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originally posted by: alienjuggalo
Oh come on.. Why is this becoming almost a daily occurrence? Another cop shoots another family pet when he could have used pepper spray or a taser or just not done any thing at all and let the family get the dog in the house.
I just do not get it. Why are all the police so deathly afraid of dogs? Or is it they just like using them as target practice?
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We were in the lawn and the cop already had his gun out,” Echlin explained. “I tried to call him in the house and he just stood there staring and I guess he showed his teeth and the cop just shot him, right in front of me and my 6-year-old daughter.”
originally posted by: Indigo5
originally posted by: alienjuggalo
Oh come on.. Why is this becoming almost a daily occurrence? Another cop shoots another family pet when he could have used pepper spray or a taser or just not done any thing at all and let the family get the dog in the house.
I just do not get it. Why are all the police so deathly afraid of dogs? Or is it they just like using them as target practice?
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We were in the lawn and the cop already had his gun out,” Echlin explained. “I tried to call him in the house and he just stood there staring and I guess he showed his teeth and the cop just shot him, right in front of me and my 6-year-old daughter.”
What leads you to believe that ALL of the Police are "Afraid of dogs"?
This particular police officer obviously was, but given that police are one of the occupations that regularly employ canines, it seems a reach to break out the broad brush and claim that "all police" are afraid of dogs?
originally posted by: alienjuggalo
originally posted by: Indigo5
originally posted by: alienjuggalo
Oh come on.. Why is this becoming almost a daily occurrence? Another cop shoots another family pet when he could have used pepper spray or a taser or just not done any thing at all and let the family get the dog in the house.
I just do not get it. Why are all the police so deathly afraid of dogs? Or is it they just like using them as target practice?
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We were in the lawn and the cop already had his gun out,” Echlin explained. “I tried to call him in the house and he just stood there staring and I guess he showed his teeth and the cop just shot him, right in front of me and my 6-year-old daughter.”
What leads you to believe that ALL of the Police are "Afraid of dogs"?
This particular police officer obviously was, but given that police are one of the occupations that regularly employ canines, it seems a reach to break out the broad brush and claim that "all police" are afraid of dogs?
I guess you're right they are not all afraid of dogs.. It must be the target practice thing..
This particular police officer obviously was, but given that police are one of the occupations that regularly employ canines, it seems a reach to break out the broad brush and claim that "all police" are afraid of dogs?
About 4.5 million people are attacked by dogs in the USA every year and Pit Bulls are responsible for over half of those attacks.
YES...the cop could have and should have handled it differently...BUT he also has a job to do when a pit bull is loose in the neighborhood.
The owner seems to admit that her dog "bared it's teeth"
originally posted by: CallmeRaskolnikov
a reply to: Indigo5
the dog wasn't some angry put-bull on the loose. it was a mix, predominately german shepherd. and it was a year old. see the pic below...
plus the person said "i guess he showed his teeth and the cop just shot him", meaning they didn't witness the puppy doing that, they guessed it did, because why else would a cop shoot a puppy to death in front of a 6 year old child if there wasn't some provocation. at least thats what youd like to think. the witness was giving the cop the benefit of the doubt.
if youre afraid enough of this little thing "showing teeth" at you. not, barking, growling or even moving mind you. i'm sorry but you don't deserve to be a cop. and he was fired with good reason so good riddance.
originally posted by: skulldigger
a reply to: thisguyrighthere
What's ironic is that this entire thread is relying on media reports.
originally posted by: DogMeat
a reply to: alienjuggalo
Not siding with the cops..but you should know better then to have you dog free roaming when anyone shows up.. even UPS. I do not what to give them any cause to shoot my baby. If you leave you pet off the leash you are asking for issues!
Why would the cops JUST show up?
originally posted by: thisguyrighthere
a reply to: Indigo5
You'd save yourself a lot of embarrassment by not citing dogsbite.org.
Their data is flawed out the ass largely by relying on media reports for their "facts." They are to dogs what the Family Research Council is to homosexuals. Essentially a dog hate group.
But if you like the Klans data that's cool.
originally posted by: Lysergic
Try shooting your own dog in your front yard....
You'll be brought up on all sorts of animal cruelty charges, but cops do this all day with out so much as a blinking eye.
I guess if you wear a goofy uniform you can act however you wish without any sort of repercussions that would befall any other human in society.
This is progress?
WHY...was this dog loose in the neighborhood? WHO...called the police and why? WHY...did the owner remain in her house when the dog arrived back in the front yard rather than immediately going out to greet the cop and dog? Or make the cop aware that the dog was hers?
Mother Nicole Echlin told WMAQ that their 1-year-old shepherd-mix Apollo escaped on Friday, and the family was returning home just as officers from the Hometown Police Department were arriving.
We were in the lawn and the cop already had his gun out,” Echlin explained. “I tried to call him in the house and he just stood there staring and I guess he showed his teeth and the cop just shot him, right in front of me and my 6-year-old daughter.”
that the dog reverted to territorial and decided the Cop was intruding on the property.