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The department is conducting an investigation to determine what, if anything, could have been done differently, he said.
Oh really?
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The Smoaks told CNN that as they knelt, handcuffed, they pleaded with officers to close the doors of their car so their two dogs would not escape, but the officers did not heed them.
It's all on video tape too, and they're not lying. Looks to me like it's pretty damned obvious what could have been done differently.
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Palador ChibiDragon thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
It's all on video tape too, and they're not lying. Looks to me like it's pretty damned obvious what could have been done differently.
Agreed. Whole-heartedly.
A playful, tail wagging, dog is not what I'd call extreme.
Asshole.
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Baron Von Mortay had this to say about Knight Rider:
Deadly force should only be used in the most extreme circumstances.A playful, tail wagging, dog is not what I'd call extreme.
Asshole.Fucktard.
My Dad, for instance, used to be a Police Officer in Chicago. He almost shot a guy who later was found to be perfectly harmless, but he seemed threatening to my Dad at the time.
Put yourself in the Patrolman's shoes: dogs are dangerous animals. You can sit there and say, 'But MY dog is cute and cuddly and likes to lick my face and chew on my shoes and.. and.. and..!', but dogs are by nature dangerous. It's why people raise them to watch their houses. They can be the cutest animal in the world until someone they don't know comes around the family. Then they go back on their nature and become vicious. Dogs were originally domesticated as hunters, due to their naturally aggresive traits.
So you have three people who are accused of a violent crime(later it was found out to be a mistake, but all the cop had to go on was the fact his boss told him these people commited a violent crime and carjacked someone) and an animal who is violent by nature running out of the car and coming at you. I, for one, would have done the same exact thing.
I can't seem to get to it on the website, but perhaps someone else did.
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
The bad call was when they left the doors open to begin with. The dogs would have never been able to get at them at all if the doors had been shut, as the people asked. The officers didn't take an easy step to protect themselves when they had the chance, and wound up having to take a drastic measures instead. THAT was the mistake that caused all this.
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Judge Gydyon thought about the meaning of life:
Now, I know no one at EC would jump to a conclusion based on what CNN is reporting, but has anyone actually seen the footage of this dog being shot?I can't seem to get to it on the website, but perhaps someone else did.
Fark posted a link to where you can find it.
http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/stories/news-187947320030109-110148.html
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Nobody really understood why Baron Von Mortay wrote:
Deadly force should only be used in the most extreme circumstances.A playful, tail wagging, dog is not what I'd call extreme.
Asshole.
Could not agree more. Cop needs to get his ass fired.
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Palador ChibiDragon stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Fark posted a link to where you can find it.
http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/stories/news-187947320030109-110148.html
That's what I'm looking for -- CNN's video is down, and my 14 day free trial is worthless.
Maybe now the opinions we express can be educated and such....
Not meaning to be harsh towards anyone -- the lawyer in me needs a bit more than "This is what CNN and the people threatening to sue and get phat lewts say."
EDIT: That's some ugly video, that is. Maybe a better version will appear..... [ 01-09-2003: Message edited by: Judge Gydyon ]
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
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Judge Gydyon got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
That's what I'm looking for -- CNN's video is down, and my 14 day free trial is worthless.Maybe now the opinions we express can be educated and such....
Not meaning to be harsh towards anyone -- the lawyer in me needs a bit more than "This is what CNN and the people threatening to sue and get phat lewts say."
EDIT: That's some ugly video, that is. Maybe a better version will appear.....
No problem, it's cool. Facts are good.
I don't think we're going to see a better video any time soon. Odds are, any better version of it won't be released to the press till the case is delt with.
You can see the dog's tail wagging. Like I said though, that doesn't mean that it's not going to go after you.
[ 01-09-2003: Message edited by: Mr. Glass ]
"Police had suspected the family of a crime after getting a report of money flying from their car as it sped down Interstate 40.
Investigators later discovered Smoak had left his wallet on the car while pumping gas and was innocent of any crime. "
Does this make anyone else laugh?
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NecroPope stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
I say we sick PETA on the police officer that did it.
Nobody deserves that.
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Everyone wondered WTF when NecroPope wrote:
I say we sick PETA on the police officer that did it.
I say we sick the police officer that did it on PETA.
But really, give the guy a break. He definitely deserves punishment but it's not like he's an evil, evil man...
They have no common sense it seems sometimes , and that dog looked harmless.
And you're even a frog. Lameass.
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Suddar enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
While the cop is a dumbass, he honestly looks pretty fucking scared, and not everybody's judgement is the best when they're scared. Though blasting him three or four times was overkill...with a shotgun...But really, give the guy a break. He definitely deserves punishment but it's not like he's an evil, evil man...
I agree, good god people
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Skaw painfully thought these words up:
I've never seen a dog that wags its tail when it's aggravated, must be some weird new breed
Aggravated? Dogs don't have to be aggravated to attack.
I've seen (and delt with) a dog that was being trained to attack by its first owner. Basically, if it attacked anyone besides its owner, it was praised. It learned that biting people got it love and attention.
Later, it was rescued from that owner, and almost trained out of that. However, it still tended to bite (mostly just nips) if it wanted attention. It tended to do this more often if overly excited by strange things or people.
After dealing with this dog a couple times, and getting a couple of nips and nearly getting a real bite from it, I decided to avoid going to those people's house so long as that dog was there (it finally ran into nasty health problems and had to be put down).
Replace the dog in the video with the one I'm talking about, and it would have been wagging its tail even as it tried to bite. And if there's one dog like that, there's more.
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Officer Hall yelled at the canine to get back while retreating. The canine continued closing the distance of inches before Officer Hall was forced to discharge his weapon.
Yes, because we all know dogs fully understand and comprehend human communication.
