Video: Hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to blow your dog’s head off
posted at 3:46 pm on November 21, 2007 by Allahpundit
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A bit of holiday cheer from the big A’s family to yours. Oh, to be a tort lawyer with these people as a client. This Christmas it’d be iPhones for everyone.
In fact, here’s a little something extra for the nightmares you’ll be having tonight. You can thank MKH for that one.
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Now I’m hungry for some Taco Bell.
Jared_MA on November 21, 2007 at 3:50 PM
I laughed when i saw this, cus it sounds like a movie. The cop said to bring the dog, and he brought the dog. Then the cop did target practice on the dog…Micheal Vick will be very proud.
I wonder what they will do to this cop, cus this seems much worrse than what Vick did.
Chudi on November 21, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Well, that link, Allah, is hideous. MKH, yuck!
This story is troublesome too. Poor dog–amazing it lived.
Vanceone on November 21, 2007 at 3:51 PM
If this were Ace of Spades, I would post a fake comment as Lon Horiuchi, wondering what the big deal was.
see-dubya on November 21, 2007 at 3:53 PM
I thought it was cute that they left the dog “dead” there for a while. Great owners.
Jared_MA on November 21, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Then I’d follow up posting as Salvador Dali, wondering what the big deal was about the cat.
see-dubya on November 21, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Did the dog have a green card?
corona on November 21, 2007 at 3:55 PM
That is amazing, disturbing, outragous……I don’t know how I feel about it. For one thing I hate when people allow their dogs to run free. But as a dog lover I want to kick that officers a$$, and then shoot him in it!
conservnut on November 21, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Cops out of control.
Maxx on November 21, 2007 at 3:57 PM
jeeeez, poor dog :(
trailortrash on November 21, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Wait…this story doesn’t bash Fred at all!
Darksean on November 21, 2007 at 3:58 PM
Buddy of mine sent me this story, and I told him that sometimes I don’t get peoples’ willingness to go along with those in a position of authority no matter what they are being asked to do. No way I’d flaccidly tie my dog to a damn tree to get shot.
RW Wacko on November 21, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Great Thanksgiving Story, loved the end-cap from the news-anchor. “… and the holes in his head sewn up after Thanksgiving.” Great Thanks…I couldn’t stop staring at that nasty flesh-curtain on that poor dog’s neck. Thanks AP…
ColdBore76 on November 21, 2007 at 4:02 PM
If that cop really said “I don’t need any proof”, I hope he gets sued to hell and back.
MadisonConservative on November 21, 2007 at 4:07 PM
The horror; the horror.
Frozen Tex on November 21, 2007 at 4:07 PM
In Tecumseh, OK, the local cops were called to a home, because a snake was wrapped around a bird-feeder. Don’t ask me why the cops were called. They just were. Anywaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, the NON-VENOMOUS snake was duly shot at with the service pistol of one of the cops. Whereupon, the bullet ricocheted, and struck a little boy in the head [over a hundred yards away] – killing him instantly. He had been fishing with his grandfather, at a nearby pond.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
OhEssYouCowboys on November 21, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Wow. So if your neighbor’s dog barks all night and annoys you, all you have to do is call the cops and say it bit someone and the dog is taken care of.
I’m willing to bet there’s more to this story than what we saw here, but in the absence of a defending statement from the police, it looks pretty bad. Seems like the family should be entitled to some sort of defense, or the accuser/police should have to satisfy a burden of proof before their dog is put down. At the very least, assuming there was incontrovertible proof of the dog’s viciousness upon which the officer was acting, it seems that the dog should have been removed and disposed of discreetly out of deference to the family. Shooting it in front of the kid and the old man was uncalled for.
aero on November 21, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Not only is the cop a class A jerk, he’s incompetent. 3+ shots from a rifle at point blank range at a target tied to a pole, and it’s not dead? He ought to be fired just for that.
peski on November 21, 2007 at 4:10 PM
I’ll bet they were FMJ .223’s.
see-dubya on November 21, 2007 at 4:13 PM
If only justice were that swift on death row where they actually deserve it.
jman on November 21, 2007 at 4:15 PM
What? No baby seal beatings?
oakpack on November 21, 2007 at 4:17 PM
AP, you truly are the master of screen capture.
The still on the main page makes the dog look like a baby seal.
Valiant on November 21, 2007 at 4:18 PM
Even if the cop had the right to put the dog down, I doubt that is the proper way to do it. Animal Control officers should come, take the dog away, and put him down humanely with something like a syringe shot.
Shooting the dog with a gun on the spot, that’s just F’d up.
AlexB on November 21, 2007 at 4:18 PM
Glad they lawyered up…the family appears to me to be the type that doesn’t realize they can say “no” to authority. And what a great claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress…with actual damages (the dad’s breakdown)…and potential damages (child opening the door)…and intent doesn’t have to be to inflict distress/disturbance just to do the act which resulted in the distress/disturbance…the q will be: was the act sufficiently outrageous to a reasonable person? A good lawyer needs to get it past the kangaroo court, though, that will want to kick it before going to trial…hope the lawyer is local and not too green…
JustTruth101 on November 21, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Oh, and again giving the officer the benefit of the doubt by assuming that he had very good reason to believe that the dog must be put down immediately for the safety of the people he protects, he should have made very sure that the poor thing was dead before walking away. How terrible of him and the owners to just assume it was dead and leave it lying there in misery for who knows how long. It was either dying an excruciatingly slow death or would end up crippled or fighting infections if it survived. I have to assume the dog is still miserable, based on the size and condition of those apparently untreated wounds. Surely there are grounds for a lawsuit here, no matter what the circumstances were that brought the situation about.
aero on November 21, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Why is it that I think that there must be more to this story then what I just learned? I find it hard to believe that this officer just walked into the back yard and shot the dog because someone claimed they got bit. It sounds to me like a crime of passion. As if the dog bit his 8 yr old daughter in the face or something and caused permenent damage and out of rage he marched over there and shot the pup. There must be more to this then what we are being told. If there isn’t more to this then that cop is the worst cop in the history of cops.
Zetterson on November 21, 2007 at 4:21 PM
No one in this story comes out looking good, except maybe the kid. What’s up with the cop shooting the dog? In a nuisance animal situation where I live, someone comes and collects the animal and if it needs to be dealt with, it is euthanized in a humane way.
Then the people leave the dying dog where it fell for at least a few hours until they had to take Grampa to the hospital. So, several days after being shot and collapsing, someone finally gets this dog to a vet. This is a completely irresponsible way to treat a family pet.
reine.de.tout on November 21, 2007 at 4:21 PM
My thoughts exactly.
Also, I don’t know what the laws are in this state, but it surely can’t be in-policy to exterminate animals with a rifle? Especially in a residential neighborhood with kids standing around?
JackOfClubs on November 21, 2007 at 4:22 PM
This is why the establishment likes to have 2nd and 3rd class citizens around as they tend to cower when faced with this type of adversity. The guy wouldn’t even check on his dog after it was shot.
If this sheriff came to my house for my dog in this manner, there would be a video of the bullet holes in the sheriff instead of the this dog.
The sheriff or deputy what ever he is, has to be fired and should go to jail too.
voiceofreason on November 21, 2007 at 4:23 PM
That’s just the thing- the less willing people are to stand up for their rights, the more the government will take away them.
It’s like on the show “Cops”- you see it every episode. Idiot with drugs or illegally carrying a gun in their car or bag ends up giving permission to search, knowing they have something to hide when they could’ve just said “no” and likely walked. What they don’t show is how many people were coerced into allowing a search when they didn’t have anything to hide. Or when their car gets confiscated because their kid had a joint his parents didn’t know about.
Courts consider this sort of thing- if they see that everyone just gives consent anyways, they could just as easily decide that “compelling government interest” allows officers to search without need for the formality of a warrant.
A police officer shows up at my door announcing he’s there to shoot my dog, he ain’t getting her unless I pass out in a fit of laughter.
Hollowpoint on November 21, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Wait, that’s your family?
RightWinged on November 21, 2007 at 4:24 PM
One of the best parts about AoS. Its always funny when you forget to remove your sockpuppet though, I think everyone does that at least once.
Bad Candy on November 21, 2007 at 4:24 PM
Leaving the dog there for days will actually work in the favor of the family…it shows how traumatic this situation was for them, how it completely messed up their logical thinking patterns…they were doing what they were told, obeying the officer’s order…any police force that thinks they can do this kind of act with impunity is capable of terrorizing the community…I am a law and order person but **if** upon further investigation the facts are as reported, it is the civic duty of the family’s attorney to see that the police force gets the message LOUD AND CLEAR that they will be called to task for such brutal acts.
JustTruth101 on November 21, 2007 at 4:28 PM
Sounds like that could have been handled better IF that’s the whole story.
Kini on November 21, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Lotta police can’t shoot, wasn’t there a story a year or two ago where a bunch of cops fired over 100 times on a guy and he was only hit four times and survived?
Bad Candy on November 21, 2007 at 4:32 PM
Was the dog just sitting there quietly, wagging its tail and trying to lick the officer’s hand? Or was it barking, growling, and lunging at the cop because it regarded him as a stranger on the family’s property? That would make a huge difference in how the cop handled the situation, I would think.
aero on November 21, 2007 at 4:36 PM
I’ll bet that dog thinks twice before biting someone else.
Reminds me of a story about a small dog who constantly climbed the fence and got out of the yard. The vet advised the family to have him fixed and he would calm down. After the dogs surgery and healing the Mom was out in the backyard with her young teen son and remarked that the dog no longer tried to climb the fence and the boy commented. “he’s probably afraid it will be his hind legs next”.
GoodBoy on November 21, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Talk about Pavlov’s dog.
OhEssYouCowboys on November 21, 2007 at 4:44 PM
From the MKH cat:
I was unaware there were any statutory issues concerning the number of faces allowed to a cat.
eeyore on November 21, 2007 at 4:52 PM
It’s head is Swiss cheese. No way that dog could have lived. It’s obviously a zombie dog now and will have to be destroyed anyway.
meandchi on November 21, 2007 at 5:13 PM
Talk about moronic lambs.
Good thing I’m not the judge in this case. Both sides would be found guilty. Cretins, both.
Entelechy on November 21, 2007 at 5:41 PM
Cop shows up to shoot my dog he better have a court order and lots of backup. My dogs are the closest thing I have to kids and I can pretty much assure you that if some cop, or anyone else, came up and started taking pot shots at my dog I would be in jail for beating the bejeebers out of of him with his own billy club. We had a discussion along those lines in a lethal force class as to what you can legally do if someone harms your pet to the extent that you have a reasonable expectation that the pet is in imminent danger of serious harm or death. The answer in this state is that you cannot use force to protect your pet because pets are personal property. My answer is that I am going to jail because I will use force, up to deadly force, to stop the person.
Those dog’s owners are reprehensible for leaving the dog lay there. My dog would be on the way to the vet immediately and I would be balling like a kid. Stupid jerk cop. Dammit stories like this make me livid!
deepdiver on November 21, 2007 at 7:21 PM
I hope that dude is out of the cop business.
liquidflorian on November 21, 2007 at 8:04 PM
Speaking of iPhones, I happen to be reading and writing from mine right now. Can’t watch the video, did the dog die?
Sultry Beauty on November 21, 2007 at 8:23 PM
Deputy, fired.
Dog, hired.
profitsbeard on November 21, 2007 at 9:04 PM
If that were me, I’d call the ACLU, Animals Civil Liberties Union
StuLongIsland on November 21, 2007 at 9:06 PM
With indulgence, profitsbeard
Entelechy on November 21, 2007 at 10:28 PM
HILLARY THE CAT!
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Gotta be a HILLARY joke in there somewhere (other than the cats ‘real’ name and a two-faced pussy? ..????)
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and the dog? Damn weird story. The cops a jackass, and a bad shot, fire his arse for 6 or 7 reasons.
shooter on November 21, 2007 at 10:28 PM
S/b “set up for adoption” of course.
Sultry Beauty, the dog didn’t die but was left unattended, with severe wounds, for a long time, assumed to be dead.
Entelechy on November 21, 2007 at 10:30 PM
Hey Deputy, on Law and Order they played ‘good cop, bad cop’, not ‘good dog, bad cop’.
Helloyawl on November 21, 2007 at 10:53 PM
Wasn’t that Stephen King in the background at the Pet Sematary?
91Veteran on November 21, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Are you F-ing kidding me??!!
And what the hell is wrong with you idiots making jokes about what type of bullets were used, and firing the officer not for what he did, but because he missed. You disgust me, you absolute scum. You are precisely the type of people who should be prohibited from breeding. I truly hope personal harm befalls you soon.
I’m sure there is more to this than we are hearing so far, although it’s not looking good so far: http://www.kidk.com/news/11726496.html
All I can say is anyone coming around my home looking to harm my dog, better notify their next of kin, cause someone’s going to be leaving my property feet-first.
I can’t believe that man just led his dog out and tied him to a post to make it easier for the officer, then just stood by to watch. Use common sense much??
20 million domesticated pets are killed in the U.S. EACH year, people such as the ones mentioned above being the primary cause. It’s hard to believe out of all the creatures on this planet, Man ended up being the one who evolved enough to be the dominant species – actions such as this are proof positive that we both don’t deserve it, and don’t understand our responsibility our abilities bring along with them.
KMC1 on November 22, 2007 at 12:31 AM
Oh, HA – HA… you two are lyrical geniuses….
Scum. Jump down a well for the betterment of your species.. do it TONIGHT.
KMC1 on November 22, 2007 at 12:32 AM
KMC1:
Humor infusions are available now, ask your doctor about them at your next visit!
You may also want to talk to your doctor about irony, sympathy, and anger management.
Merovign on November 22, 2007 at 2:49 AM
“Cop shows up to shoot my dog he better have a court order.”
EXACTLY!
If the dog has been in the act of biting someone, that’s one thing. If the dog had in the immediate near past, bitten someone, then it would be a matter for animal control to seize the dog and hold it for observation.
But attempting to destroy the dog absent a court order when not in active defense of a person or other animal, is illegal.
The officer should be disciplined, and the dog’s owner should be filing suit.
PS – if you were a tort lawyer, you’d have gotten your Iphone a long time ago and you wouldn’t be grovelling and begging for one now. ;^)
georgej on November 22, 2007 at 4:34 AM
Can you imagine how long this poor guy that owns the dog would be going to jail if he would have shot his own dog like that?
Maxx on November 22, 2007 at 10:45 AM
What kind of drugs are you on anyway!!??
You actually think this is “humorous”, as if this is appropriate to “joke” about???
You are sick individual if you think I’m the one who needs to see a doctor.
People like you should not be allowed to have pets or children.
KMC1 on November 22, 2007 at 11:12 AM
And THAT is an understatement.
NRA4Freedom on November 22, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Where are the cowards at PETA on this? For once they could be useful and take up a worthwhile cause, but their voice is not heard on this matter.
Maxx on November 22, 2007 at 8:15 PM
KMC1 has a point. Some issues should not be treated lightly. But, I’m serious. When this zombie dog’s lust for human and/or dog flesh asserts it self, someone’s going to have to put it down. Big time. Ignore the zombie menace at your peril.
meandchi on November 22, 2007 at 11:49 PM
Just curious, the dog does look like a breed that could be vicious. Any idea which one it is, or what mix it is? A neighbor of mine had two rottweillers. After they grew up (a lot) the woman found she could not control them. They attacked another neighbor’s dog and tore it to pieces. Only then did she get rid of them. It was a good thing that a child wasn’t their victim.
I don’t agree with shooting a dog in front of its owners, or any children. But a vicious dog has no “right” to run free. The authorities should have produced a court order, seized the dog and held it for observation. If proven to be agressive, them put down via lethal injection.
Texas Nick 77 on November 23, 2007 at 4:53 AM
Yeah, KMC1 has some great points.
Joking about the dog being a zombie? Inappropriate.
You want appropriate “dark humor” joking?
Oddly, he doesn’t seem to see the humor in any of this… in which case, he’s really calling for people to kill themselves? I’m thinking that might be worse than a “zombie dog” joke which seems to have prompted quote #2.
KMC1, seriously, count to ten, and think about what you’re typing before you post. So far you’ve got the most hateful, violent, inappropriate and tasteless posts on this thread.
I can’t imagine that was your goal.
gekkobear on November 23, 2007 at 4:55 AM
First of all, you come across like a pompous ass in this post, while overlooking the obvious.
In your opinion, I would be perfectly reasonable if I were to find humor in this instance. And yet, you refer to me as “tasteless” and “inappropriate”…riiight…..
Irony suits you.
If you find my comments to be the
I have no problem at all not caring in the least.
KMC1 on November 23, 2007 at 12:18 PM
A gross and grotesque misuse of power. People need to be educated that police cannot do things like this. That owner had every right to shut the dog inside the house and say good bye to the cop when the office failed to issue a warrant ot take the dog into custody. And he also had legal grounds to immediatley call the police state and tell them that one of their own is trying to kill my dog.
This is why education is important. I can’t believe this guy actually did what the cop ordered with no warrant or other peperwork.
El Guapo on November 23, 2007 at 2:50 PM
Didn’t the BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader, do things similar to this?
MrC_5150 on November 23, 2007 at 4:38 PM
In the words of Lee Marvin from one of my all time favorite movies, “you really are quite emotional aren’t you?”
You sound as if I actually pulled the trigger.
Is there something posted here that suggests anyone condoned either the officers actions? or the owner who left his dog lie there?
91Veteran on November 23, 2007 at 8:04 PM
Hey Allah!
I know this families attorney!! He’s a friend of mine. In fact, I am discussing working with him when I’m done with school.
OH!! Teton County, Idaho, you are sooooo screwed if the facts are close to what was reported here.
Troy Rasmussen on November 23, 2007 at 8:51 PM
Can we talk about the owner in this sensational story for just a moment? The dog was kept tied to a chain in the bitter cold and now he is being portrayed as an innocent owner…a freedom fighter against the oppression of the police?
Adam on November 24, 2007 at 2:03 AM
Disturbing, to say the least. A gun would be acceptable if the dog appeared to be rabid. Was there no ASPCA there? Why wouldn’t euthanasia be an acceptable method of killing the dog if it is supposedly dangerous? It isn’t like the dog was vicious in the video.
If all this is how it appears to be, then that officer shouldn’t be allowed to act as even a security guard.
MaelstromX on November 24, 2007 at 4:16 AM
We seem to have a 5th Amendment case in the making as well. It is clear that, whatever the other facts in this case, there was no attempt at due process before the Sheriff’s office decided to take and destroy a citizen’s property.
Random Numbers (Brian Epps) on November 24, 2007 at 5:57 AM
Ha ha. I wonder if the great dog owners did?
BowHuntingTexas on November 24, 2007 at 12:12 PM
KMC1: Dude, chill. You’re gonna have an aneurysm.
Oh, and take your self-righteous indignation, which has more to do with your ego than your fictional concern for animals, and shove it somewhere dark and stinky.
Some people make humanity seem so inhuman.
Merovign on November 24, 2007 at 4:01 PM
“fictional”?
“dark and stinky”?
You’re disgusting and crass. (Among other things)
My self-righteous indignation is a result of having enough sense in my little finger to know this is not something that is either funny, or to be joked about. You’re absolutely correct in you’re assertion that YOU do seem rather low class and sub-human.
KMC1 on November 25, 2007 at 11:38 AM
A question: Does the officer who shot the dog live in the neighborhood somewhere or know someone intimately (family member, etc) who does?
If the lawyer is standard quality, that officer is screwed, capital S. The officer’s actions in this matter was not of a professional manner reminiscent of law enforcement. Since the dog was not posing an immediate danger to anyone, the officer had no legal authority from the moment he stepped on the property.
The family is going to get a lot of money over the actions of this stupid cop. I predict the officer will also be personally sued and will get fired as a result of the incident.
Good riddance.
Weebork on November 25, 2007 at 2:06 PM
If you would like to help out with this case either legally or financially, you can contact the attorney handling the case directly at the email listed at the bottom of the article: http://www.kidk.com/news/11730201.html
KMC1 on November 25, 2007 at 3:45 PM
What a horrible shot! I bet that officer won’t get a deer this year – If you can’t hit a chained up dog from 15 feet how do you expect to hit a whitetail at 100+ yards?
Actually I’m crazy about dogs. I’d have never let that happen to my pup and probably would have ended up in jail.
amend2 on November 25, 2007 at 4:35 PM
KMC1: Your problem is that you take yourself too seriously.
Which means other people don’t take you seriously.
If you really felt the way you say you do, you’d stick to helping (full credit to you for posting the link to contact info for those who want to help the poor dog and the adorable, if slightly dumb family).
Instead, you spend most of your energy haranguing those who fail to meet your standards for properly noselifted propriety.
Well, you can either get used to the fact that people joke about the macabre as a way to come to grips with bad things over which they have no real control, or you can keep clenching your teeth and shouting through them until you have a stroke.
Which is nothing to joke about. :)
Your choice.
Merovign on November 25, 2007 at 7:09 PM
Thanks for the free session, Dr. Freud.
When it comes to people shooting dogs for pleasure, I’ll take the stroke (and the moral high ground), thank you.
KMC1 on November 25, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Please note there are new comments from the Sherriff’s office on this matter, if you’re interested.
Also, the attorney for the family has stated that there is no need for any monetary donations to them. If you’re interested, it’s at the bottom of the updated article: http://www.kidk.com/news/11845751.html
KMC1 on November 28, 2007 at 12:14 AM
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