I know that if a cop ever comes to my house that my gentle, doofy dog Moose would be in mortal danger, because his modus operandi when new people come into the yard is to bound up to them barking.

He then proceeds to lick them to death.

As for Charlie’s post above, I’m confused as to how someone could be an agnostic christian. Is that even possible? By definition, an agnostic is a person who believes that we humans do not have the information available to us to make a choice on whether deity exists or not, because we’ve been denied proof of their existence, and concrete DISproof of their existence is something that cannot be had. Therefore, an agnostic is someone who is open to the existence of deity, but also does not commit to a belief that they do exist.

How does that jive with choosing a denomination, when you don’t even know if God exists to begin with? Please note, I’m not being sarcastic or criticizing you here, I’m genuinely curious as to how you’ve come to your current state of being.

Granted, I may be in the same boat as you, because IF deity truly does exist, i hope beyond hope that the deity that does exist is the New Testament Christian God, because the other choices are simply awful…

Oops, Godwinned. Sorry about that.

Also, why don’t they just kick the dog or something?

You’re already traumatized, gunshots from close range are traumatic, and losing a pet is traumatic. So basically, they just took an already atrocious situation and made it SIGNIFICANTLY worse. That’s what he’s saying. No, the dog being dead isn’t the biggest issue, it’s the senselessness of shooting a family pet, in front of the family, while delivering news about the murder, that makes this notable. It’s a lack of common sense and common decency.

This is an event that makes a soul despair. The cop couldn’t have found a way to back off. He had to take this opportunity to make the worst day in a families life just a little more miserable.

Useless. Officer Useless.

I don’t know whether that makes it better or worse.

I also confess that I have left comments here suggesting that many of these incidents seem to involve owners not being terribly responsible about restraining their dogs. I’ve been savaged for daring to to speak any smallest word in defense of the police. I’ve been reminded that “the police” are “our enemies”. Every single one of them, apparently, sight unseen.

Despite being a contemptible badge licker, I’m gonna come down on Offisa Pup Shooter for being an irresponsible cowardly asshole, who deserves neither badge nor gun. Getting bit on the leg is too good for him, and might poison the poor gullible dog.

I note that he is “unnamed”; asshole cops are never named. Why, it’s as if their superiors think they’d lose the trust and respect of the community if we knew who they were.

I also note a comment on the story to the effect that you can be cited for tying up your dog in your own yard, “ask me how I know”.

I apologize for ever thinking a good thing about the cops. I’m sure there are decent ones out there, but their institutions and fellow officers are so far out of control that they either resign their posts, or resign to being known by the company they keep.

Same standard they hold us to.