re: #170 Rightwingconspirator

It’s not always the mean cop kills the dog foolishly.
I just tried to find a link to a SWAT incident. Can’t find it. Too many years ago. In short-Meth lab raid, 4 man stack enters, #1 man gets bit badly by a pit bull just inside. A fighting dog. The cop tries to fend off the dog, winds up shooting himself, the men behind him get all bunched up with the injured officer… Anyway several cops wind up wounded and the dog dead. Part of the issue was his gun was too long to engage the dog, which had him by the crotch and the big inner thigh tendon. The case is famous in cop training circles. As a warning.

They always shoot the dog. It happens often enough that you have to question if it’s rule #1 or #2.

Two stories just from this week:

wjla.com

A Northwest woman is devastated after she says her pet of 13 years was shot and killed by D.C. police.

Marietta Robinson, 62, is still visibly traumatized after witnessing her 13 year old companion, Wrinkles, be shot and killed Tuesday night.
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Robinson says she let them in under one condition.

“I said ‘can I put my dog in the bathroom?’…The officer said ‘yes’ and then he opened the door and shot her,” Robinson told us.

Bullet holes in the bathroom mark the spot where Wrinkles was killed.

“You can see all of the bullet holes, about eight bulletholes in this door. There is a bullet holein the dryer..all up and down the steps. There’s bullets everywhere,” pointed out Robinson.

and this one comes with video, the officers claimed the dog wasn’t tied which is clearly not the case. They also said the dog was vicious, again it’s pretty easy to see that isn’t the case:

whig.com

A video showing LaGrange police officers shooting a dog is creating an Internet sensation and drawing the ire of some city residents.

City residents said the owner of the dog, Marcus Mays, was ticketed for not keeping it on a leash or in a pen. The LaGrange city clerk confirmed Mays has a city court appearance for the city ticket today in LaGrange.

The nearly 10-minute video, shot from a camera apparently located inside a police vehicle, is posted on YouTube and shows the dog standing in front of a mobile home, tied to the home with a chain or rope. The dog, which appears to be a bulldog, does not offer any resistance and allows an officer to put a leash on it.

The next part of the video shows the dog, tied with a chain to the back of a vehicle, calmly lying down on the street as two officers talk on cell phones, one with a Taser drawn.

The street signs at the intersection are visible but unreadable.

When one of the officers attempts to use a long catch pole to collar the dog, it begins to react and furiously bark at the officers, rearing up on its hind legs and lunging toward them.

The dog is put on the pole and guided to the side of the road. One of the officers then draws his gun and shoots the dog, dropping it to the ground.

the whole video in question:

Youtube Video