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[Ape]

Photo of the cop

I just want to let you know that I appreciate this post.

 

[Banana Aeon]

Why the fuck did he do that?

Because he knew there would be no consequences.

 

[Dai101]

Anyway, this si going away from my original point in that the owner should be held responsible for their dogs being loose in the neighborhood

Yeah. he should have killed the owner too.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

... Is that puppy even moving towards the loser pig in the video?

You know, it's really remarkable that the police not being policed has managed to make the force full of the most cowardly people in any profession. KMart managers deal with danger better than these jellyfish.

 

[MCee]

So the dog deserved to die just because it's big? Even though it showed no signs of aggression? Jesus fucking Christ.

Yes. Just as anyone having a bad day, is drunk, disorderly, behaves suspiciously, or pulls out a phone deserves to be beaten to a pulp or shot to death if they're of color. Get with the times my man.

Fear and predjudice drive our law officers, not the need to protect or serve.

 

[richiek]

The video looks bad but everyone forgets that these were aggressive dogs that probably would have bitten innocent people had they not been able to hide in a car.

Even if the cop didnt shoot those dogs, they deserved to be put down, imo.

 

[Wazzy]

Fuck this sociopath officer. That poor puppy ugh.

 

[mantidor]

The title is so sensationalistic, I was expecting an actual puppy being blown to death like one of those disgusting videos my sick cousin used to share. I can barely see the dog, and it's certainly not just a puppy, regardless if this action was justified or not.

The camera was part of his work, wasn't it? Why would he incriminate himself by killing a non threatening dog? Or are we really thinking he's a psycho and killed the dog just because and didn't give a damn about the camera he has on him at all times?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

The title is so sensationalistic, I was expecting an actual puppy being blown to death like one of those disgusting videos my sick cousin used to share. I can barely see the dog, and it's certainly not just a puppy, regardless if this action was justified or not.

The camera was part of his work, wasn't it? Why would he incriminate himself by killing a non threatening dog? Or are we really thinking he's a psycho and killed the dog just because and didn't give a damn about the camera he has on him at all times?

The dog was six months old. That's a puppy. The title is exactly what the story is. How should it be changed?

 

[Javaman]

Had the rest of the video been released? The cop seemed very reasonable in the first video but the second one didn't make sense.

Here's a link to the full investigative report...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/250644952/Executive-Report-on-Cleburne-dog-shooting#scribd

 

[Broank]

Man Officer had to feel like a huge jerk when the animal control girl got there and is just like "come on come on" and the dog just walks with her and comes up all friendly to him and licks him after he had just held a gun on it for a long time waiting for it to make one move (and blasted its buddy three times).

 

[FalsettoVibe]

I wonder what will come of this.

 

[Valnen]

I wonder what will come of this.

Probably a whole lot of nothing, like most other unjustifiable cop shootings.

 

[GK86]

Looks like no charges against the officer.

http://m.cleburnetimesreview.com/ne...648-8863-11e4-aa79-5b39284a32d8.html?mode=jqm

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Hopefully a mod updates the op.

 

[Ape]

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Hopefully a mod updates the op.

I got it

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

Not watching the video, but that sounds like straight up animal cruelty to me.

Here's the Texas State Laws on Animal Cruelty. What the Coward did was at least a Class A misdemeanor and quite possibly a state jail felony.

The city is now revising their dog encounter policies for officers, as well as the city’s leash laws, and are pushing for legislation to require mandatory dog training for all law enforcement personnel.

Yeah, training as in "don't shoot defenseless animals like puppies". Is this training going to come before or after the "learn to walk and chew gum at the same time" training?

 

[necrosis]

thank god the officer was able to subdue the puppy before it wrestled his firearm away from him

 

[Javaman]

Not watching the video, but that sounds like straight up animal cruelty to me.

Here's the Texas State Laws on Animal Cruelty. What the Coward did was at least a Class A misdemeanor and quite possibly a state jail felony.



Yeah, training as in "don't shoot defenseless animals like puppies". Is this training going to come before or after the "learn to walk and chew gum at the same time" training?

He wasn't exactly a new cop right out of school.

He was instructed to include in his memo, information about his history and experiences with aggressive dogs. The training he has received about dogs throughout his career has provided him with the following facts.

1..Many police/dog bites result in serious injury to the officer or a bystander, often with long lasting permanent disability and/or disfigurement.

2.Many police/dog bites occur because the officer misjudges an attacking dogs behavior, its ability to close distance, the dog’s biting power and charging momentum, the dog’s motive, and the officer’s own lack of ability to stop an already charging dog with a small handgun. Often times the officer does not use a high enough level of force in time to prevent getting bit.

3.Unfortunately, dogs are often raised and bred by irresponsible owners. A lack of socialization and training for the dog can lead to aggressive tendencies. A lack of clear territory boundaries can lead the dog to treat the entire neighborhood as its “territory,” causing it to attack other people, children and animals. Criminals often breed and raise dogs for fighting, and train them to attack. In some cases, criminals have been found to specifically train dogs to attack police officers, as a means to prevent officers from making arrests or conducting searchers.

4.Running away from a dog will often provoke a dog into chasing.

The facts known to him about this case prior to him using force were as follows:

1.The dog was not only reported to have been aggressive, but actually attempted to bite a female with no provocation.

2.The dogs were regularly allowed to roam free in the neighborhood by its owner, according to the neighbor.

3.The dog began growling and took an aggressive stance (head lowered, teeth displayed, feet spread, with legs slightly bent) as soon as it came close enough to recognize that he was a stranger.

4.The dog began coming towards him, growling and displaying signs of aggression, when it could have easily ran away, as the other dog did. His other experiences includes past ownership of several pit bulls, and two pure bred Rottweillers.As an owner of these dogs, he did his best to educate himself through online training and literature on how to responsibly care for them. He had affection for these types of dogs, and at the same time has a wary respect of their destructive power. In 13 years as a patrol officer, he has had in his estimation over 100 encounters with dogs that were reported to be aggressive. In his experience, most of the reports of aggressive behavior were unfounded, or based solely on prejudice of the breed type. During these incidences the dog was captured with no use of force necessary. In a relatively small number of these encounters, based
on the conditions and circumstances of the call, he felt the immediate need to use deadly force to prevent himself or a third party from sustaining serious bodily injury or death, as was the case in this incident. In 2013, Officer Dupre’s hand and gun was bitten by a pit bull that Animal Control was trying to capture. The gun jammed and Officer Dupre was injured.

The video looks bad but it's hard to accurately see the demeanor of the dog due to how pixalated it is. During the investigation the investigator viewed many videos of dog attacks and found that during most of them dogs were wagging their tails and even appeared happy.