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I have been an admirer of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem ever since she first showed up on my radar after her election in 2019. She has established a solid record as a conservative with ambitious policy goals that have served her state very well and she's an excellent communicator. She's been well up on my list of potential Trump veepstakes picks because she brings a lot to the table. But all of that came crashing down for me yesterday evening when The Guardian published a review of her upcoming book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...

OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma County Sheriff's Deputy is recovering after she was attacked Monday morning by a pit bull outside a NW Oklahoma City car repair shop. Sheriff John Whetsel said 21-year-Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department veteran Susan Perkins was at Portillo's Auto Shop to serve a no-contact order to an employee. Whetsel said a blue nose pit bull by the name of 'Big Head' attacked the deputy after she knocked on the front door of the business. Whetsel said Perkins suffered deep bite wounds to both of her legs, before she pulled a handgun and shot and killed the...

Three police officers have been pulled from street duty for their safety in Southern California after a video of them shooting a dog dead as they arrested its owner hit the internet. A cellphone video that had more than 3.7 million views on YouTube by Thursday morning shows the dog, named Max, being shot after scrambling out of a car's back seat through a window and lunging at officers who had handcuffed its master. The dog's owner Leon Rosby had been filming a police raid in Hawthrone California, and was arrested for alleged obstruction of justice.

A dog fight ended with a hail of bullets in a Philadelphia suburb, leaving residents shocked and looking for answers. The incident started on Friday at around noon when a stray dog got into a pickup truck at a red light in Chester, Pa., and began fighting with another pooch, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported. [cell-phone video at source]

Residents of a Commerce City, Colorado neighborhood say police went too far when they shot a dog on Saturday. The moments before the dog was shot to death were recorded by a neighbor on a cell phone. When Kenny Collins called police about an unfamiliar dog loose in his neighborhood, he had no idea his neighbor was dog sitting for a relative. He had no idea it would end with the dog dead. "I called police because I saw a dog wandering loose out front," Collins said. Collins' neighbor was watching a large breed dog for her cousin who was...

An inmate who escaped from custody three days ago is on a crime spree in Pocahontas, Ark., where police say he stole an officer's gun, threatened the cop's wife and shot his dog. James Lundry, 39, who was being held on felony charges of improperly using food stamps, escaped from a work detail with other inmates during a lunch break of Friday, stealing a vehicle and heading to Pocahontas, according to Police Chief Cecil Tackett. Since Friday, police and civilians have had multiple run-ins with Lundry, who has previously been arrested multiple times in Pocahontas on misdemeanor charges. Lundry is...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- A Fort Pierce firefighter won't be disciplined for using a personal cell phone to capture the shooting of a dog by police, West Palm Beach TV station WPBF reported. Police on Tuesday released the video recorded by one of three firefighters stranded in their rescue truck because of the pit bull. The video shows a pit bull running in the direction of a police officer, the officer taking a step back and then firing a round that grazes the dog's face. After the dog is hit, firefighters can be heard laughing and commenting about the dog...

By ADAM McNAUGHTON Pocono Record Writer November 14, 2009 12:00 AM A state police trooper's split-second decision last month to shoot a pet dog in Middle Smithfield Township has sparked an internal investigation into the incident and led the dog's owner to consider civil action. A state police internal investigation has been opened to determine the facts surrounding the Oct. 27 incident that ended with a dog dead after it ran toward a trooper. A trooper from the Swiftwater barracks went to the home of Roger D. Hauser around 6:30 p.m. to investigate a non-criminal matter. According to Hauser, his...

Court denies appeal in dog case Mary Jo Denton Herald-Citizen Staff Thursday, Sep 03, 2009 COOKEVILLE -- The shooting of a pet dog by a police officer at a traffic stop here six years ago is still being argued over in lawsuits. Just today, Thursday, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals released a ruling denying an appeal by Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper David Bush, who was one of several officers present at the stop that day and who was found guilty of excessive force in restraining James Smoak of North Carolina, the owner of the dog. Police officers here had...

A Garfield Heights police officer shot a chained-up watchdog that lunged at him as he chased a group of kids through backyards, a police spokesman said. Police responded to a call to Turney and McCracken roads around 6:30 p.m. today for a complaint about a group of kids throwing water balloons at cars. When police arrived, the kids ran and the officer chased them. In one yard, a large watchdog, chained to a back porch, lunged at the officer. The officer shot the dog.

A police SWAT team member shot a man in the foot yesterday as Louisville Metro Police officers tried to serve a search warrant at an apartment complex on Six Mile Lane. The unnamed officer fired when a pit bull dog ''raised up and lunged at him,'' said Officer Dwight Mitchell, a metro police spokesman. The bullet hit a man who was visiting the apartment; the man had kicked out his leg toward the dog just as the officer fired, Mitchell said. The wounded man's name was not available last night. The dog was not hurt.

FREEPERS TAKE NOTE: One thread discussing marijuana legalization generates > 1000 comments. Dozens of threads discussing police abuse of power generate > 600 comments. We have some serious problems facing this nation. Government is a problem. The economy is a problem. The people living here are a a problem. External enemies (Muslim Extremists) are a problem. Drugs are a problem. Sexual immorality is a problem. Don’t have room to list all of the problems. What’s the solution? Well, someone posted the above except that the threads about police abuse have WAY OVER 150 comments each. In fact, one has over...

Man Wants Punishment for Dog Shooting By JOHN GEROME Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)--A traffic stop following erroneous reports of a robbery ended in heartbreak when the family dog bounded out of the car, his tail wagging, and was shot to death by police. Now, the dog's owner wants the police officers punished, and the officer who pulled the trigger says he's been getting death threats. ``I don't ever want to see this happen to anybody else. That's why we can't let this go away,'' said James Smoak, who owned the 1 1/2-year-old pit bull-boxer mix named Patton. Cookeville...