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An Idaho disabled man vowed this week to sue a local police station after an officer shot and killed his service dog.
Rick Clubb told the Twin Falls Times-News that his sons 9th birthday party was nearly finished at around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday when Filer Police Officer Tarek Hassani showed up at his home over a complaint about dogs running loose in the neighborhood.
According to Clubb, the 7-year-old black Labrador named Hooch was not showing any aggressive behavior when Hassani pulled out his pistol and shot the animal. Clubb suffers from Parkinsons disease and described Hooch as a trained service animal.
He didnt have to pull out his .45 and shoot my dog, Clubb pointed out. It was right outside my sons bedroom. What if it had ricocheted through the window?
Disturbing dash cam video shows Hassani approaching the dog as it barks at him. He kicks at the dog, and the animal backs up. As Hassani advances into the yard, the dog continues to bark. Hassani fires and single shot, the dog yelps and falls onto the snow.
Filer Police Chief Tim Reeves told KMTV that Hassani did a good job, and he was totally justified in putting the dog down.
Finally when he kept trying to come up to the house to talk to the owner, to get the owner to take control of the dogs he ended up having to shoot the dog for his own safety. We never want to have to shoot a dog but sometimes it happens. Reeves said.
But Clubb thinks that the officer used force too quickly.
More and see the video at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/11/idaho-cop-shoots-disabled-mans-service-dog-at-sons-9th-birthday-party/
Journeyman
(15,043 posts)I back off the property and call out to the homeowner to come talk with me. And they invariably do. And I have neither a loudspeaker nor a siren built into my car.
Imagine. Simple solutions for simple problems. And no one gets hurt.
jsr
(7,712 posts)That's how cops are nowadays. Never ask questions. Always shoot first.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)OMFG
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)will kill a human with as little concern.
Any police chief who would "justify" that shooting would cover up a murder as well.
Journeyman
(15,043 posts)RedRocco
(454 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Your property line doesn't matter when some asshole wants to practice his aim for 'sport.' You have to do a lot to protect ainmals from the worthless cretins that will do it just to prove they are your boss, and nothing to do with the animal itself that they shoot over the fence at, even if it's not a barker or anything. It's about being dominant.
Their 'freedom' is your prison, and there aren't any rules to follow to avoid their whims. The world is infested with these types and their enablers.