Jerkass Cop shoots and kills neighbor's puppy

[qara_isuke]

Chicago police on Friday night launched an investigation into what led an off-duty officer to shoot and kill his neighbor's dog.

The officer, an eight-year veteran of the force, said he was out with his young son on the 5800 block of North Oketo Avenue, on the city's far northwest side, when Maximus, a four-month-old pit bull, charged at them

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[idemandjustice]

Well, that is just all kinds of fucked up. Yup.

[tadpool]

As if killing the poor thing wasn't enough, it was in front of a little girl (who could have also been shot??) and yay racism. The only "scum" is the trigger-happy cop.

[nesmith]

I'm sorry, I know pit bulls are big dogs and all and their puppies are a little larger than other breeds, but I cannot fathom the situation where a grown-ass man would feel so threatened by a puppy that he would have to shoot it eight times. I believe that's called "asshole who should never be allowed near a gun again, not even a water pistol."

[natyanayaki]

Oh the poor babies (the puppy who was shot, and the little girl who witnessed her puppy being shot). I can't fathom how many negative emotions Ms. Maglaya has right now, it's just...UGH. That PoS officer should never be allowed near a gun again.

I'm just so sick of these stories. After reading about cops shooting dogs, PUPPIES, shooting dogs after going to the WRONG ADDRESS. It's hard to remember that police officers exist to protect the public and their family members from danger when so often these officers seem cruel and/or extremely incompetent and irresponsible.

[qara_isuke]

It's hard to remember that police officers exist to protect the public and their family members from danger when so often these officers seem cruel and/or extremely incompetent and irresponsible.

I agree completely. Departments need to realize these shootings utterly destroy any good will and trust their officers have in the community. People should absolutely never be afraid of the police gunning down their dog, and with more than half of all people now having dogs....they need to change with the times and prevent this nonsense from happening.

Does a situation occur sometimes where there's no other choice? Obviously some dogs are vicious, and have to be put down. But so many of these cases are simply, "It was a pit bull" and that's taken as complete justification. The officer has merely to say they felt threatened, and that's that. And it is not cool.

Whenever I just want to scream about this shit, I always go look at this picture. It gives me happy fluffy feelings.

[natyanayaki]

That is so cute

[qara_isuke]

I had a few comments in mind, but ultimately they all sort of devolved into WORD SO MUCH WORD TO ALL OF IT.

My general impression is that most officers are wonderful, incredible people that take on an incredibly dangerous and stressful career for the greater good. So many of them go to work every single day, knowing fully well that today they could die. They do it because they want to help people, but of course there are always those that are attracted to it because of power. Those few bad seeds ruin it for everyone, and cause so much harm to the vast majority that are amazing people deserving of respect.

But the brotherhood sort of creates a problem, since they feel this need to protect each other even when they know the other guy has seriously fucked up. I do understand that so much of it comes from the fact these are the people they have to put all their trust into, and that naturally creates a powerful bond. But protecting those that cross the line just hurts everyone, both officers and the public

[shadowwolf1321]

That's fucked up.

How the fuck can a puppy be intimidating to a fucking grown ass man? (or to a woman for that matter?!)

Puppies just look at you with those damn adorable eyes... :'(