Cops shoot a dog to death
 

The cops arrest a guy and then shoot his dog down right in front of him.
Story has been blowing up, read the whole story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3530990.html

What do you think?

that was ****ed up.

What the actual ****...

That's terrible, even if out of defense there's no reason to just run around shooting down dogs just because they looks dangerous. There are much better ways or restraining a dog than shooting it.

This made me so sad..

that sound it made x.x

Oh my god, if cops did that to my dog...

"it lunged at the officers"

That right there is the reason the officer shot the dog.

Good, the dog was barking its bloody head off and it did lung at the officer. I don't agree with letting it suffer there, the guy was a poor aim.

You are scum, aren't you.

This is so... freaking bull ****.

Wow..

:'(

its the dumb ass owners fault for taunting the cops. I don't see what was his point in getting out of his car just to record them doing their job expecting them to Rodney king someone. Cops have a protocol for every situation and even though I think its messed up I think he did what he had to do to protect himself.

Shooting is not the way to go, just corrupted, dumbass police officers. I think taking a bite from a dog is far better then shooting it. Grow a pair of balls.

So if your family member was suddenly attacked by an angry dog you'd tell them to grow a pair of balls? Right, because when put into perspective like that, if you had the opportunity to defend yourself and those around you, you'd pass it up.

That's what I get for watching this in midnight. 0-0

Put yourselves in the officer's position. An eighty-pound Rottweiler - an incredibly vicious dog - lunges aggressively at you and you have a weapon in your hands. What are you going to do, let the Rottweiler gnash at you? It was in self-defense and it was justified. I'm sure he would have used a more passive method like a tranq dart given the opportunity, but the thing is, he wasn't given the opportunity.

i'd ****ing rage so ****ing hard ....
****ing bastards

"Shot the dog repeatedly"
One bullet would do fine, just for reaction too. But, I'd rather take a bite from a dog, then shoot it, honestly he did wrong, this wasn't justified business.

What is the way to go in that situation, then? Willingly let the fierce, potentially deadly Rottweiler attack you? You would be in a world of pain, if not dead. They do have the capacity to kill human beings, and no boundaries that tell them not to.

If you watch the video, the dog jumps up to bite, nothing as aggressive as you claim it to be. And yes, sorry, but, I'd rather be bitten by a dog, than shoot it to death, repeatedly.

one or two shots would of done it and may of not killed the dog, this is just inhumane.

He dodged the dogs bite anyways, the way he shoots the dog for 'reaction purposes' is no excuse at all. He's an officer and they should be immune from outrageous reactions. In my opinion, he should be charged for animal slaughter, and removed from his current job (if not laid off until further notice).

after he dodge the dog it follows him slightly causing him to panic, and if he ran the dog would've bite him for sure.

guy gets arrested people focus on dog

ppl get shot regularly by police, only see a thread about some dog

gg

p.s if an animal was about to attack me, and i had a gun w/ intent to use it, i would shoot the animal too and you all would aswell

The dog is nowhere near scary enough to shoot it out of shock. Not just that, but, people are bitten by dogs all the time, nothing fatal from a dog bite.

Lmao? I would never.
Not a dog in that case.

After the police officer tried to grab the leash the dog lunged but then it looked like it was backing up, the cop panicked and went all trigger happy on the damn dog.

The owner himself is partly to blame for being an idiot.

The cop is mainly to blame for being an idiot.

Your on something right? It wouldn't just take a bite it would keep going until it kills you. It's the owners fault for not winding up the windows. Good riddance to the stupid beast.

One bullet would do fine? He shot the dog the first time and probably thought "his still going till come after me" and shot him a couple more times.

LOL I'm going to stop right now, your probably one of those dumbass animal lovers who puts animals before the welfare of humans.

Yes, anybody can shrug off a bite from a rotweiler.

lel everyone is talking like the dog is some kind of monster, "it won't stop until it kills you"

wouldn't a cop be trained in a situation of a dog coming at you? surely they weren't taught to shoot it 3 times.

Here in America, for whatever reason, the general public and media values the safety of animals over the well-being of human beings that risk their lives on a daily basis to keep us safe. Funny eh? America in general is so damn sensitive.

i went america once, in a public shop there was ammo for guns next to toys for kids what the ****.

Don't know what store you went to because i've never seen any of that from my seventeen years of existence here.

LOL I'm going to stop you right now, your probably one of those psychotic masochists who get off on these videos, gtfo.

i lolled

The guy tried to tackle the dog first and provocated him that way.
Also where are muh freedoms now, USA? He shouldn't have been arrested in the first place.

http://freakoutnation.com/wp-content...2/05/Orly1.jpg

True, the dog was provoked and that was the cop's fault but as a result he did have a right to protect himself, despite idiotic actions on his part.

And this sort of thing happens all the time. There are police departments and officials that are corrupt, just like anywhere else.

Even though the cop was defending himself, he really didn't need to shoot the dog. He could've fired a warning shot in the air to frighten the dog to back off then broke out the taser and dealt with it non-lethally.

agreed

At first when I saw this I was thinking it was completely out of order to shoot the dog, especially right in front of the owner, god knows what I would do if anyone killed my dog right in front of me...

But then again, when a dog is trying to bite me, and once dogs attack you viciously they don't just bite, they hold on and try to drag you around and basically tear your limb off you, as well as the fact it's a Rottweiler, I probably would have done the same thing out of instinct.

And what would have happened then? Shooting a dog once or twice is the inhumane thing to do. Animals don't get the same kind of treatment humans do, and if it got shot chances are it would have suffered for quite a while before eventually being put down.

Also good for everyone saying they'd take a bite from the dog before shooting it; I love listening to people say what they would do when put into a specific situation and how awesomely they'd handle the adrenaline and danger. Because after it latches onto your arm you'll be in quite the position to deal with it. That's not the way police deal with confrontations, their job is to prevent harm, not take harm and then deal with it.

It is a very unfortunate turn of events, but I don't think it's quite as lopsided as people are making it out to be. I don't think the officer was entirely in the wrong, and the dog defending its owner is a very possible likelihood. I wish the dog didn't end up getting shot at all but the owner was irresponsible and put the dog in a dangerous position.

Pretty sure it's illegal to fire guns into the air; definitely not something an officer would ever practice.

I hate humans.

But then again, many animals attack humans for safety issues.

maybe shoot the ground next to the dog? i dont know

And yet you'd be making these decisions in the heat of the moment, when your adrenaline is pumping? That's the problem here: it's very easy to look at a situation as an outsider, comfortable in your home and say how awesome you'd handle any given situation, but things are very different in the heat of the moment.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9HQoRw4DP8...+hindsight.jpg

And anyways, shooting the ground is not protocol. Officers don't(or shouldn't) put their finger on the trigger unless they intend to shoot someone. And they definitely shouldn't be shooting at nothing.

They should've just arrested the dog :0

Couldn't have said it better.

This is how the cop SHOULD have handled it. In this video the Rottweiler was way more aggressive and was coming at him full speed and this cop handles it just fine without being a bich and killing the dog.

ITT: muh animal rights

I would have shot it if it lunged at me, at least they didn't shoot it while it was in stance barking at them.

However, he should not have just stood there and let the dog suffer, one to the head would be more humane. Then again, he was most likely in shock.

Olook at Bakon starting a flame. Qt