FWPD Shoots and kills family dog while at wrong address

[bcoop]

If you take your hands of the steering wheel, you are not in control of the car. If the dog runs away from you and you cant do anything but yell at it, you are not in control.

Didnt say the dog was rabid or going nuts, just that the owners didnt have control.

My dog is as dumb as a bucket of hammers, but he can take off full sprint after a rabbit, and will stop and turn around when I yell his name. Just because a dog isn't on a leash, doesn't mean you don't have control. Also, how do you propose holding a leash with a dog on the other end of it, while unloading groceries from your car?

That said, there isn't even enough in the article to make an assumption that the dogs were out of control. But for the sake of the story, let's say they were out of control... They are on their property, where they belong, when the officer was somewhere he did NOT belong. I don't give a fuck if they were rabid and foaming at the mouth. I'd be suing the shit out of the City, and going after him on the civil side as well.

[big_tiger]

Why didn't he just "wrestle" it to the ground?

[racrguy]

If you take your hands of the steering wheel, you are not in control of the car. If the dog runs away from you and you cant do anything but yell at it, you are not in control.

Didnt say the dog was rabid or going nuts, just that the owners didnt have control.

Yep, and parents don't have control of their kids unless they maintain constant physical contact either.

[Binky]

By being a fucking moron.




Doesn't sound like the dog was out of control to me. And the cop jumped on a pillar to get away from them because they were "barking" at him? That doesn't sound like a bunch of made up bullshit or anything.

If you take your hands of the steering wheel, you are not in control of the car. If the dog runs away from you and you cant do anything but yell at it, you are not in control.

Didnt say the dog was rabid or going nuts, just that the owners didnt have control.

[UserX]

There is so much contradictory information in that article I don't know where to start.

I agree. FWPD could quickly squash the issue by making the dash cam video/audio available.

[Armedtrigger01]

Seems like every time they go to an address they don't belong at they like to shot something and make up a sad it was attacking me story. One day someone needs to shoot back kill the officer then it's the story of a trespasser waving a gun around shooting my animals and I was afraid he would shoot me next. No leg to stand on since the officer was where he didn't belong was trespassing and was waving a gun around. I would call not guilty in a shooting like that.

[2011GT]

Another pussy cop that thinks he's tough because he has a badge

[racrguy]

A child with cropped ears.

Texas rat sprog.

[Butch]

How long before we open a story like this and instead of a dog being murdered it is a child?

A child with cropped ears.

[Cooter]

How long before we open a story like this and instead of a dog being murdered it is a child?

too much red tape... it's far more fun... er... easier to just shoot dogs

How do confuse a border collie for a pit bull?

By being a fucking moron.

And the family didnt control their animals. there is fault on both sides here.

My dogs dont leave the property unless they have a leash. Not because they are dangerous but because once they step out of the house i still need to maintain control. Yelling after an untrained dog is pointless. Just because they know their name isnt "trained".

Doesn't sound like the dog was out of control to me. And the cop jumped on a pillar to get away from them because they were "barking" at him? That doesn't sound like a bunch of made up bullshit or anything.

[mikec]

How long before we open a story like this and instead of a dog being murdered it is a child?

Police Officer to his colleague: "I'm at the wrong house and I thought it was Trayvon"...

[LANTIRN]

How long before we open a story like this and instead of a dog being murdered it is a child?

[Butch]

We live in a pretty quiet neighborhood without many strangers approaching. However, one day I was out in the front yard doing some yardwork and my Catahoula was sitting in the shade close to me when a meter reader from the city of Bedford came walking down the sidewalk. The dog immediately started barking and running toward the man. It scared the crap out of the poor guy and I got the dog to calm down and come back into his own yard. I apologized profusely to the guy and he said it just caught him by surprise. He was carrying pepper spray on his belt and I assume if I hadn't been there, he would have used it and had every right to do so.

I'm just happy it wasn't one of Bedford's brave and courageous police officers. I fear the old three-legged dog would have been a goner before I could get to my feet.

[Samhain]

My dogs dont leave the property unless they have a leash.

Your front porch isn't your property?