# Cops Taze Then Shoot Dog to Death

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-taze-then-shoot-dog-to-death/642385>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 28, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-taze-then-shoot-dog-to-death/642385 "2012-11-28T17:01:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-taze-then-shoot-dog-to-death/642385/41 "2012-11-30T17:39:48Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Shocked, not electrocuted. If you are electrocuted, you don’t get back up. Electrocution is death resulting from electric shock.

Ah, I did not know that. Wikipedia tells me that ‘electrocution’ was coined as a contraction for ‘electric execution’, but then got applied to accidental deaths as well. Ignorance fought.

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-taze-then-shoot-dog-to-death/642385/42 "2012-11-30T18:07:39Z")

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> [@FlyByNight512](#):
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> Ah, I did not know that. Wikipedia tells me that ‘electrocution’ was coined as a contraction for ‘electric execution’, but then got applied to accidental deaths as well. Ignorance fought.

I learned a new etymological factoid today, thanks.

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