Dog get's shot by police *WARNING* may upset alot of viewers.

[Autohellion]

The dog was a threat after it turned violent when roped, as noted before the stun gun would not have worked, its much better to put down a animal that risk serious injury to a cop

 

[The Admiral]

Those cops did exactly what they were supposed to. If the police get a call about an animal and they can't find an owner right away, they are supposed to shoot it. They would rather kill an innocent animal than let a wild or rabid one get loose From the looks of the video, the two officers where on the radio trying to get around this policy.

Found all this out a few years back when a family friend called in about a raccoon sleeping in the neighbors yard. We thought they would just remove it to a near by woods or something. instead, the officer put two bullets in the poor thing. Worst Easter ever.

 

[Kenko]

Glad to see the forum is not jumping to conclusions here. /sarcasm

For all we know that dog was rabid and had killed a child in the neighborhood.

What he said. This video does not show the whole story nor explain what happened prior to it.

 

[mindlesspuppet]

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Awesome. So you'll be off hunting Big Foot and UFO's next, right?

By the way: Nice work on editing out the insult. Nice to see you can think clearly after you've opened your mouth/typed.

Actually I edited out because I felt I was being redundant. Doesn't seem like you caught that though.

You're treating this video like it's some unidentifiable mess akin to shitty VHS tapes of big foot, loch ness monster, etc. The situation and what is happening is pretty clear. Yes, we are missing some context behind it, but again, common sense is able to fill in a lot of gaps.

But hell, you know it is the internet! So it's probably just special effects or a viral teaser for Dog Slayer 3D(being facetious, figured I might have to point that out for you)!

 

[xmbts]

It's hard to tell why without sound or details, but still shooting it seems a bit much considering the dog seemed pretty docile up until they put the thing on its neck.

My guess is it looked to be a pit bull, or at least a similar breed, and that's all the info they need to kill it.

 

[PrimoThePro]

More videos on the internet? What stunning proof of the officer's inhumanity.

I saw a video of an alien the other day on the net. I guess aliens are real. Bug Foot, too.

So you are saying someone took the time to alter that video there of some random dog and two police officers? Or the whole thing was staged? If it is the former, that is too much effort going into one trivial thing. And if it was the latter, than they would use a trained dog. Why would they shoot a trained dog? That kind of "sacrifice" is definitely not worth it.

 

[CoL0sS]

They provoked him, scared him, than shot him. I applaud you, you stupid fuckers. Weren't there any TRAINED FUCKING PROFESSIONALS they could have called, someone that could have handled the dog properly or at least tranq him than safely approach him? Poor animal was scared, not a threat you ignorant rookie fucks.
Can't think of any reason to justify this. Even if dog did hurt someone, he was chained and defenseless and there were humane ways to put him down.
Sorry for the outburst, but seeing this and reading some dumb comments just made me really mad.

 

[Kukakkau]

Also BIG note - the rotund officer is holding a STUN gun the whole time - a weapon designed to incap a human briefly that could have easily subdued a dog

Sorry but that's a bad idea. You can't guarantee that the same voltage to drop a person won't either a. kill or b. do absolutely nothing to another species. In fact option a is more likely but option b is the more dangerous one. Tazers are not a wonder weapon, they're the last resort before shooting to kill. This is because they're potentially lethal.

Secondly, how is the dog being controlled? By a metal pole attached to it. A metal pole linking the officer and the dog. To reiterate there's a very real chance tazing the dog would have floored the officer and pissed the dog off.

True but I'm pretty sure the voltage on this things are adjustable, if the low setting numbs a person on a dog it would be a bit more severe but would unlikely cause death.

And as for the pole thing he could, you know, let go? Or better yet just stun it while it was still tied to the truck. Or even, leave it attached and call animal response to remove it

 

[Zorg Machine]

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More videos on the internet? What stunning proof of the officer's inhumanity.

I saw a video of an alien the other day on the net. I guess aliens are real. Bug Foot, too.

Yeah! We all know that everything videotaped is false and the only way to know the truth is to be personally present in every single event across the globe.

OT: that is pretty horrible. As I am no expert I can not say that the dog was perfectly peaceful (though it certainly didn't look aggressive)nor can I know what happened before (though the actual video showing exactly what happened is probably quite conclusive evidence).
Besides, even if the dog was a serial murderer and aggressive as fuck, it still wouldn't be a reason for a police officer to go up and shoot it in the middle of the road.

ffs, let the animal shelter do it's job. You wouldn't shoot a guy because you saw him commit murder, that's what the courts are for.

 

[mindlesspuppet]

Here's the story.

http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1600620381/LaGrange-dog-owner-vows-to-fight-for-law-changes

Basically the owner didn't have the dog on a leash/no muzzle, nor was it registered.

It growled at some lady and her kid who called the cops.

That very same lady was the one who chained it to the truck. Needless to say it didn't bite her, or anyone, and couldn't have been "vicious" if it just let a stranger collar it.

The officers said the dog appeared "aggressive" and "vicious" so they killed.

Because, you know, vicious dogs lay down in the middle of the street while being threatened by two looming men all the time. Sounds like a real nasty pup. Basically they killed the thing because it growled and some lady over reacted. Dogs growl, it's kind of their thing. Maybe we should kill cats for mewing or hissing too.

 

[radarbsm]

I do not know how you guys can make a desision about this case such a small amount of infromtion. There are so many circumstances in this case which would allow to officer to shoot the dog and many to not shoot it. But all we get is a silent video tape with no information about
1. Why they were called there?
2. Why the dog was chained to a truck
3. What were the officers talking to the dispatch about?
4. What is the dogs previous record.
.......
and many other questions that need to be answered before we can make a judgement on whether this was the course of action to take.

 

[Bloodstain]

Let me tell you a story about my favourite bulldog in the world, Hugo, my old boss' pet. He was a great, happy dog, completely normal. Anyway, one day we're outside having a smoke, and he's leashed up, but sees a German Shepherd walking down the street. Instantly, he goes tearing after it, so hard that he actually broke the leash. He charged up and BIT THE OTHER DOG IN THE FACE. He wouldn't let go, we literally had to pull him off of it. We got him back into the building, and checked the damage. The shepherd had lost a good portion of its skin, as well as an ear. When I went inside to check on Hugo, he was completely happy, relaxed, and covered in the other dog's blood. I could approach him, and he seemed to have completely forgotten about what had happened. Anyway, we assumed that it was a territorial thing, and my boss took him home. That night, Hugo tried to attack his four-year-old son.

The fact is that you don't know what really happened. A video of a dog being pet does not prove it wasn't a threat.

Reading this, I'm even more convinced that the police officers were most likely what they were supposed to. Police officers don't just pull out their guns whenever they feel like it. Before all you people yell "THE DOG WAS HELPLESS USE COMMON SENSE", use common sense yourself. It's ridiculous to jump to conclusions without knowing any details. As Blind Sight kindly showed, a dog being pet doesn't say anthing about its potential dangerousness.

[sarcasm]But of course, if a human being kills an animal, the human has to be in the wrong, because all animals are cute little helpless pets that wouldn't hurt anyone and humans are bastards who love to kill.[/sarcasm]

 

[Wicky_42]

Glad to see the forum is not jumping to conclusions here. /sarcasm

For all we know that dog was rabid and had killed a child in the neighborhood.

What he said. This video does not show the whole story nor explain what happened prior to it.

First, nice irony there Kitty, jumping to the conclusion that the cops were right and defending that attitude ferociously I can see your point, right up until the longer version of the video surfaced. That's obviously not a rabid killer dog, it's someone's pet and maybe guard.

The highest rated comment on that vid reads:

I read all the cop forums, the new paper articles etc. The dog growled at some woman and her kid, chased someone in the past, yet never bit anyone. All kinds of dogs growl daily and it's not a bases to kill them. The owner may be a -total waste of life- but that dog deserved a chance. I'll happily tell anyone what I think of cops in person. They aren't anything like Andy Griffith in Mayberry like they should be, they're a beast with unlimited power that relies on fear and lies.

Of course, take it with a pinch of salt for being a YouTube comment and all, but still it's a compelling scenario that seems to hold up to the visual evidence of the vids more than, say, your original postulation that it was a killer.

Cops get called out to deal with a dog after neighbours complain, for whatever reason decide that they want it, manage to unleash it whilst trying to lasso it (lol), it gets pissed of once they loop a noose around its neck, cop subdues it and shoots it.

Wait, what?! Why did they even lasso it if they were just going to put it down? Did they decide on the spot that it had too short a temper? Is that humane? Was the owner even consulted? Is it legal to kill an animal cos it growls at you? Without any sort of second opinion? If it is then I'm a little confused about what rights animals have if their lives hold so little value :/

EDIT: as posted above, a news report on the incident with FACTS!
http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1600620381/LaGrange-dog-owner-vows-to-fight-for-law-changes

Balanced reportage, still feel the dog was under-represented and not given a fair chance to prove its lack of viciousness.

 

[fullbleed]

Glad to see the forum is not jumping to conclusions here. /sarcasm

For all we know that dog was rabid and had killed a child in the neighborhood.

Why should we place so much faith in the police? WE ALL KNOW they can and occassionaly DO absue their power and authority over others becuase largely they can get away with it because... they're the police.
In the UK and especially at protests police often absue their power and will just lash out at inocent people for with no provication. but ofcourse they get away with it because of thier badge. Heard of Ian Tomlinson? Killed as a result of a heart attack moments after he was needlessly attacked by the police, no one was punished and the before the video surface the Met even tried to blame it on protesters infereing with medics...
The police aren't perfect, we know for a fact that they lie, the majority of them are probably fine but as always there are those within groups who are for all intensive purposes ASS HATS!

When we police doing something that otherwise is almost unquestionably wrong we should percieve it as being such, we shouldn't nececarilly give them the beneift of the doubt just because they happen to be police oficers.

I haven't watched the video and I don't want to because I know I will just be upset.

 

[punkrocker27]

Fuckin' pigs, man. Yeah. But if this is really how it went down, then those guys should be ashamed to call themselves cops. That's atrocious.

Unless, however, there's more to the story then being let on, which is usually the case...

 

[Joshimodo]

Bandage up that bleeding heart of yours unless you have absolute, solid context.