Comments on: Puppycide

By: PSYOP

PSYOP — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:57:26 +0000

XYZ123, don’t knock Barney Fife, man! If our law enforcement agencies were comprised of Andy Griffiths and Barney Fifes, people would have much greater respect for the police and we’d live in a much better world. I guess I’m biased, though, I watch TAGS every day, it’s still the funniest show on TV, IMHO.

By: PSYOP

PSYOP — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:52:48 +0000

Davepen, call in a false tip to your house and refer to #21…

By: davepen

davepen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:51:30 +0000

We’re all obviously outraged by this kind of thing.

What do we do?

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:04:55 +0000

“But then again, ya know, these cops on these SWAT raids go in there so full of adrenaline you’d swear they were on meth themselves. Hair trigger fingers.”

Not meth, but steroids, which amounts to the same thing temperament-wise.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:08:51 +0000

One day, someone’s going to string claymores in their front hallway and the cops are going to get a big surprise!

Reference the Saw movies (I think #1 or 2) where the cops were raiding the main villain’s lair, only to get their ankles cut off and caught in an electrocution cage.

By: Johnstank

Johnstank — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:02:01 +0000

One day, someone’s going to string claymores in their front hallway and the cops are going to get a big surprise!

By: FWB

FWB — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:21:15 +0000

Reference: “Shooter” starring Mark Wahlberg.

Bob Lee Swagger: “You don’t understand how serious this is. They killed my dog.”

By: C. S. P. Schofield

C. S. P. Schofield — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:38:07 +0000

I have to say that if I were a cop in Texas, I would think THREE times before shooting somebody’s dog. That’s the kind of behavior that’s likely to get you into a whole HEAP o’ trouble in the Lone Star State.

By: Mike Healy

Mike Healy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:09:55 +0000

Your average cop can’t hit the broad side of a barn from 20 feet without help. The pit bull story doesn’t surprise me even a little.

By: Mojotron3000

Mojotron3000 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:10:06 +0000

seriously, you “graze” the dog you’re targeting with one shot but hit the other guy TWICE?

By: Mojotron3000

Mojotron3000 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:08:12 +0000

As Ginger Dan pointed out, the last part of the article actually seems MUCH worse. "Haltom City police were involved in another dog shooting in June. Kevin Valenzuela was shot by a Haltom City police officer’s stray bullet intended for his dog. Officers had gone to Valenzuela’s North Richland Hills house in the 3400 block of Willowcrest Drive to arrest his friend Jaime Moreno on suspicion of burglary, police have said. A Haltom City officer fired two shots at Valenzuela’s 80-pound pit bull terrier when the dog charged at him, officials have said. The dog was grazed, and Valenzuela was shot in his left leg and grazed on his right."

By: Ginger Dan

Ginger Dan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:15:48 +0000

What about the last part of the article where it talks about the previous dog shooting — how the hell can you shoot and MISS, at close range no less, an 80-lb pit bull?

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:32:18 +0000

There has to be a typo in the article.

There is no fucking way a jack russell terrier is 40 pounds.

4 pounds yes.

By: Highway

Highway — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:09:45 +0000

How bad is it that I read that story and think ‘Well, at least this time the dog that ran away didn’t get shot…’

By: Nando

Nando — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:57:45 +0000

I don’t mean to defend the cop here, Zeus knows I love dogs and would never want any harm to come to them (I have a 40 lb black lab mix that is just adorable!), but I did get bit once by a classmate’s Jack Russell when I was in high school. All I did was walk into the house and give my friend one of those shoulder-to-shoulder hugs and I guess the dog thought I was attacking his owner or some shit and bit my calf.

By: KBCraig

KBCraig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:12:39 +0000

Whose side do you think PETA would be on? They oppose pet ownership, and take every opportunity to euthanize those pets they “rescue”.

By: Montie

Montie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:13:42 +0000

I don’t particularly care for their practices, but is PETA involved at all in these incidents? I sent them an angry email earlier after browsing their site and not finding any mention.

They lost my favor years back when they bullied the rightful owner of PETA.com (people eating tastey animals) out of his site.

Wheter or not I feel that they are laregly a terrible bunch of people, they should be involved. Especially seeing as they could swing some weight that would count for alot more in these sorts of happenings rather than global policy.

By: Chris in PA

Chris in PA — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:43:13 +0000

I honestly wonder if I’d be a cop killer if I had my gun in my hands and I saw a cop shoot my dog. It’s pretty hard for me to imagine not reacting EXTREMELY emotionally.

As a psychologist, I think killing non-threatening animals in this manner should be an exclusionary criteria for law enforcement.

By: Big Boy

Big Boy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:16:08 +0000

It is a FELONY to kill a POLICE dog in most states.
Some puppies are more sacred than others. And,
Legislators have no sense of relative values (well,
I’ll bet that Mayor in Maryland now does).

The POLICE think all civilians are shitbirds and most
Legislators seem to agree (unless it’s the first week
in November of an election year).

By: j.d.

j.d. — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:41:34 +0000

wondering if they can get government compensation to cover the costs of a new dog and disposal of the old one? seems to be a trend these days.