Cheers then PacMan so know can i get back to being LadyHawks Puppy please !!
I'm guess I'm ' not the police officer.' My other personality failed the psych testing....
Did not.
Did too.
DID NOT !!!
Anyway, my flashing conviction ( a simple misunderstanding of a game 'you show me yours and I'll show you mine' with a mannequin in a dimly lit departmentment store) and being an american kept me from being a bobby.
As for agreeing to disagree.. I disagree.. And I blame the whole incident on pacman. j/k
The officers all arrived on the scene with dispatch telling them they had a 'felony' stop ( Same as putting AI on red alert in a map). The officer that shot the dog was not protecting only himself..he was protecting the other officers as well. Enough said.
It’s to bad for all sides in a situation like this. I completely understand the Officer’s side and at the same time I feel deeply sadden for the trauma the people are being put through all because some Good Samaritan called the police and probably convinced them that these poor people just robbed the store. I’ve worked with my local police and have been part of a crime watch for a few years so we've leraned what to tell police before showing up for a call. I’m pretty sure no officer goes into an unknown situation as if nothing bad is going to happen and as Pacman said the stress factor in this type of situation is high and there’s no real time to stop and assess if the dog will bite him or not. This is one of those situations that a million people can analyze after the fact and make judgments based on what they think they would or wouldn’t do. I am for animal rights as well as the next person but on the scales of a higher value, I would say I thank God that one of those people didn’t do anything that would have made the officer shot them instead so in all respect something good did come out of this, no human life was wasted. It’s unfortunate for the animal. My two cents.
(Sorry I wasn't up to date with this thread but I work late and instead of letting it go like I normaly do, so if it sounds like I'm beating the dead horse...well you get the picture.)
[Edited on 1-13-2003 by Charger]
Charger the animal rights advocate, save the dogs....but beat the dead horse ??? j/k
[Edited on 1-13-2003 by Pacman <|SC|>]
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