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

[Wicky_42]

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

Well I stand corrected, lets just hope people realise only these specific cops are dicks.

Seems like this generation gets more paranoid every day...

Well, whenever they are in the news, there's always something going wrong or the news has decided to put a positive spin on everything they do and for those with their eyes open that is even more alarming. Honestly, the way British newspapers handle protests is quite eye-opening, and would be kinda hilarious if it wasn't so serious (topic being freedom to protest and all that - a democratic right); many lapoon and insult the protesters as a mass, ignoring the reasons for action in favour of dismissing the whole lot as anarchists, but others see-saw from that party line and actual reportage, often with conflicting information just days apart! Couple that with first hand accounts from friends who were there and being cynical and paranoid about the state become justified a scary amount of the time.
/rant

 

[Wicky_42]

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Please add this new article to the OP:
http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1600620381/LaGrange-dog-owner-vows-to-fight-for-law-changes
mindlesspuppet found it, needs reading to get people to stop talking about it just being a couple of videos, lol.

 

[Blind Sight]

After reviewing the news articles, I've come to the conclusion that it's a very tricky case, but it's largely the fault of the owner for failing to register or leash the dog. This is a man who was convicted of animal abuse in 2007, regardless of whether that case holds weight or not, he should've known the procedures necessary to keep a dog (especially since he did it for his other dogs, but failed to do it with this one). According to a neighbour, the dog had 'chased someone' previously but I don't really know what that fully implies so I won't comment on it. The city code is pretty basic on the matter, ?any dog(s) that has the appearance and characteristics of being predominantly aggressive? is a vicious canine. The police obviously didn't handle the situation that well, but this is not a case of police being aggressive for the sake of being aggressive. As one of them points out, he thought it was the best way to protect the neighbourhood, and he wasn't sadistic about it, he shoot the dog in the head after the initial shot ?because I didn?t want the dog to suffer.? He might have overreacted, but he made a judgement call, police have to make tough choices sometimes. This could've all been avoided had the owner followed proper procedure.

 

[jpoon]

Fuck I hate cops. What a bunch of fucking filth. Can't say I'm ever bothered hearing about a cop getting shot, pretty obvious why I (and a shitload of others) feel this way. Douchebags...

 

[jpoon]

The dog whisperer would shit a brick over this one I bet.

 

[eljawa]

I love dogs, so this video makes me sad...but lets face the truth...My dog has run away before (Huskies have a tendency to do that when young if doors are left open in your house). When caught, by the cops or other people, she was always peaceful,. This dog got violent, it posed a threat to the officer who caught it. Was killing it an overreaction? eh...maybe. It makes me sad, the dog was acting in its nature, but I see why it was done

same thing, if a dog chaces a deer in the woods and a cop sees it, the dog is put down. period.

just the way life works

so I guess the moral of the story, dont let your dog run away...if you do, catch it yourself.

Fuck I hate cops. What a bunch of fucking filth. Can't say I'm ever bothered hearing about a cop getting shot, pretty obvious why I (and a shitload of others) feel this way. Douchebags...

woah man...I may have strong opinions of cops while driving and getting pulled over simply because uts 3 AM and im a teen, but thats not cool. Cops are some of the real heroes in our society.

 

[balanovich]

Am I the only one who thinks they did nothing bad ?
They shot a stray dog... so what ?

There is nothing cruel,they did not make it suffer.

 

[radarbsm]

After reading the article It was not the best decsion but not the worst. They could be charged with something but there is not a very good case against the Police.

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

I hope those pricks get shot themselves. They deserve it.

 

[PhiMed]

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

... which stopped being an option the instant his partner was connected to the dog by a big METAL pole

Did you watch the video at all? Any idiot can see the dog is clearly not rabid.

Oh, great, you're a veterinarian! Well, then that's it: The definitive word on his infection status!

OT: Narrow shot. No sound. No context.

Dog is clearly trying to get at the officer with the collar.

Police were called, rather than animal control, indicating there was some sort of incident prior to this. Dog is tied up with a chain.

I'm not going to assume animal cruelty here. For all we know, this dog bit someone in a high risk location and was going to be killed so his brain could be examined for evidence of rabies anyway.

That being said, I can't say definitively that it was not unwarranted, either. There's just too little information here, but I'm inclined to give these officers a pass.

Edit: After reading the article about the incident, I'm pretty sure he wasn't rabid, but I still give them a pass.

 

[Invaderbrim]

Not enough information here to truly judge, so I'll just make a joke.

Kind of a dick. He could have at least given it a running start!

I second this

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

My heart ripped when they shot him, but if the dog was evil then they had no other choice.

It was a stray. They could have tranqed it, they didn't need to shoot it.

 

[ryanxm]

"This video has really angered me and i hope they got fired"

fired!? im thinking hung!

seriously what the hell!? that dog was not doing a thing!

 

[Wicky_42]

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.

Actually, that would be a very good reason to put it down with prejudice. At the end of the day, a human life is more important than a dog's, especially one that kill people, and I would fully support an officer executing such an animal.

I also agree that this does not appear to be such an animal, though the cop's decision was likely based on the dog's reaction to being noosed and the fact that it wasn't licensed. It wasn't legally owned (dunno the specifics of the licensing laws there) and I think that there was an aspect of making an example of ignoring the law there, with the excuse that 'it was growling at a kid'.

 

[Murlo]

I really think that everybody was in the wrong here. The owner should have had the dog better taken care of. I.e. not on the side of the street. And that the officer shouldn't have just shot the dog like that. Really, I couldn't see the aggressiveness of the dog in the video to warrant killing it. (Not that I watched the whole thing) I mean, they rehabilitate worse dogs to be able to become better, this dog didn't even injure anyone. I've never heard of the police just shooting an animal on the side of the street like that, which is rather odd. They could have easily just loaded the dog into a kennel and been off, considering that the dog was most likely hostile because they were trying to put a rope around it's neck with a large stick. It's rather sad.

 

[Wicky_42]

My heart ripped when they shot him, but if the dog was evil then they had no other choice.

It was a stray. They could have tranqed it, they didn't need to shoot it.

It wasn't a stray, the guy in the trailer owned it, he just hadn't licensed it (or something), like he had his other four dogs. "It slipped my mind"...

 

[PhiMed]

snip

Please add this new article to the OP:
http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1600620381/LaGrange-dog-owner-vows-to-fight-for-law-changes
mindlesspuppet found it, needs reading to get people to stop talking about it just being a couple of videos, lol.

Hmmm. Okay. I still say that people who say he wasn't acting aggressively at all haven't been around dogs very much. I agree that this dog didn't have to die, but I blame his owner rather than the officers who were called to handle his undisciplined, unrestrained dog that he shouldn't have had anyway.

 

[Buizel91]

Not enough information here to truly judge, so I'll just make a joke.

Kind of a dick. He could have at least given it a running start!

I second this

Been updated with an article now.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

..Not even touching this one until I get everything in context about the situation. Despite the fact every ounce of me as a dog owner knee-jerks at that gunshot.