What kind of traindening would have qualifiacated him for his postion?
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We know how to work the microwave.
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Shodan
Fire? The Wheel? Opposable thumbs? Digital watches?
What if that human was Hitler? :steeples fingers:
And were covered in glue…
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Shodan
No way… he killed his German Shepherd.
That’s “German Sheperd.”
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The dogs owner has a legal right to video the police. If they had left him alone, this wouldn’t have happened. I don’t blame someone for shooting a dog that is trying to attack them, but the police put themselves in that situation.
I do not believe this view is widely prevalent.
You have a rather optimistic view of humanity, I think. The fact that so many people support the death penalty, for one, should suggest somewhat that many (perhaps most) people don’t regard all human life as having the same value, and I’d bet that those people would value the life of the family dog over such human life.
I stand by my characterization.
Bat.
Shit.
Crazy.
Sorry, but you animal rights wackos are just nuts. Honest question: Does this mental disorder have a name? Like Arachnophobia except instead of hating spiders, valuing animal life over human life?
I hope you can get treatment to deal with your mental health issues.
Schaeferhund.
Well, I personally don’t value the life of a dog over a human, but my impression is most people I’ve met will in some cases. People are nuts about their pets. I’ve had grown, tough men tell me that when their dog died, they cried more than when their own mother died. shrug It’s a hell of a lot more common than you think. And the odd thing, it’s not the typical animal-rights lefty types who express these positions to me.
The police have a legal right to cordon off an area around an armed robbery that just took place.
And if the choice is releasing prisoners or shooting an aggressive dog, you shoot the dog.
Because I read all your comments. You keep faulting teh cops for self defense by insisting that they jump through a bunch of hoops and try all these other things before they defend themselves.
I think they would have been justified in shooting the dog as soon as it jumped out of the car and started running towards the cops.
You’re crazy. The dog starts barking. No shooting. The dog jumped out of the car. no shooting. The dog ran towards them. No shooting. The dog got aggressive and started barking and lunging at them. No shooting. One cop reaches out (maybe to grab the dog’s collar or something) the dog lunges again, dog gets shot and dies. Your characterization of the chain of events is mindnumbingly stupid.
There was about 10 seconds between the dog running at the cops and the dog getting shot. It wasn’t their first response.
Too bad the cops weren’t raping the owner, in that concversation I would totally take the side of the dog owner. This particular loyal dog had a stupid owner that got the dog killed.
I think they could have shot the dog as soon as it ran at them
The LAPD have been thugs for at least 25 years, but they are mostly racial bigots, not species bigots. But the particular cop in this case was jsutified in shooting this particular dog.
I think that is exactly what some people have suggested (at least until animal control showed up to handle the dog). Its a crying shame that the dog died, but its not the cops fault.
Noone is saying that noone should care. In fact I think most people who sympathizes with the cops have made a point of blaming the owner and not the dog. But that doesn’t mean teh cops were murdereres for acting in self defense.
If it was me, I would have shot the dog as soon as it started running towards me. I wouldn’t have let it get that close.
You don’t have to wait for the dog to bite you before you shoot it. I think you can shoot it when it starts running at you.
I haven’t seen anyone say “its just a dog” the PETA types seem to be reading that into anyone who doesn’t elevate shooting this dog to the level of shooting a small child. The cop was justified, there is nothing to equivocate about. If you have to assign blame, I would place 100% of the blame on the owner, I do not see where the cops did anything wrong.
IMHO, if you don’t secure your dog and it gets shot, its your fault.
If a guy with a knife came at him like that, I suspect he would have shot him a lot sooner. I certainly would have.
Except this is not one of those failures.
Some people sort of equate animals with little children because they are both innocent and not really responsible for their actions.
Because he got shot. You don’t have to let the dog bite you before you shoot it.
Wait, I’m confused.
some of your fellow peta types seem to think that the cops “first reaction” was to shoot the dog. And here you tell us that the dog was out there for a long time.
What arguments do you have again?
Some of them think dogs > people
Yeah maybe MY dog and maybe if the human in question was an asshole like the dog owner in the video, but heck, I would value my sofa over many people I met too; but a human society cannot be cased on those sort of values.
Because the dog was attacking the police.
Assholes like that always try to blame others for their mistakes. It looks like you would too.
Cops shoot dogs way too fucking much and are way to casual about it.
This time seemed perfectly reasonable and shitty at the same time - for the dog.
Well, while we’re here, why don’t we throw this one into the fire. OK, this one kind of irritates me. Dog doesn’t die (thankfully), but is shot when the cops bust into the wrong house trying to serve a warrant on a guy with an expired vehicle registration. Yeah, shit happens, but come on.
Step carefully, Bob. *Most *of the time, when someone says they can provide a “long list” of something, it’s just a figure of speech…
What the estimable Vinyl Turnip sayeth.
A reeeeally long list, bolded and underlined in seventeen different colors.
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Shodan