Messed up story. Cop shot a dog

Watch the other video it has newer updates including the 911 call and during what they play at no time is armed said.

So basically the cops said they were told an armed man (which would make sense why his weapon would be out) but then the news gets a hold of the 911 tape and it doesn't say armed. So did they lie about that? Or did the second report by the same news channel leave that out?

 

but it would have only taken 22 seconds for the dog to have him on the ground mauling him... so is he supposed to take the injuries or protect himself?

I was on your side at first, too. After getting some more details, it's pretty easy to see that it's not the cop's fault.

Did something bad happen? yes, losing a pet like that is horrible.

Was there a mistake made? yes, but the cop was at the address he was told to go to, and had his gun drawn because the call was for an armed man. There was a mistake made, but not by the cop.

IMO this is a series of events that added up to one tragedy. It's not one mistake by one person that added up to this.

 

He was never told armed man stop saying they said armed man. Watch the newer video. Holy shit can you not pay attention or comprehend that?

 

I can't answer that, but it is conceivable that the dispatcher made a mistake and added "armed" to the description, or maybe they omitted that part of the 911 call, or maybe that wasn't the case at all. I am just speaking about that one video I saw. Wish I knew all the details and could hang the guilty party, but I don't.

 

Cop shows up expecting trouble. Fine.
Cop shows up weapon drawn due to report of armed person. Also fine.
Cop panicking and shooting my dog? Not fine. A simple case of him not giving a fuck, it's just a dog, right?

Both my dogs will run up to you, at full ramming speed, hoping you'll be they're most newest bestest friend. Nothing I say will stop them from that.

My dog got loose one day while I was replacing my front door. I went around the block to look for him and saw three squad cars around a elderly neighbors house. As I pulled up, one bored looking officer was pulling a makeshift leash out of his car and strolling up to my dumb lab, doing his happy dance on the wrong damn back door.
That is how you handle it IMHO.

Edit, yeah different scenario. So what. Still a little trigger happy for my liking.

 

Dude, dial it back a bit. How about you give me a chance to read stuff and respond accordingly. I was going off of one video that said "drunk, armed man." If there is a newer video out that I haven't seen, my bad. I know what I have seen and can only speak to that. I am not saying the manwas armed, I have no idea, just repeating what was said in the (first) video.

Now I remember why I don't hang out in the dungeon much, you guys are way too sensitive.

 

It's not just you sorry. Everyone is saying armed but the new report from the same TV station the 911 call doesn't say anything about the person being armed. Only that he is drunk

 

like i said, who knows where that word came from, it could have been in the 911 call (and left out of the report that you saw), it could have been added by the dispatcher to the officer, or it could have been completely made up by the reprters that i saw. Who knows.

However, if that word was NOT relayed to the officer, and he drew his gun that early, I would hope the officer is held accountable. But like I said, who knows what really happened.

 

I would've waited long enough to allow the owner to grab the dog after I gave the command instead of giving the command and then shooting right away.

And yes I would let a dog come at me all the way and actually do something before I kill it.

Then again I was taught don't fire unless fire upon so maybe I'm different.

 

No, and I said I didn't. However, the cops in my scenario gave a crap about my dog and didn't freak.
It basically comes down to that. The cop in this case would rather shoot someones dog than deal. As a dog owner and lover, I have a hard time with that. But opinions vary.

 

Really...that vicious Jack Russsell terrier barking at you and running towards you is enough to induce panic and gun fire?

Manly man.

 

Man this world is crazy. That doctrine seems backwards to me. You would think they would exhaust all the resources they have before going muzzle to muzzle.

 

Hate to say it but I probably would, or at least kick the stupid thing in the chops first.