Police abuse

fife said:

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unsung said:

Another isolated incident.

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/07/25/police-shoot-dog-dekalb/13191011/

so question about this article. if you are a police officer responding to a break in and you see a dog coming around how would you respond? the article itself says that the owner could understand why the police officer shot the dog but didn't understand why the cop would not let the dog go to the vet.

my question for you is, lets say you hear a noise in your backyard and you went outside and right away you see a dog that you didn't know running to you, how would you respond?

I think raising issues of police violence is very important but this story doesn't really portray that.

Unsung thinks cops should be bitten before they should look to defend themselves against... dogs. The owner even understood why the cop shot the dog. As for not allowing the owner to take the dog to the vet... who knows? They were responding to a house alarm according to the story. I'm going to assume that the cop was following protocol for house alarm callouts as well as for dog shootings instead of simply being cruel.

And in his crusade against every police officer in the country... he needs to posts these types of stories to try and make his case. For every one of these stories, there are countless others of cops doing good to great things. Every poor cop story is major news... but teeny weeny (yes... teeny weeny) little events in the bigger picture. Let's not set our hair on fire.

unsung said:

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Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

fife said:

unsung said:

Another isolated incident.

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/07/25/police-shoot-dog-dekalb/13191011/

so question about this article. if you are a police officer responding to a break in and you see a dog coming around how would you respond? the article itself says that the owner could understand why the police officer shot the dog but didn't understand why the cop would not let the dog go to the vet.

my question for you is, lets say you hear a noise in your backyard and you went outside and right away you see a dog that you didn't know running to you, how would you respond?

I think raising issues of police violence is very important but this story doesn't really portray that.

Unsung thinks cops should be bitten before they should look to defend themselves against... dogs. The owner even understood why the cop shot the dog. As for not allowing the owner to take the dog to the vet... who knows? They were responding to a house alarm according to the story. I'm going to assume that the cop was following protocol for house alarm callouts as well as for dog shootings instead of simply being cruel.

And in his crusade against every police officer in the country... he needs to posts these types of stories to try and make his case. For every one of these stories, there are countless others of cops doing good to great things. Every poor cop story is major news... but teeny weeny (yes... teeny weeny) little events in the bigger picture. Let's not set our hair on fire.

I'd go back inside.

I post these stories to show that police aren't saints, they aren't to be revered, they aren't immune to criticism. I don't care how much they make, I don't care about their problems, they signed up for the job. They can quit. Do something less dangerous, less stressful.

Those good cops out there that see the abuse of the bad ones but keep their mouths shut are just as guilty, can't violate that stupid thin blue line.

But yeah, they are just doing their jobs.

I'm not going to argue with much of this post- there's not much wrong with it.

What I would say though is, certainly, we can respect cops for what they do- just as we respect a plumber for doing what they do... a teacher for what they do... a transport driver for what they do... and every other job that has its unique characteristics that make for difficult days sometimes. I would also fairly say that the difficult days for cops are a little more difficult than the office clerk's or any of those other professions I listed a moment ago.

*** And what do you mean you'd go back inside? Do you mean you would run away from the dog that is attacking you and hide in your car? Having cops running and hiding from threats they encounter on the job can't be what you mean.

How much easier would the job of a policeman be if we had stricter gun laws?

Imagine having to fear getting shot every time you pull over a speeder.

chadwick said:

in my opinion you have a problem with all cops or anyone w/ authority of any kind. how about calm the frig down for once?

Classic.

However... Chadwick, please reserve any of your opinions for Chadwick's Opinion Thread.

As Unsung pointed out: Please keep this thread discussion limited to official police.

unsung said:

Ok, now why does your response change because your attacker happens to be a cop?

Same thing, life or death. Fight back or submit?

if a cop attacks you, what can you really do?

the odds are against you.

first off the state is on the side of the cop. the cop will automatically have credibility in the eyes of a judge and jury so when you get hauled into to court, guilty or not, the cops handle the evidence, the cops write the reports, the cops cover for one another, so in court it is very hard to win.

now for the physical aspect.

it is not real hand to hand combat. the cop has a gun, pepper spray, a baton, handcuffs, body armor, etc. the cop also has, on his shoulder, a walkie talkie that if he speaks into it, produces more cops. all i would have on me would be my wallet, my phone, some keys, and my elbows. nobody wins when fighting a cop.

unsung said:

Just doing his job.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3996357/

I find this story lacks any details. for example, were they driving erratically? did the cop smell anything in the car?

again, i would like to know more details before making any assumptions. again, why don't you respond to any questions to you about the last story you put up?