Cop aims for dog, shoots teen
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Classic example of why cops should follow the same steps for deadly force as they have to with humans. No a days....dog barks....dog gets shot (especially if it is a Pit Bull).
He could have sprayed the dog.....used his night stick.....but no, do not collect $200 do not pass GO, go directly to the gun!
I support the police on the vast majority of stuff but I have seen the body of a 4 month pit bull puppy shot dead in an alley because two police officers said it was attacking :yikes: Yes the kid who owned the dog was an idiot but come on.........
He could have sprayed the dog.....used his night stick.....but no, do not collect $200 do not pass GO, go directly to the gun!
I support the police on the vast majority of stuff but I have seen the body of a 4 month pit bull puppy shot dead in an alley because two police officers said it was attacking :yikes: Yes the kid who owned the dog was an idiot but come on.........
I have to say I find it hard to imagine a situation where it is OK for a policeman to shoot a dog with a group of unarmed kids standing behind it, even if the dog were attacking him. No matter how much you might like or dislike the particular kids, a policeman can't fire like that into unarmed civilians.
Kinda like when is it okay for a cop to shoot someone in the back?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/katrina.shotinback/index.html
Or like the Diallo shooting, if anyone remembers http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/katrina.shotinback/index.html
And, incidentally, the four were acquitted. Couldn't have anything to do with there being no civilian witnesses, surely? And why, in a highly populated area, would there not be any civilian witnesses?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/katrina.shotinback/index.html
Or like the Diallo shooting, if anyone remembers http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/katrina.shotinback/index.html
And, incidentally, the four were acquitted. Couldn't have anything to do with there being no civilian witnesses, surely? And why, in a highly populated area, would there not be any civilian witnesses?
What amazes me is that this cop gets a "Congrats!" and a slap on the back for doing what he did and yet the guy that killed Miakoda, by firing his shotgun at 2 dogs surrounded by approx. 20 people, got arrested for it. Although I wholeheartedly believe the ******* should've been arrested, he didn't hit a person and this cop did. What is the difference?
The cop should be held to an even higher standard of responsibility and should face even harsher consequences, simply because he is, theoretically, trained and put in a position of authority . . . and the jackhole who shot Miakoda - well you know I think he got off far too easily. The DA pussed out on that one.
Ok, I am not defending the cop, but it is a news story that we are getting the info from here. Have you ever read a news story that you were closely involve with? I gotta say that journalism students today and those recently graduated must have gotten their degrees from a cracker jack box. We don't really know what the facts of the case are.
Personally, if it came down to me and an attacking dog, I would much rather have a night stick. I can stick in their mouth, drive them away with it, lots of things. At close distance with a gun (and I'm pretty good with a gun) I don't trust my ability to hit a quick moving dog over being able to defend myself with a stick.
BUT, throw a few teenagers in grouped together, whom I doubt have any respect for the police at all, and you start protecting yourself from a dog with a stick and you might find yourself getting a gun used on you.
I wouldn't really ever trust spray, but that's me.
Personally, if it came down to me and an attacking dog, I would much rather have a night stick. I can stick in their mouth, drive them away with it, lots of things. At close distance with a gun (and I'm pretty good with a gun) I don't trust my ability to hit a quick moving dog over being able to defend myself with a stick.
BUT, throw a few teenagers in grouped together, whom I doubt have any respect for the police at all, and you start protecting yourself from a dog with a stick and you might find yourself getting a gun used on you.
I wouldn't really ever trust spray, but that's me.