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http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-man-...sco-responding/story?id=16150874#.T42TbI6yz8A
Sad story. Sorry to repost if this has already come up.
Sad story. Sorry to repost if this has already come up.
As someone who has lost their dog to suspected human hands (we don't know for sure but it's suspected that someone did it to her, so says the vet) this story was especially disturbing for me BC of that & I wouldn't have even remembered the cop was there if my dog had been shot, gun or not I'd be running to my dying friendI've been following this on Facebook. It's sadly not an isolated incident, but it hits kind of close to home because it was an ACD that was killed in this case for doing something that any dog of that breed would do; bark at a stranger (nevermind that stranger was screaming and pointing a gun at his owner).
I was under the impression that the guy couldn't shut the gate because as soon as he got up there the officer was screaming at him to keep his hands in the air and not move.On the flip side of the coin, if he had shut his gate when went up front the dog wouldn't have been loose and gotten shot. Best to never leave your gate open, or door open where your dog can get out if something distracts me etc.
I would also be angry about the cop pulling a gun on me and going off half cocked on an innocent person, especially when apparently there was no report of an armed person or anything more than a domestic violence call which is pretty routine. Cops seem to go overboard as routine these days.
I believe domestic violence calls are considered to be the most dangerous, or at least one of the most dangerous calls for an officer to respond to. Might be fairly common, but that doesn't make them routine. Don't get me wrong, I sure wouldn't be too happy if this happened to me (even without having my dog shot), but I can see why the officer had his gun drawn.On the flip side of the coin, if he had shut his gate when went up front the dog wouldn't have been loose and gotten shot. Best to never leave your gate open, or door open where your dog can get out if something distracts me etc.
I would also be angry about the cop pulling a gun on me and going off half cocked on an innocent person, especially when apparently there was no report of an armed person or anything more than a domestic violence call which is pretty routine. Cops seem to go overboard as routine these days.
what he said.I am SO ANGRY about this story. I also am angry that this wackjob officer thinks this is an appropriate manner to approach a guy in his own yard minding his own business. The audio came on the news last night and it was just awful. The officer went from screaming at the guy to shooting the dog to screaming about how none of this is his responsibility. He's obviously unstable and needs to be fired immediately. Sickening.
Here is the Facebook for Cisco: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForCisco