German Shepherd shot by trooper

[selzer]

What is it with people attacking people's dogs to take revenge on them? I suppose it is not all that new. In fact, it has often been the case in domestic violence incidents, where a parent or spouse will torment or kill an animal to hurt the child or spouse. And many stories float around about neighbors shooting or poisoning dogs. I suppose the atmosphere attached to dog ownership has changed so much that attacks on dogs are now news worthy.

[chelle]

We had an incident here a couple of years back that a state trooper shot the neighbor's dog. The state trooper said he "feared for his life." What a crock of crap, IMHO. I figure it was a combination of neighbors that didn't get along, a cop power trip and maybe a less than well behaved dog. Don't know,,, but the trooper got off scott free and the dog was dead. I'm not anti-police in any sense, but it made the news for a time and disappeared. I think the trooper should've caught far more grief over that incident.

http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-...,3317210.story
http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-...,6561559.story
http://www.kcci.com/news/21503688/detail.html

Clearly, conflicting views, to be sure... but shooting him dead seems very over the top to me. Guess that just enforces you'd best keep your dog contained... whether it's a nice dog or not.

[Angel55]

Here is the latest news:

Former State Trooper accused of killing man's pet dog rejects plea deal | NBC-WKTV News Channel 2 - Utica News, Weather, Sports - | Local News

After reading about the unjustified killings of innocent dogs from those who have posted here, I do hope that all of us will expect that cases such as these will be investigated, no matter who the shooter is.

[cuttingedge]

So sick of hearing about people killing others dogs. I know this may sound crazy to some but whenever I go out with my dogs I am packing for this reason. Since I do not have human children my dogs are my life and if someone is willing to take the lives of my kids you better be prepared for the consequences.

[Mrs.K]

how can we trust a news article if they can't even get the breeds name right?

TRENTON, N.Y. (WKTV) - A local man wants action taken after he claims his beloved German Shepard was shot to death by a retired state trooper.

Seriously? Shepard?

[GSDkid]

So... It was a personal issue and the dog paid the price. WTH!?!

[caninecrazy]

I live in Philadelphia and have been a volunteer with many rescue organizations and our local animal control facility for years so I hear and see this cases all the time and the sad part is you can not change a non dog lover into a dog lover, some people will never understand how special a dog can be and they see it as just an animal that is disposable. There were even a couple stories of strays picked up that had microchips and were never scanned or put on the 72 hour stray hold and put down as soon as they stepped into animal control only to be discovered days later they were missing pets and in one case the family had posted flyers at the facility that day. My point here is that with so much neglect out there even at times coming from the people who are supposed to be helping, it's no surprise that someone is capable of something like this. I always leash my dogs th eonly time they are ever off leash is at an intended dog park made for off leash training, agility etc and we only travel there a c ouple times a year. I have trained all my dogs off leash so that if they ever get out or slip their collars they have good recall and I can get them to come back. Living in a large city where there are tons of strays and dogfighting rings where often times the dogs are just left out to fend for themselves if they aren't winning dogs it can be scary to walk your own dogs. I had one instance where I took my Shep mix Izzy out to the park on leash one morning a few months back and a pit came charging towards us. I looked around and saw no owner, Izzy is already protective and dog selective and she stood in front of me and started growling, this dog was highly interested in her and wouldn't back down. What did I do? I picked up my dog and slowly carried her to the house, then I grabbed a leash and went back for the pit, she was afraid of me so she ended up running home to a house with a wide open door, children sleeping on he floor where anyone could kidnap them and no adults in sight. Hours later the owner came around looking for her dog and my husband told her she needed to keep her dog inside and that I had to chase her home, this woman could have cared less and continued to let this dog roam the neighborhood and it did in fact terrorize other dogs at the park. A couple weeks ago I came across a neighbor that had a pit puppy and I found out it was from this woman dog, she has been breeding her as well and was a drug addict who got evicted and sold her dogs for $50. That puppy at 6 months was also aggressive. NowI love all dog breeds including pits but I am an exception, there were other neighbors terrified of this breed. I do have a licensed gun in my home and this dog was a threat when I came in I grabbed a leash, not the gun.
On another note I used to have neighborhood teenagers that went around trying to feed neighborhood dogs nails if they were left in the yeard just for fun. I hate living in this city because of these reasons and it's sad to see that even rural areas have such hate.

[Kaz]

one more reason to hate the police!

If i was in the man's position, I would have lain on my dog to shield it from bullets.

Tough talking cowardly bullies, the police are useless.

In India and Europe, the police are actually liked. In the US it keeps getting worse. A police man can arrest you or give you a ticket for anything.

My experience:

I was in Woburn, MA, driving my Mercedes Benz with my elderly parents in the backseat. I was driving on a 2 lane road, one lane headed south was to my left, and I was on the other lane headed north.

A red ford sharply, in reverse, comes from a driveway across the street and gets ahead of me. The ford literally crossed the south lane and the dual solid lines on to the north lane ahead of me.

I had to brake hard to avoid hitting the ford.

I honk my horn to show my annoyance and the ******* retaliates by slowing down to 10 mph.

I am stuck behind him, and there is a line of cars behind us.

I sound the horn again, and I try to pass him.

The assh0le stops the car, gets out, runs to my car, pistol and badge drawn.

He is an off duty cop, with his family in the car.

Evidently he is high ranking, sergeant or something, and immediately 2 squad cars come in.

The idiots literally get a book out and leaf through it for 15 minutes to find things they can charge me with.

My father is a retired Navy officer, highly decorated. He is surprised at the events. This is his first visit to the US, he has lived in India and Europe for most of his life.

He tries to get out of the car, and a cop comes up, pulls out his gun and says "Sir, STAY INSIDE THE CAR!"

You know these cops have this way of making "Sir" sound like a bad word. And their tone is so insulting!

My father is a war veteran, he has been shot at and he has killed people. He is frail in his late sixties. He looks at the stupid cop with his steely grey brown eyes, and calmly says : "Are you going to shoot me for getting out of a car? Are you that stupid?"

I ask my father to get back in.

Anyway, the cops finally charge me with 4 counts:

1) failure to drive carefully
2) Noise pollution (honking the horn)
3) trying to pass unsafely
4) failure to use caution

I decide to fight the case.

We go to the magistrate's court. The police captain is present. The magistrate hears the case, throws it out. The police captain says, the person who charged me is a long time and experienced sergeant, so he will escalate this to the actual court of a judge.

We go to court. The room is packed with other traffic cases, finally its my turn.

The sergeant comes, gives his testimony under oath. His first statement : I have been a police officer for the last 30 years... blah blah blah.

Its my turn to speak. I start by saying : this is my first time in a court, I have no experience with this, so I will just speak the plain truth and my parents with me are my witnesses, and I will leave it for the judge to decide. I also add that this case has been heard and dismissed by the magistrate.

I tell the events as they transpired.

The judge, a magnificent red headed lady, has her nostrils flared and eyes narrowed as she finishes hearing my story.

Then she turns to the cop, says :"Guess what, I am throwing out this case too! All charges dismissed, and I am ordering YOU to be investigated for endangering the lives of these good people by YOUR rash driving and breaking of traffic laws! You say you have been with the police for the last 30 years? Then how come YOU dont know its illegal to careen in high speed that too in reverse across a double solid line?

THIS is police excess! And I will also inform your captain about this!"


That day justice was served.

I have seen police excess in LA. Bloody good for nothing bullies.

When we are victims of robberies, muggings, etc police NEVER solve the case. They are ONLY good for harassing honest office goers with traffic tickets.

In the last 14 odd years I have been in the US, I have had to call the police 3 times. Twice when my house was robbed in Syracuse, NY. Once in LA when I was attacked by drug addicts trying to get my money and watch.

In LA (Beverly hills!) I called the police while the addicts were attacking, it was an emergency, and the cops arrived 35 minutes later!

Needless to say, they never recovered my stolen laptops and other household articles in NY.

Disgraceful, strong arm, cowardly bullies. I hate the police!