FLDMARSHAL Posted December 24, 2016 Member ID: 5490 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 469 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 243 Achievement Points: 4101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/06/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 24 Birthday: 10/18/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted December 24, 2016 Police get away with so much. Just turn on the news and how many shootings have occurred by police officers. It seems like this is a daily occurrence. Now the police can put shooting your beloved Toto in the same category. A recent court decision has ruled that it is okay to shoot barking dogs, but the decision has had a harsh backlash. In the Washington Examiner, the Sixth Circuit Court ruled that Officer Christof Klein was allowed to shot Mark and Cheryl Browns' two dogs to death. The police were called to search the house for drugs. Officer Klein noticed one of the pit bulls starting to move slightly, figured it was "lunging" toward him and off the dog went to dog heaven. The first shot just injured the dog. The injured dog ran down to the basement to hide in fear. The officer felt he could not clear the house safely with the dogs in the basement. When the officer went down to the basement, this caused the dogs to start barking and the officer shot more shots, fatally wounding the first dog. The story does not stop there. Klein saw the second dog and started shooting it also. When he took a break from the video-game liking shooting, he noticed how in pain the dog looked and then made sure to finish killing the dog. The newspaper article reports that the dogs' owners felt that it was a violation of their fourth amendment: unlawful property seizure. The court sided with Klein as the owners could not prove that the dogs did not bark or lung toward Officer Klein. The seizure of the dogs was appropriate. There you have it. No wonder blacks are shot so constantly. All a police officer has to do is say the victim flinched in front of him allowing the killing. This brings to light that an adequate training is needed by the policy academy. They are obviously trained to react before a threat is immediate. If he had slowed down and stopped to see how the dogs were going to react, two dogs' lives could have been saved. I do not blame a police officer for the reaction to the pit bulls. My mom took a walk with our dog, and a pit-bull like dog lunged for them. That pit bull mangled my mom's finger and had our dog by it's neck. These dogs are dangerous, hence so many code violations where owners cannot own them, but again, sometimes slowing down and smelling the roses is what needs to happen. hxtr and L!ckALotAPus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted December 24, 2016 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.14 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted December 24, 2016 We have had many cases where cops are raiding a home and it is the wrong home and they shoot the dog on entry. Sad. L!ckALotAPus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyNashville Posted December 24, 2016 Member ID: 25938 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 343 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 1493 Content Per Day: 0.58 Reputation: 284 Achievement Points: 13299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 25, 2022 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I love the police, and I love dogs. I will chose a police life over a dogs life...but just barely... now if a low life kills my dogs...I may or may not have pre-dug burial plots for them... johnny Gatorgirl, codpiece and Leadfinger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadfinger Posted December 25, 2016 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted December 25, 2016 My dog is almost like one of my kids . . you mess with my dog you messin with family! As a responsible dog owner I have taken the time to teach my dog commands for her safety and anyone who comes into contact with her. If you don't have the time to teach your dog then you shouldn't have a dog period. Think about it . . . .your dog sees a tender soft rabbit across a busy street and you know how much she likes to chase bunnies but crossing that busy street would certainly be the end of her so you give the command to stay and problem solved. Had the owner of the dog in your post @@FLDMARSHAL given the command to stand down and not bark those animals would still be alive. Police officers generally don't want to shoot someones pet and I don't think the problem lies with the police officers as much as with the owners of the dogs. In the case with your mother being bitten again had those dogs been trained and cared for properly they would not have attacked. Dogs are pack animals and think in terms of your family is their pack and in this case they were warning the pack by barking and were ready to defend the pack if need be. Dogs will fight to the death to protect you the least you can do as a dog owner is train them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
codpiece Posted December 25, 2016 Member ID: 5470 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 371 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2483 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 3553 Achievement Points: 22902 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 04:33 AM Birthday: 09/17/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted December 25, 2016 Coming from a cop family I can tell you they have always been able to shoot dogs. If the officer feels his safety is compromised by a dog he can shoot. hxtr and Leadfinger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
El Presidente Posted December 25, 2016 Member ID: 2137 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 43 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 514 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 320 Achievement Points: 3993 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 13 Birthday: 05/20/1964 Device: Windows Share Posted December 25, 2016 If my safety is compromised by a officer with a dog can I shoot hmm the officer first or do I shoot myself. Hmm hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
codpiece Posted December 25, 2016 Member ID: 5470 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 371 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2483 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 3553 Achievement Points: 22902 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 04:33 AM Birthday: 09/17/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted December 25, 2016 Wow elmer. All I can say is you will most definitely lose that battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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