WARNING, graphic/police shoot restrained dog.

[APBTLove]

Watch this! The cops knew she wasn't aggressive.

YouTube - ASPCA THIS IS A CRY FOR HELP: ANIMAL CRUELTY BY THE LAGRANGE MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT

[Josiebear]

well now that makes sense with a story behinde it. I still think that was a bit too sickening. They should have let the AC handle it.

[Caledon]

Even if the dog was acting aggressively towards a child or another person, the dog was restrained and was acting calmly when they were dealing the dog.

The police needed to excersise caution, given the complaint. Did they also not have a duty to determine if the story was true? Just because someone said a dog was acting aggressively does not mean it was Did they see the aggressive action themselves? There could be several reasons why the woman called the police and it may not be beacuse of what she stated. Not saying it happened here, but people lie.

Shooting a calm dog in the middle of the street is not something I want my police force to do. Call animal control and let them deal with it and if it means putting the dog down then do it properly.

If a dog acted aggressively towards me or my child or my dog I know I would not be running to get a chain and restraining him and giving him some food just to be nice.

I don't know why I watched this video, but it has impacted me very deeply.

[LaRen616]

Originally Posted by Caledon

Even if the dog was acting aggressively towards a child or another person, the dog was restrained and was acting calmly when they were dealing the dog.

The police needed to excersise caution, given the complaint. Did they also not have a duty to determine if the story was true? Just because someone said a dog was acting aggressively does not mean it was Did they see the aggressive action themselves? There could be several reasons why the woman called the police and it may not be beacuse of what she stated. Not saying it happened here, but people lie.

Shooting a calm dog in the middle of the street is not something I want my police force to do. Call animal control and let them deal with it and if it means putting the dog down then do it properly.

If a dog acted aggressively towards me or my child or my dog I know I would not be running to get a chain and restraining him and giving him some food just to be nice.

I don't know why I watched this video, but it has impacted me very deeply.

I felt a sudden rush of anger/hurt/shock/sickness when I watched that video. I am very upset with the way that situation was handled. That dog was calm and behaved while it was chained up. Then the officer freaked it out with the catch pole. Sinister is a very laid back dog and I know that if a catch pole was put on him he would also freak out. Then the officer shoots her and as she is laying there in obvious pain she still wags her tail to show that she is not a bad dog and then he shoots her again. I am absolutely heartbroken and furious over this.

[irongrl]

This is so disgusting. I feel so bad for that dog. The police officers appeared to be totally incompetent. These kind of stories are very disturbing to me. Give an incompetent police officer a gun and something will get shot.

[selzer]

I watched the second video until it ran into the first video. I did not want to watch the dog get shot again.

The cops walk up to the dog, the one bends over it for a long time messing with the collar, finally they walk off with the chained dog.

What we did not see was the dog getting chained to the truck, which I now believe is the officer's vehicle, as he threw the chain in it.

Did the dog spook when they tried to crate it? I can see no other reason that they would introduce the catch pole.

This is really too bad. I do not believe the officers woke up with the intention of killing someone's dog that day. The police were called by a woman who believed her daughter was in danger due to a loose dog.

It is infuriating to see a dog running loose, when it is against the law, and then to have it growl or show aggression toward a child. I certainly understand where she is coming from. This is the dog owner's fault for not properly containing a large formidable dog.

Chances are the dog was just euthed a few days earlier than he otherwise would have been.

We are talking about a TRAILER PARK here. I really do not care who you are. Spending the last 15 years or so living in a trailer (manufactured home on foundation according to the bank) in the country, I have noticed in particular the attitudes people have of us. Living in a trailer park is definitely the lowest of the low -- well maybe people in half-way houses or prisons are lower, maybe.

But officers called to trailer parks are not looking for ways to give people a break. In general people living in these places have plenty of encounters with the police and it is just not a good scene. It is highly likely that the dog was not permitted there in the first place, that the owner has no way to pay the fine, the impound fee for the dog, or to make the necessary arrangements for housing and caring for a "dangerous dog."

It is highly likely that no judge would award him the dog back.

It is almost impossible to believe that the dog would make it out of the pound with a record of having "gone after" a child.

So the final outcome in any event would not have been pretty.

Too bad. too bad. People are such ********.

Should the cops have shot the dog? From what we saw, no. Would the dog be alive now in any event? Probably not. No one would have made this vid public if the dog had not been shot. And the decision to euth the dog would have been made probably.

Compeletely disgusting. On the other hand, the guy on the other end of the phone is probably saying to them, that they will probably euth the dog anyway, don't get bit for nothing, if you cannot get the dog contained, shoot it. Don't take any risks.

[Korubell]

Okay, I haven't watched the video and probably won't, but it occurs to me there's another issue here. From the comments I've read "the dog was still wagging its tail after being shot" it's clear that the cop shot at a dog and MISSED !?!?!?!? He had to shoot again????? Is this the calibre of US law enforcement?

The man needs to be hit several times over the head with something very heavy, and sent to work as a shark trainer off the coast of South Africa.

[mazza]

Police in England shot 18 healthy German Shepherds last year!!!

[Romeos Tune]

Why??

[Equus5O]

Originally Posted by Korubell

Okay, I haven't watched the video and probably won't, but it occurs to me there's another issue here. From the comments I've read "the dog was still wagging its tail after being shot" it's clear that the cop shot at a dog and MISSED !?!?!?!? He had to shoot again????? Is this the calibre of US law enforcement?

The man needs to be hit several times over the head with something very heavy, and sent to work as a shark trainer off the coast of South Africa.

No. He didn't miss. It just wasn't lethal.