Title: Cowardly Cop Knocks On Innocent Family's Door, Kills Their Dog and Then Walks Off Source:
Information Liberation URL Source:http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=52711 Published:Oct 22, 2015 Author:Justin Gardner Post Date:2015-10-22 20:55:20 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:19850 Comments:121
A cowardly cop put another family pet to death on October 20, leaving a mother and her children grief-stricken.
As surveillance video shows, a Florida City police officer knocks on the front door of the unfortunate family. He was going to inform them that they left a car door open.
The daughter opens the door slightly and their dog, named Duchess, was able to get out first. The cop reaches for his gun as the 40-pound dog emerges and fires three rounds into its head without hesitation.
"She was curious. She wasn't barking (and) she wasn't growling. There was no reason for him to think she was aggressive in any way," said the mother, Gillian Palacios.
The daughter comes out immediately after, and could only stand paralyzed in horror at the scene of murder. Duchess is lying on the sidewalk, still alive but fatally wounded, and the repugnant cop is out of the camera's view.
Palacios is yelling at the cop while her daughter cradles the dying dog in her hands. Duchess can be seen wagging her tail, perhaps finding some comfort in her owner's embrace.
The cop said "your dog charged me" and promptly left the scene, telling them Animal Services would pick up the dog later.
In his report, the cop will surely say that he "feared for his life" from the 40-pound animal. One wonders if he felt any remorse at all for his brutal actions. Instead of hesitating a bit and realizing the dog meant no harm, he put a family in shock and grief.
The department has put their officer on paid administrative leave while they investigate that matter, "gathering all the facts at the time."
The Palacios family rescues dogs and finds homes for them, but decided to keep Duchess. A friend of the family said she was one of the sweetest dogs she has ever met.
#59. To: Justified, Deckard, Fred Mertz, rlk, stoner (#3)
There is no dog worth one drop of innocent blood.
You want to blame someone blame the idiot owner!
Your comments here really set the stage, and explains your whole position. They really struck me as odd since I read them earlier today.
For me, this video is hard to watch. I have dogs. It's obvious you do not own a dog, at least not one you are fond of. To you they are just animals. One of my dogs likes to sleep in my lap just about all the time. It's a poodle we rescued off the street, with grossly overgrown hair and a piece of barbed wire stuck in her fur. She was quite fearful of us when on the street but still hung out enough for us to catch her and have a local vet clean her up. Perhaps the trauma from a life as a stray is why she likes to sleep in my lap all the time. A bit of PTSD, or whatever it is, in dog terms.
You are wrong, Justified. There are dogs worth more than drops of innocent blood. Your statement there is patently false. I'd give drops of my blood if it would bring the dog in the video back to life, and I know I'm not the only one. Of course you wouldn't give anything at all, because you don't like dogs, and maybe even hate them, and that's fine. At least fine for me. It's your loss, really, or maybe you just don't lack companionship. If so, great.
But don't tell others what their values should be, or how they are to regard their pets. That is not your place at all.
As for "idiot owners", being idiots for letting their dog escape when the door was knocked on, that is simply what happens sometimes with dogs. They get out. Babies poop their pants, and dogs sometimes escape. That's just the way life is. All dog owners know this. Having a 100% clean track record on keeping dogs captive is simply not reality. In the case of the video, the dog was killed while on the owner's property, simply because a wussy cop did not have the fortitude that UPS drivers, Pizza delivery guys, mailmen and plumbers apparently do have. Only a cop would pull out a deadly weapon and slay a homeowner's pet. Anyone else would deal with it some other non fatal way.
Was the cop really in a life threatening situation? If the dog had his shots, then there was no serious risk at all to the cop. But no, the risk of a scratch or a minor bite, assuming that was even a real risk which it probably wasn't, was just too much for this cop to bear. Why, because the moment he drew his weapon, he proved he was a wus.
These owners may never forgive this cop for what he did, and certainly they will hold animosity against all cops because of the actions of this one. You can say it was the home owners fault, but at the end of the day, one family and probably more in that community, will despise cops all the more because of this cowardly incident, and that is bad for the cops.
For me, this video is hard to watch. I have dogs. It's obvious you do not own a dog, at least not one you are fond of. To you they are just animals. One of my dogs likes to sleep in my lap just about all the time. It's a poodle we rescued off the street, with grossly overgrown hair and a piece of barbed wire stuck in her fur. She was quite fearful of us when on the street but still hung out enough for us to catch her and have a local vet clean her up. Perhaps the trauma from a life as a stray is why she likes to sleep in my lap all the time. A bit of PTSD, or whatever it is, in dog terms.
You and a few others here are dribble.
I like dogs. I have owned a few. I have owned a few animals. Yes I did love my animals. But in the end I am sane enough to realize that they are animals not humans. You should never mistreat an animal.
This video is a clear cut case of self defense. The fact that you and only a few others can not see this tells me you are mentally twisted about dogs. You would have an innocent person hurt to keep a dog from being hurt even though the dog is clearly the aggressor.
Yes the more I have to defend myself because stupid dog owners[good owners take care so their dog doesn't harm others] the more I come to dislike aggressive breeds of dogs such as pits and rots.
You are wrong, Justified. There are dogs worth more than drops of innocent blood.
No im right. Ask a parent if its okay that a dog harms their kid even a little. When they punch you in the eye you will have the truth.
It seems to me and probably the sane world that you guys have issues with humans?
These owners may never forgive this cop
Why? It was their own damn fault the dog attack the cop who did not provoke the dog or the owner. Twisted little minds! This guy[who cares that it was an officer it could have been a little child instead] had no other alternative but to kill the dog or what im sure your twisted little mind thinks is better get bit up.
There's a saying in retail biz. The customer is always right. If they don't want to forgive, they won't, and they will just get used to hating cops, which is bad for cops. And the same goes for family and friends.
There's a saying in retail biz. The customer is always right.
Even when they rob them?
Anyone that actually looks at the video who doesn't hate cops for just being alive or have an abnormal love of animals and hate for humans will conclude that it was the owners fault.
