Were police justified in shooting dog?
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I'm through defending the actions of our so-called finest.
B.Rubble
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not sure what "Threat" that animal posed to the officer.Showed "questioning' rather than "attacking' though most don't know the difference.Secondarily,what did the Man do to gain an arrest?As I understand it,He merely was filming the officers,a completely allowed practice held up by every court,barring the Ga. Court that found the person guilty,then was forced to reverse their decison by the GA. supreme court. I know We have a few law enforcement officers/POST grad's in the server. I've been around L.E. a great deal of My working life.First as a Paramedic/Trauma Medic,then as a trucker *no,really..we get more cops than a friggin' Occupy demonstration..* and finally as a Marine. Many of the officer's I find with repeated complaints of "excessive force" are the same one's whom have issues with being filmed doing their jobs. The conversations always contain the phrase,in one form/another "if Im wearing the badge, I know the law better". As I'm sure Globe can attest to,the ONLY reason,that is SINGULAR, reason to detain someone filming in a open-access area to the public is if they're inciting to riot/attack. A mere phone cam or vid-cam is not inciting to riot. If they're filming and yelling to people "FUCK THE POLICE' etc, then assault is the charge,filming is merely a associative act,no?
Here in Las Vegas,We have a high incident of officers over-using force. From the Henderson diabetic beaten/kicked on cam by 5 officers,to the shooting of a Iraq war vet,off His meds,refusing to exit His vehicle. NON lethal means were called for,yet a Officer dumped a 1/2 magazine from His Patrol AR into the side/body of the guy. I've seen many officers treating those on the side of the road during a mere traffic stop very roughly and verbally abusing them. My Wife does hair,and has a former sitting judge, several officers,and 2 prosecutors whom are Her clients. I've asked/argued about this with each one of them and we all reached the same conclusion. Police authority in the public eyes has eroded drastically over the past 10 years or so. There's a whole bunch of reasons,most of which Globe could explain better than I, I believe.Point is...ALOT of cops in MANY areas are undefined in their job,unable to voice correct guidelines in their jobs and their powers,and in fact, are vastly uninformed compared to the general public. I'm not one to kow-tow to a supposed power. I respect the police in all their forms "Sheriffs,Metro,etc' however I make THEM deal with ME as little as possible. This doesn't mean I go out of My way to avoid them. I just know "verbal judo',much as they do,and though it frustrates them,they realize I'm either unannounced LE, former LE,or legal.Either way, a informed SMART citizen is the way to be. If ya do the crime,do the time.If not,fight like it's the end of the world. just my 2c
Here in Las Vegas,We have a high incident of officers over-using force. From the Henderson diabetic beaten/kicked on cam by 5 officers,to the shooting of a Iraq war vet,off His meds,refusing to exit His vehicle. NON lethal means were called for,yet a Officer dumped a 1/2 magazine from His Patrol AR into the side/body of the guy. I've seen many officers treating those on the side of the road during a mere traffic stop very roughly and verbally abusing them. My Wife does hair,and has a former sitting judge, several officers,and 2 prosecutors whom are Her clients. I've asked/argued about this with each one of them and we all reached the same conclusion. Police authority in the public eyes has eroded drastically over the past 10 years or so. There's a whole bunch of reasons,most of which Globe could explain better than I, I believe.Point is...ALOT of cops in MANY areas are undefined in their job,unable to voice correct guidelines in their jobs and their powers,and in fact, are vastly uninformed compared to the general public. I'm not one to kow-tow to a supposed power. I respect the police in all their forms "Sheriffs,Metro,etc' however I make THEM deal with ME as little as possible. This doesn't mean I go out of My way to avoid them. I just know "verbal judo',much as they do,and though it frustrates them,they realize I'm either unannounced LE, former LE,or legal.Either way, a informed SMART citizen is the way to be. If ya do the crime,do the time.If not,fight like it's the end of the world. just my 2c
As the former owner of a rottweiler, these dogs, even if untrained only has two prerogatives: (1) protect property; (2) protect owner. If it perceives no threat to either, the rottweiler is docile.
A-Rich
The 47 Ronin
I don't envy cops. We all think of the power they have wearing the uniform, but I think it's more of a burden/curse in many ways.
Examples:
If some rude a$$ was just standing down the street recording me, a nobody, I'd want to walk up and scream/slap/punch the guy. And I could probably do it and walk away. A police officer tries and then he has a viral video on YouTube about it.
I'd probably shoot a dog if I had a gun and felt threatened. Officer does the same, he's front page news. Probably ruined his life over it.
Whether or not filming police from a distance is legal, the dude was just flat out blatant and rude about it. We're all curious what's going on when cops arrive at a scene, but decency & safety tells us to stay the eff away and mind our own business. I don't know what that guy's story was with his dog anyway. He was in a car, so he wasn't out for a neighborhood stroll. If you have a dog some deem dangerous, make sure the windows are up high enough to where he can't get out. So much stupidity in this whole event.
Examples:
If some rude a$$ was just standing down the street recording me, a nobody, I'd want to walk up and scream/slap/punch the guy. And I could probably do it and walk away. A police officer tries and then he has a viral video on YouTube about it.
I'd probably shoot a dog if I had a gun and felt threatened. Officer does the same, he's front page news. Probably ruined his life over it.
Whether or not filming police from a distance is legal, the dude was just flat out blatant and rude about it. We're all curious what's going on when cops arrive at a scene, but decency & safety tells us to stay the eff away and mind our own business. I don't know what that guy's story was with his dog anyway. He was in a car, so he wasn't out for a neighborhood stroll. If you have a dog some deem dangerous, make sure the windows are up high enough to where he can't get out. So much stupidity in this whole event.
uberjames
The 47 Ronin
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