WARNING, graphic/police shoot restrained dog.

[Superhero]

Here and here are the most recent articles I could find on it.

[Superhero]

I mean no offense to police officers (my father was one for 25 years) in general, but over the last 5 or so years my opinion of them has fallen significantly.

YouTube and the internet in general have given a lot more transparency to what our governments are doing and I don't think a lot of people have adapted yet. Not all of them realize that everything they do is subject to being recorded somewhere and can easily be distributed to everyone in the world. So, you get incidents like this, or in Oakland where a handcuffed man, lying prone on the ground is shot in the back by police, or police/DEA agents brutalizing grandmothers for legally (via their state laws) smoking a little pot, and it all ends up on the internet.

For my part I'm pleased with the transparency. Those with authority cannot as easily get away with things they did in the past. To think I used to feel that most people claiming they were abused by police or unjustly arrested etc. were lying... now I wonder if I put too much faith and trust into those who are supposed to be sworn to protect us.

[Superhero]

I found an official statement by the LaGrange PD.

CLICK ME

[chicagojosh]

the video is sickening. as relayer said it was an execution

the statement superhero posted is a nice police version of what happened in which they lie. i really hope to hear the officers were fired and not allowed to be employed as police officers again.

[Superhero]

They received no disciplinary actions.

Originally Posted by chicagojosh

the video is sickening. as relayer said it was an execution

the statement superhero posted is a nice police version of what happened in which they lie. i really hope to hear the officers were fired and not allowed to be employed as police officers again.

[chicagojosh]

Originally Posted by Superhero

They received no disciplinary actions.

that is an outrage! is it too late? can't an organization with some real money (AKC, Animal Cruelty etc) put some money down for a good lawyer or something?

[Superhero]

Hmm

Probably too late, yes.

Various organizations (ASPCA, PETA etc.) have been asked to help bring charges against incidents like this, but as far as I know when it comes to police, they've never pushed it. I suppose they feel that it would be too easy for a police officer to justify that kind of killing in court.

Originally Posted by chicagojosh

that is an outrage! is it too late? can't an organization with some real money (AKC, Animal Cruelty etc) put some money down for a good lawyer or something?

[Mac's Mom]

I called the cops because some weirdo was walking around in my neighbor's back yard. Mac was 4 months old and on a leash and the cop would not get out of the car. I am grateful for the work police do but those cops looked afraid and since they obviously couldn't handle the situation, they should have called someone who could. They killed someone's family member.

[chicagojosh]

man what a bummer. i bet that cop really feels like he "protected and served" too....

good job buddy! way to kill that harmless, already chained up dog. what an @ $ % hole

[DFrost]

Originally Posted by Superhero

Hmm

Probably too late, yes.

Various organizations (ASPCA, PETA etc.) have been asked to help bring charges against incidents like this, but as far as I know when it comes to police, they've never pushed it. I suppose they feel that it would be too easy for a police officer to justify that kind of killing in court.

Shows the mentality of some folks towards cops, regardless of what they do. Seems some are saying "cops" are still guilty of an offense even IF they justify it to a court? Seems some are saying "cops" are not entitled to the same protections of the constitution that everyone else in this country automatically have? I already know many are saying, based on their observation of a short video the cop was wrong, should be fired, jailed, beaten, or whatever else some might want. Just seems odd to me there is always another side to a story ---- unless it's a cop.

DFrost