Posted: April 19, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Cisco and his person, Paxton, were playing Frisbee in his backyard. When Paxton went to grab something from his truck, a police officer arrived, drew his pistol, and pointed it at Paxton. (He was responding to a domestic disturbance a few doors down but had been given the wrong address.) Cisco ran toward the officer, who shot and killed him.
The following exchange was recorded by the police camera:
Paxton: “Why did you shoot my dog?”Officer: “Why didn’t you get your dog when I told you to get your dog?Paxton: “I didn’t know! I just came around the corner. You pulled a gun at me and told me to put my hands up. What was I supposed to do?Officer: “Okay, but you knew your dog was back there, correct?!”Paxton: “I didn’t know anybody was here. I was just walking to my car.”Officer: “Oh my Gosh.”
When Paxton went on KLBJ-FM’s “Dudley & Bob Morning Show” to discuss the issue, the officer called in to apologize.
The Austin Police Department issued a statement, saying, “There are several pieces in the process right now that we are looking at.” Hopefully, this will end in something other than the typical “the officer was following protocol.” Hopefully, but not likely.
Paxton: “My best friend. You killed my f—ing best friend”
Ava
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 Comments
According to the Facebook page Justice for Ava, Brittany Moore called the police to report threatening phone calls. A police officer then came to her home, decided her dog was being threatening, and shot her. According to Brittany, this was the officer’s second time to kill a dog.
Both Brittany and a neighbor claim that the dog didn’t do anything wrong, with the neighbor saying
“I remember that her tail was wagging as she walked towards the officer”
but the Boulder County District Attorney has decided that the officer was not in the wrong with his decision to use deadly force.
“I keep reliving the sound that she made when he shot her and then Ivy, our golden retriever, went and was trying to help her up,” Brittany said.
Bucky
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
“He shot pop, pop. The dog was down then pop, pop, pop. I said, ‘Man, you just shot my dog.’ And he said, ‘You [expletive] idiot. You let your dog out.’” – Fox D.F.W.
Bucky was shot five times in front of his owner’s children. The family has created a Facebook page,Justice for Bucky.
Unnamed Belgian Malinois
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentOn May 5, another police Belgian Malinois died after being left inside an Alameda officer’s personal sport utility vehicle as the officer attended a use-of-force training exercise.After several hours, the officer returned to his vehicle – which had at least one window down for ventilation – and found his dog near death. The dog died at a veterinary hospital. The officer was not charged.
Never leave a dog alone in a vehicle.
Deano
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
The bullet went through his nose and broke his teeth on the right side.
Karen Gentry raced Deano to the Skyline Animal Clinic, fearing for his life because of how much blood he had lost. The police officer that had came to her house had been looking for a “Haskins,” but Gentry had lived at that home since she was 17, and there had never been a Haskins. She had stepped back inside, and the officer had shot her dog.
Neighbor Tiffany Hayes had seen the whole thing:
The cop was here, and Deano was coming around the corner. He was just coming up to greet him.
The officer claims that the dog was attempting to bite him.
This story at least has a happy ending: Deano did survive, and the sheriff’s office has offered to pay for all of the injuries. Still, says Gentry, it doesn’t make up for what they did.
[Technically, this one doesn't belong on this blog, since Deano didn't die, but I figured the blog needed one ray of sunshine.]
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