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I thought that killing a K-9 was just below killing a cop on the list of heinous crimes. I hope that the culprit hangs….oh, the dog was inside a police car….well, I’m sure its all according to training.
Aww, I was hoping the chocolatey death link would give me an excuse to sing a Smothers Brothers song…
“I yelled “FIRE!” because nobody would help me if I yelled ‘CHOCOLATE!!!!’”
So, would Major Nelson be liable for the genie’s legal issues?
It’s OK guys, Officer McIntosh was just following established procedure when the dog died.
(You just know they’re going to say that).
If there is a god he/she/it is a funny motherfu**er putting all that oil in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East.
I hope the Saudi family wins and leaves the genie without a lamp to piss in…
Good grief, what some people will believe.
At least the Saudi family is blaming a genie, and not the United States, or a Zionist conspiracy.
There was a police dog that died in Phoenix about a year ago because the cop left the dog in the car while he ate lunch. I remember the dog getting a full police funeral, including a parade, but don’t remember what happened to the cop (he was suspended with pay in the article I read, but it was before the investigation).
I think that the officers (both the Phoenix guy and the NJ woman) should be charged just as any civilian who kills a police dog would. They should also be charged with animal cruelty and made to pay the city/county back for the expense of training a new dog.
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Since when do cops answer to SPCA?
“The four-year old Golden Retriever was worth over $100,000 because of his training and the specialized vehicle used to transport the K-9 officer and the dog, the source added.”
The dog was worth that much because the vehicle used to transport him was expensive? Newspapers sure write some weird things these days.
In other police dog news, a Chicago police dog has gone missing. The kicker? The same dog went missing two months ago (with extensive media coverage) when he supposedly got scared during a thunderstorm and leaped over his owner’s fence. Apparently the idea of building a bigger fence–or keeping the dog on a leash–after the first incident never occurred to his handler.
Anyone familiar with Islamic Law? What exactly are the courts going to do to hold the genie accountable? Is there some kind of special rain dance they do with prosecutors and judges to exercise this demon?
What recourse to Sharia courts have against a genie?
From the article the genie sounds a lot like a poltergeist or a disgruntled neighbor. Either way how do you prove your case and sue the apparition? Are they going to get an Imam to bless the place?
OMG! The only bomb sniffing dog in Mount Holly, New Jersey (population 11,000) has died!
How will they deal with all the bombs littering their streets now?
I have to wonder… has a bomb sniffing dog, working for a Police Department (Not a military dog in… say… Iraq) ever actually found a bomb?
A hundred grand a pop… I could train a dog to wander around acting like it’s looking for something. Of course… my dogs would probably just do this:
http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/bomb_sniffing_dog_humps_bom_0
The chocolates are interesting. I wonder how many people would be willing, without so much as a second thought, to ban such expression using obscenity or lack of redeeming value as a justification.
So… I cannot find a single report on the interwebs of a dog actually finding a bomb.
I found this:
http://www.ble.org/pr/news/pf_headline.asp?id=15634
I think I could develop an entire line of new sniffing dogs for the police industry! Dogs they will find really useful.
The Suspicious Person sniffing dog. ‘nuf said! Search anyone you want with this bad boy!
The Computer Porn sniffing dog. You bust into a house with some crappy “narcotics” warrant and find a computer? This dog finds porn on any computer so you can impound it for future sale!
The Resisting Arrest sniffing dog. For the end of the month and your arrest quota is a little short… Finds anyone that is going to resist arrest! Stop resisting and I’ll call off the dog!
“I have to wonder… has a bomb sniffing dog, working for a Police Department (Not a military dog in… say… Iraq) ever actually found a bomb?”
I wouldn’t necessarily expect them to. Aren’t they are mainly called out for bomb threats? The vast majority of those are hoaxes, so the dogs are used mainly in situations where they aren’t actually expected to find anything. For suspicious packages, it’s often safer/easier to use other means to inspect/disarm the package.
Seriously…how do I get one of these candy-ass jobs that suspend me with pay for gross negligence?
Cop negligence is just a tragic accident and nothing is to gain from further punishing heroes. Citizen accidents are horrible crimes that must be punished in order to serve as a warning to others (and prevent society from crumbling…although crumbling society would most likely be pretty darn good right about now).
I remember similar chocolate story that had sexual anatomical shapes. They probably got shut down by the Land of the Free.
On the CIA story, it reminds me of the state never going after order followers becauase they want to ensure the order followers always follow orders. Convenient for the state, but they never extend the same courtesy to any one or any thing else. Again with the society crumbling thing…would be good thing.
“So… I cannot find a single report on the interwebs of a dog actually finding a bomb.”
You’ re thinking logically. Police rely more on sensationalism
and hype than logic. Like George Carlin said, it’s all about giving white people the *illusion* of safety. Very important.
The logic angle, critical analysis, will just leave you scratching your head.
“ban…lack of redeeming value”
This reminds me, has anyone heard what the $$numbers are for Sarah Palin’s new Fox News show? I mean…you’ve got to assume there’s already a deal.
I always get a kick out of western reaction to stories about the seemingly silly beliefs of those who subscribe to different religions or superstitions.
People are starting to see through the ruse of the “____ sniffing dog”, but I think they are going to soon be a thing of the past anyway. They were just a convenient interim step between the days when the Fourth Amendment meant something and its being completely abandoned.
The U.S. isn’t going to have the same problem India has and here’s why: If anti-terrorism laws could be used as a means to oppress non-terrorists, Congress would have included proper safeguards against such abuses right in the laws. The fact that there is very little in the laws to prevent that kind of abuse is proof that the abuse can’t happen.
We need to start learning to trust our government. Just imagine how much less stress you would have if you just stopped worrying about government this and government that. Hell, I’m probably going to out-live all you mofos.
Officer kills Civilian’s dog = “It was just a dog.”
Civilian kills Officer’s dog = “It was an officer of the force,” felony charges, etc.
My prediction:
Officer kills Officer’s dog = Dog mysteriously reverts back to “It was just a dog,” only with more flowery prose.
Huh, it turns out cops kill their dogs all the time with their inherent stupidity.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/95043
Which makes perfect sense… when you consider that the dog, Bandit, was trained to detect explosives. Wait, no it doesn’t.
What, is there a government agency going around passing out explosive sniffing dogs or what?
Am I the only one shocked by the $100,00 value placed on the dog in that article?
Are those real dollars or cop dollars (you know, the million-dollar brick of weed dollars)? If those are actual US Dollars, I think that’s deserving of at least a little bit of outrage. A hundred grand for a dog? Seriously?
ALowe,
If you add in the $50-60,000 cost of a ‘specialized’ vehicle along with that, you can get up to 100 grand. It’s pretty specious, tho, since you wouldn’t think they’d have to buy a whole new vehicle for the next dog.
Just bad reporting, writing down whatever the cops wanted them to say.
It appears that the actual cost to train an explosive sniffing dog is about 35K.
You can also get dual purpose dogs… trained in their specialty (Like finding bombs, drugs, or cell phones) AND are trained to be merciless defenders of justice as well. Something you absolutely need while doing traffic patrol.
Huh. I wonder how much a cell phone sniffing dog goes for.
The cars come equipped with a noseprint validation ignition switch.
For about $5000 I can get you a dog that will “indicate” or “alert” on anything you want: Bombs, drugs, illegal aliens, booze, you name it.
Re: $100K dog, including vehicle. Just another sign of bad journalism by the MSM. By that logic, a dog on an aircraft carrier is worth several billion.
How about easy women? Of course, they might deny it, but if the dog says they’re easy, who the hell are they to argue, right?
I think we can safely say that no major official is going to be prosecuted over the torture issue and I don’t think they have scapegoats in this case like they did in the Abu Ghraib case. No pictures are available (at least that we know of) that can be used as a catalyst to focus public attention on minor players.
In the end, this is some kind of grandstanding and/or application of pressure for reasons that probably don’t even have anything to do with torture but are more about backroom political maneuvers. Eventually it will drop of the MSM radar and we’ll find ourselves wondering, “Hey, whatever happened that torture investigation”.
This last weekend I was about 30 seconds away from busting out a car window because a dog was inside and in direct sunlight, but the “owner” (a tourist) came out of the store and took the dog out of the car before I’d finished counting to 60.
{off topic, but this really chaps my butt.}
On the bright side, when drug warriors stoop so low as to jack with peoples First Amendment rights, it’s a possible sign that their getting worried about the lie. But still, this is most disturbing.
Bob Newland is (or was) the director of the South Dakota chapter of NORML and a long time politically outspoken activist for reform of that state’s restrictive stance on medical cannabis. He was caught with 4 ounces of the prohibited plant that was destined for consumption by sick people.
The judge thinks he let him off easy.
Gee Judge Delany, how many of your doper juvies were influenced by Newland? Chances are, they don’t even know who he is. It’s ironic that the judge would attempt to rip away a person’s first amendment rights based on such insane logic.
What’s next Delany? Total disregard of 4th amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure just because a well trained dog licks his balls? Asset forfeiture run amok? (Oops! Those are already common occurrences.)
But still, this new innovation in sacrificing liberties in support of an insane and ineffective drug policy should not go without recognition. Congratulations Judge Delany. You are Bob42′s Drug Warrior DumbA$$™ of the week. You haven’t heard the last of this.
$100,000 police dog left in hot car. Saudis suing genies. Anti-terrorist comic book squads. You could never make this stuff up and sell it in a novel because it just isn’t believable.
Re: The Genie
Hmm…so will that same court allow my case, Bonasera v. Fairy Godmother to go forward? Cuz, that broad OWES ME! :P
Speaking of Animal Cruelty …..
We now go to Tucumcari, New Mexico:
http://www.qcsunonline.com/news/cruelty-7347-apodaca-mayor.html
Finally a story that involves a police attack/intimidation/snooping justifier dog that has a happy ending.
@Dave Krueger #22:
Yeah, it always cracks me up when people laugh at those backward “other people” too.
After all, it’s not as if anyone’s ever sued Satan.
They’ve never had to take a gun and badge away from a crazy cop that saw demons everywhere either.