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Cops Execute Restrained Dog (Video)

I'm done clicking on links that are described as showing an animal being beaten/killed. This is like the 5th this month 🙁

Going to hug my cats now...
 
Wyndru said:
I'm done clicking on links that are described as showing an animal being beaten/killed. This is like the 5th this month 🙁

Going to hug my cats now...
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tldw

Two cops wrestle with a dog for a bit. They get the dog restrained and on the ground not moving(not a threat). Cop pulls out gun and puts a bullet in the dogs head. At no point after the dog was on the ground did it seem like the cop was in any danger.
 
Crusty said:
tldw

Two cops wrestle with a dog for a bit. They get the dog restrained and on the ground not moving(not a threat). Cop pulls out gun and puts a bullet in the dogs head. At no point after the dog was on the ground did it seem like the cop was in any danger.
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The hell?
Prison for that officer... period.
 
Crusty said:
http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1600620381/LaGrange-dog-owner-vows-to-fight-for-law-changes

Article in regards to the video, everyone should read it before they make a judgment.
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While I haven't (and won't) watch the full video, the part I've seen is the dog, chained and relatively calm. It only moves away when they try to catch pole it.

Unless something changes that situation where someone is in danger, I'd think it's the job of city/county animal control to pick up the animal and determine from there if it needs to be destroyed.

Terribly irresponsible dog owner (animal cruelty charges?), from the sound of the article.
 
All I know is that if a cop came and shot my dog, he'd better be prepared to shoot me or die.

It's pretty clear here that the animal was not an immediate threat and shouldn't have just been shot. They got the leashes on it easily, then it just laid on the ground -- then they shot it.

From the article, I think the owner probably should have used a little more responsibility and done common-sense stuff... like not just let the dog roam free without a leash/unfenced -- especially when he isn't even present or watching it. The dog could have been a danger, but it's bullshit that they show up and just shoot the dog because someone called in that the dog growled at her.
 
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The dog was allowed to run free and threaten neighbors. According to the article it broke free from a chain that the officers had used to restrain the dog and it appeared aggressive when they tried to load it into the truck. I can't completely agree with them killing it but the owner had been previously banned for two years from owning any pets because he was convicted of animal abuse. The owner should take some responsibility in this because he's obviously unable to properly care for dogs.
 
Crusty said:
tldw

Two cops wrestle with a dog for a bit. They get the dog restrained and on the ground not moving(not a threat). Cop pulls out gun and puts a bullet in the dogs head. At no point after the dog was on the ground did it seem like the cop was in any danger.
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you left out the part where the dog was shot, wounded, but still alive and wagging his tail nervously, then shot in the head again.

the dog was being a dog. yeah, the guy should have kept a closer eye on his dog and registered it and whatnot, but the dog didn't deserve to be killed. that was disgusting. i feel sick 🙁

they should have taken the dog custody and made the owner pay to get the dog back. if he didn't, the dog would be put up for adoption or killed humanely. that dog was terrified and didn't die in peace.
 
mrjminer said:
All I know is that if a cop came and shot my dog, he'd better be prepared to shoot me or die.

It's pretty clear here that the animal was not an immediate threat and shouldn't have just been shot. They got the leashes on it easily, then it just laid on the ground -- then they shot it.

From the article, I think the owner probably should have used a little more responsibility and done common-sense stuff... like not just let the dog roam free without a leash/unfenced -- especially when he isn't even present or watching it. The dog could have been a danger, but it's bullshit that they show up and just shoot the dog because someone called in that the dog growled at her.
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a dog growling isn't always a sign of aggression. if you see teeth and a wide stance, THAT'S a sign of aggression. growling is sometimes just a way dogs gauge whether a stranger will threaten or hurt them or not.
 
It was a pit bull. If anything, the cops should get a Michael Vick Medal of Valor.
 
If the dog has a history of being vicious toward people then it should be destroyed and the owner should both be fined and be prevented from owning such dogs in the future. From the information presented in the article, destroying the dog was the right thing to do. It's certainly possible to discuss whether the way in which that went down was right or not, but I have no issue with the outcome.
 
Like 5 minutes in.

They aren't dog catchers, they shouldn't have to deal with this shit. I would've shot it sooner.
 
LaGrange, MO —

A LaGrange man who drew national attention after video showing police killing one of his dogs surfaced on the Internet vowed Thursday to seek changes in the law.
Judge Fred Westhoff fined Marcus Mays $50 for failure to register a dog with the city and $100 for failure to have a leash or muzzle on a vicious animal. Mays also must pay court costs of $29.
“We can’t have dogs taking after young children or even adults,” Westhoff said. “It’s just not safe.”
Mays requested the bench trial and represented himself. Afterward, he said he will ask the city to revise its animal ordinances.
“I think if I get enough people together and raise a big enough complaint, maybe they’ll change it,” Mays said.
City Attorney Jeff Curl said he had hoped for a stiffer fine because it would have “sent a message” to dog owners to “follow the ordinance.”
Mays described the animal as an American bulldog, but authorities termed it a pit bull.
The dog, named Cammie, was shot to death on March 31 by Officer Doug Howell.
Video from part of the incident later was posted on YouTube, but it shows fewer than 10 minutes of the 68 minutes that Howell and Officer Jason Powell were on the scene.
The video which was not shown at Thursday’s hearing, was from a police car camera. Mays said a friend of his put it on the Internet.
The officers were responding to a call from LaGrange resident Mary Coleman that the dog had acted threateningly toward her and her daughter as they walked to a school bus stop.
“It was growling at my six-year-old,” Coleman testified. “I wanted my kid to be safe and myself to be safe.”
Mays pointed out that the dog could not have been too angry because Coleman chained it at her home while Howell and Powell went to get special equipment used in handling animals.
The video shows that at one point, the dog laid down on the street and remained motionless for a time.
Howell testified that the dog growled as he tried to load it into a truck, that it later broke free from a chain tied to the vehicle and eventually charged as he tried to capture it with a six-foot catchpole.
Powell described the dog as “aggressive” and “vicious.” Both officers had electroshock weapons, but did not use them because they said the effectiveness would have lasted only five second.
Howell said that he felt the only option to protect the safety of neighbors was to shoot the dog.
Howell fired one shot to the chest, which felled the animal. On the video, the dog can then be seen wagging its tail. Howell said he fired a shot to the head “because I didn’t want the dog to suffer.”
“I didn’t feel it was right how they handled that,” Mays said.
A neighbor of Mays, Frances Hamilton, testified that the animal had previously chased her husband.
Curl pointed out that Mays had pleaded guilty to animal abuse in 2007 and had been ordered not to own pets for two years. Mays argued that the circumstances did not warrant the punishment and that he had pleaded guilty only to avoid a court fight.
Cammie was just a pup when Mays got the female 18 months ago. He said the dog had never been aggressive.
Mays said he has four other dogs – three pit bulls and a mastiff. He said he did not register Cammie because doing so “slipped my mind.” The other four are registered, he said.
Howell and Powell have not been disciplined. Police Chief Dale McNelly said his department is working with the Humane Society of Missouri on additional training in dealing with unruly dogs. The city already has budgeted money for a new animal shelter.
City code defines vicious canines as “any dog(s) that has the appearance and characteristics of being predominantly aggressive” and any “dog(s) not in law enforcement service that has bitten a human being previously or attached another human being previously, whether such occurred within or without” the LaGrange city limits.
Even if his campaign to change the law in unsuccessful, Mays said the fight will be worth it.
“I don’t feel (Cammie) was vicious,” he said. “I feel I stood up for her.”
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questionable, but I myself did not watch the video.
 
That cop should face criminal charges.

The dog was docile in the video and wasn't acting aggressively when the copper shot it. Oh I forgot, it resisted arrest and this is America where you shoot first and ask questions later.

The dog was wagging its tail, for god's sake, after it had been shot.

May be the two coppers should have rubbed their heads together to get the single brain cell that they share working properly, so they could call in a professional who actually knows what they are doing, since those two dumb fucks in the video certainly didn't.
 
Crusty said:
tldw

Two cops wrestle with a dog for a bit. They get the dog restrained and on the ground not moving(not a threat). Cop pulls out gun and puts a bullet in the dogs head. At no point after the dog was on the ground did it seem like the cop was in any danger.
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not quite

they had the dog at the end of the pole, dog struggles on the pole. cop gets out gun and shoots dog while on the pole (you can see the other cop cover his ears and move off frame just before this happens). dog immediately drops on the ground, then cop shoots it again.
 
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