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He said he separated the two dogs -- cutting his hand inside Parrot's mouth in the process -- and was subduing his dog when police arrived.
That's when a D.C. police officer took over, putting his knee in the middle of Parrot's back while he pulled the dog's forelegs behind him, Block said.
He said that the officer then grabbed Parrot by his neck and threw him over a banister at the Brass Knob antique store and that just as the dog righted itself, the officer pulled out his gun and fired.
"The officer drew his gun in an unnecessary act of cowboy gunslinging law enforcement and shot my dog amidst a crowd of thousands," said Block, who was fostering Parrot while he was waiting to be adopted through the Lucky Dog Animal Rescue.
Jennifer Naideth, 29, who was in town from Los Angeles selling cosmetics at the festival. She called the shooting "so unnecessary and so violent," adding that "there was no human life in danger."
Tony De Pass, 67, a former D.C. police officer who lives in Northwest, said that the dog was charging directly at him when Fike drew his gun and fired and that "if the officer hadn't shot the dog, the dog would have got one of us, either me or the officer."
"What he did, I would have done the same damn thing," De Pass said.
Surprised the old cop didnt say the dog had a gun.
Originally posted by WildWorld
I'm guessing the entire ordeal could have been avoided if he let the owner control the dog instead of tackling it.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
Who takes a dog to a large festival in DC in the first place??
The owner is trying to claim to that the dog didn't have a bite history, yet it bit another dog as he was walking by.
I can't tell you, when dealing with quarentines, that people insisted their pets would never hurt anybody, but the pet was showing aggressive signs all along.
He was fostering the dog, who knows its history, and he certainly doesn't know it well enough to comment on its capabilities.
If that dog charged the officers, they had every right to shoot him.
If I was a civilian with a ccw, I would shoot a charging dog too.
The owner is trying to claim to that the dog didn't have a bite history, yet it bit another dog as he was walking by.
If I was a civilian with a ccw, I would shoot a charging dog too.