!

Have you ever gone through one of those shooting trials where you have about 2 seconds to react before someone bad blows you away or you shoot a pregnant woman by mistake?

If you had a dog run in front of you, would you swerve into a child into order to avoid hitting the dog?

Whatever, the possible danger to the cop was real. Maybe you haven't seen dog bites that ripped off the lower lip of a child or large gapes in someone's arm, but I have.

Drug dealers often train their dogs to attack and kill, so there was no way for the cop to know what he was facing. Hindsight is wonderful. But if it had been my dog, I would have cried and then comforted the cop and told him not to feel guilty.

[Squantos]

These guys have no business in the business they are in.....this is the kind of stupid sh*t that that deserves a lawsuit........

BTW did anyone else hear the 911 call where a lady states the car was doing 110 mph ?? And money was being thrown out of the car ??? When the man just left his wallet on top of the car. And at 110 if she saw it that fast.....the wallet would have flown off the roof well before that speed was reached....

Add her lying ass to the lawsuit and file criminal charges for her false contribution to this fiasco.

[goody2shooz]

I want to say up front that I don't condone what that patrolman did in shooting that dog but I can understand why it was done. Arresting police cannot predict a dog's behavior and will not take a chance of being attacked. I believe this is actually part of their professional training.

The only time I was attacked and bit by a dog it was an animal which knew me well. He was the next-door neighbor's dog, an animal which I had always been kind towards as I like animals, and he visited my family, as we had a dog he played with frequently.

It happened in the very early morning, he was out roaming with a couple of other dogs and I was jogging. He was a dog-coyote hybrid, and later as he grew older increasingly difficult to predict in behavoir.

But at the time of the attack I believe he behaved from instinct, as he approached from behind, absolutely silent, and bit me in the back of the lower leg (calf). My response probably startled him for I turned on him, and screaming at the top of my lungs, chased him all the way home.

[txzman]

That cop was an IDIOT. Not one of those officers used proper judgement and from the sound of their voices, I have to wonder how hard it was for them to even get out of high school.

Remind me to bypass good 'ol Tenn when I travel. And I live in Texas.

[Outraged At FLA]

Man, that video is chilling. Brings back images of the SS. Shouldn't THIS be considered terrorism?

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..he was one of the best Marine Snipers in Vietnam. He can hit you from three-quarters of a mile away before you even hear the shot. Some call him the most dangerous man alive...

Why oh why won't Mel Gibson make the movie, mate?

[gd124]

There is no way in hell that that dog was threatening the officer, as you'll hopefully see when you watch the video.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...but if it had been my dog, I would have cried and then comforted the cop and told him not to feel guilty...

'Comforted the cop'???

Patricia, if it had been your dog, you would have been cuffed, and down on the asphalt, at the time of the shooting. Are you honestly trying to tell us that your primary emotion in that circumstance would be compassion towards the shooter?

[gd124]

We should bump this to all those who justified the shooting on the original thread. That bulky cop really felt threatened by that small dog....

[DAnconia55]

, I would have cried and then comforted the cop and told him not to feel guilty.

Yes, but you're a statist lap dog sheep.