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Title: Video shows Minneapolis police officer shooting two dogs in north Minneapolis yard
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Star Tribune
URL Source: http://www.startribune.com/video-sh ... th-minneapolis-yard/433481333/
Published: Jul 9, 2017
Author: Pat Pheifer
Post Date: 2017-07-11 07:25:35 by Deckard
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Views: 5269
Comments: 34
The Facebook video is disturbing. A uniformed Minneapolis police officer is seen in the fenced backyard of a home in north Minneapolis. As of Sunday afternoon, both dogs were alive but their owner, Jennifer LeMay, was facing thousands of dollars in bills for vet care and surgery. Minneapolis police released a statement Sunday saying an investigation is underway and “at this time, there is no further information we can release.” The incident happened about 9:15 p.m. Saturday in the 3800 block of Queen Avenue N. The episode was recorded on security video cameras in LeMay’s backyard. On Sunday evening, a Minneapolis police officer visited LeMay’s home to extend condolences and discuss what happened. LeMay and her four children own the dogs, Ciroc and Rocko. Both are Staffordshire terriers that the family has had since they were puppies. The dogs are physician-prescribed emotional support animals for LeMay’s two sons, who suffer from severe anxiety. Police spokesman Corey Schmidt sent a one paragraph statement: “We are aware of the recent incident involving MPD officers responding to an audible residential burglary alarm and while at this call an MPD officer discharged their firearm, striking two dogs belonging to the homeowner. Anytime an officer discharges their firearm in the line of duty there is an investigation. We are in the process of reviewing the video posted online, as well as the officer’s body camera video.” LeMay told what she knows of the incident from her daughters and from her security camera video: She and her family were camping in Wisconsin while a friend watched the dogs at LeMay’s home. LeMay’s daughters, ages 18 and 13, decided to come home early because the 18-year-old was supposed to work an early shift at a fast-food restaurant on Sunday morning. The daughters arrived at the house at 8:50 p.m. Saturday. One of them accidentally triggered the alarm. LeMay said she phoned the security company and the alarm was deactivated at 8:54 p.m. At 9:15 p.m., two officers arrived at the home. Neither knocked on the front door, Le May said, but one stayed in front while the other apparently scaled a 7-foot privacy fence to get into the backyard. The video, with no audio, shows an officer standing in the yard. He approaches the house and goes out of camera range. A moment later, he steps back rapidly, his gun drawn. Ciroc, a white and brown dog, trots toward the officer and stops about 10 feet away. The dog looks distracted but does not appear to be charging the officer. The officer fires, the dog falls and then scrambles to his feet and runs away. At the same time, a black dog runs into camera range. The officer shoots several times and the dog flees. The officer appears to assess the scene briefly before he leaves the yard by climbing over the fence. LeMay said her 13-year-old daughter saw the entire incident from her upstairs bedroom. “He was wagging his tail,” LeMay said of Ciroc. “My dog wasn’t even moving, lunging toward him or anything. “My dogs were doing their job on my property,” she said. “We have a right to be safe in our yard.” After the dogs’ shooting, another officer knocked on the front door. The 18-year-old explained that she’d triggered the alarm and that it had been deactivated. The family didn’t instantly take the dogs to the emergency vet because police told the family that “animal control” would be there in minutes to access the dogs’ medical needs. No one showed up, LeMay said. When Lt. Derrick Barnes came to the house Sunday evening, he was “as genuine and compassionate as he could be, without overstepping his boundaries,” LeMay said. Both dogs went to the emergency vet Saturday night. Ciroc was shot in the jaw, Rocko in the side, face and shoulder. So far, LeMay has paid $900 for Ciroc and brought him home; he still needs $5,000 to $7,000 worth of surgery at the University of Minnesota, she said. Rocko came home Sunday night. A GoFundMe page was established to help LeMay pay her vet bills. Read an update to this story. Poster Comment: From the Update: A police report filed in the shooting of two dogs inside their north Minneapolis yard by an officer over the weekend says the animals "charged at [the] officer," an account that appears to differ from the resident's security video of the encounter.Neither dog appears to have been charging at the officer.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
You get your children support dogs in the form of pits? Are you just stupid? Pits will attack even with tails a wagging. They batshit crazy breed evil dogs. BTW the dogs hair was standing up and the other dog charged which probably cause the officer to shot the dogs. Was it necessary for the officer to climb the fence who knows im not an officer.
The dogs did nothing wrong. The officer made a mistake and should pay amconsequence.
Watch the video. LeMay said her 13-year-old daughter saw the entire incident from her upstairs bedroom. “He was wagging his tail,” LeMay said of Ciroc. “My dog wasn’t even moving, lunging toward him or anything. “My dogs were doing their job on my property,” she said. “We have a right to be safe in our yard.” Yes the dog did what a dog does. But once the officer entered the yard he wasn't going do nothing and get bit. It all comes down to should have the officer entered the backyard or not. Once the second dog charged the officer could have ran(got attacked by 2 dogs from the back side) or protect himself. I take people over dogs every time. Well unless the people are criminals then dog over criminals.
Blah blah blah. Save the bs for simple minded people. Dog's hair was up and dogs will attack while wagging their tails. Pits are known for this. Pits are batshit crazy animals that should never be pets. BTW it was the second dog that charged that cause the problem. You are focused on the first dog not the second dog charging from a distance.
Quit being a stooge. You cannot see a dogs hair raised. I've been around pit bulls. I have a friend who has one. Very gentle dog. The dog didn't charge the cop lied. The dog was lawfully owned. So just because you are apparently some little pussy boy doesn't mean that you get to shoot dogs. Competence wuss? The cop was wrong and should pay a price.
The problem with endless gymnastics to defend the police when they act indefensibly is that one ends up sounding like Baghdad Bob or the North Korean news agency. Violent crime in America has been going down since the 1990s, but police violence against civilians, and outrages against civilian property, have been going up and up and up since we hired a boatload of Iraq and Afghanstan War veterans twitching with PTSD to be cops. When the cops kill people and pets and take money, and are defended in the Baghdad Bob style, they are losing the support of the American people. People no longer give police the benefit of the doubt. The legal system still does, for the moment, but that moment will pass as politicians tap into the rising disgust and rage at our out-of-control police. Legalize pot, and the police STILL don't back down - they act like a law unto themselves. The net result of this will be a turning of the wheel, in which officers start being made examples of by the political system and juries. Police commanders need to reign it in. In my nice little town, where the last cop killed was in a car accident in the 1940s, I had a private conversation with the then-police chief over breakfast once in which he discussed his view of his job as being - "Number 1, to protect his officers." Um, NO, guy - you are hired to protect US. Your Number 1 job is to protect US. If your focus, first and foremost, is on protecting and advancing your fellow officers in blue, then you don't have the right mindset. You can pretend that you're doing a dangerous job all you like, but it is objectively not true. Towns on the Connecticut Gold Coast are not dangerous, the only violent crime is between drunken spouses, the primary form of outside-of-the-home crime is drunk folks driving home from dinner parties, and nobody has assaulted a police officer since the 1800s. It was actually highly offensive to hear this well-paid and safe civil servant speaking of his police force as though it were a beseiged army of occupation, with dangers lurking at every turn. The complete lack of objectivity or reality in it was laughable, but the implications of it - that these guys are driving around our little town like scared humorless robocops (and they DO seem humorless) - are not. The police in America are heading for a fall, and so are their Baghdad Bob defenders.
I can see the hair raised on its spine. I see it clearly. There is only one argument here. Should the officer have entered the backyard. That's the only debatable issue. As for pits they are the worst pet one can have. They will attack with out warning. They will attack their owners and on a regular bases kill their owner or member of the family. People who own pits should be made to carry insurance. It's so bad that property management companies are forcing people out for not telling them that they have pits. 80% of all dog maulings are from pit mixes even though they represent 7% of the dog population.
The cop killed a dog that was harming no one. The police shouldn't be allowed to make mistakes without consequences. Pit bulls are lawful to own. Piggy needs to be disciplined. And you are a pussy.
For one kiss my ass. Reading must not be your strong suit. I watched the video again and you can see the hair on his back raise and it was the second dog coming out of no where that caused him to shot the first then the second. But like I said before the only debatable issue is should the office entered the backyard.
I have known several cops over the years; a high school buddy who went straight into it after graduation, another I knew for a while before he let on that he was a cop; a head of the drug task force that I used to talk with on the bus to work, and a couple of others who were friends of friends. The one who didn't let on right away was the one who told me that the training and attitude changed in the '90s. He said that there were always cops who "wore a heavy badge" but now (then) it was being drummed into them all. He quit, BTW. My point it that it isn't only the veterans that have changed the culture. It has been a deliberate policy change that started with Clinton's federal involvement (remember the 100,000 cops?). No surprise to find out that a major police training consultancy is from Israel.
The Israelis do security right. We may be trained by them, but we don't act like they do. There's a certain bullying swagger here that is probably necessary if you're policing Israeli streets and the West Bank, but that is utterly inappropriate for America.
Why don't police carry treats when entering properties with dogs. Toss a few snausages and you are good. A lot cheaper and not as loud as shooting a service sidearm.
Thats funny because one of my guys did that. I have even thought about it. But it seems some dogs are just extremely aggressive. No amount of food bribes will work. What I do know 95% of my dog issues are always one breed, Pits. Rots, dobies, shepards almost never give me an issue. They state their position and if you respect that position all is good. I think next on my dislike list would be rots but at least you can talk to them.
What type of work do you do? For some reason all dogs like me. Even the military working dogs.
Just an observation, but that cop should be very careful & observant when he is parked / setting in his cruiser. Karma may pay him a visit.
Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
I would rather not say. Most all dogs don't give me any issues. Its them damn pits that have been a constant pain. They are the new labs. You have to know where they are at all times and that the owner is there to watch them. Damn things will sneak up and attack you from behind. Not all pits are bad but such a large percentage are it means you regard them all as bad. I hate pits! I find manchilds are the ones with pits or the mother who's son dump it on her.
You mean in popularity? Because Labs are so docile.
Most all dogs don't give me any issues. Its them damn pits that have been a constant pain. " Okaaaay. I get it. You would tell us, but then you would have to kill us, LOL !!! I worked for the phone company for 16 years. I was in & out of yards, and farm fields many, many times. Encountered many, many, many dogs, of all types & sizes. Never, never, never had any issues with dogs. Besides all the other guys & gals I knew at the phone company, I knew guys at the power company, gas company, CATV company, etc. In my 16 years, or since, I never ever heard of dogs attacking any workers. If you are having issues with dogs, I would suspect you are doing something wrong. Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Exactly! LOL
Justified got his name from the t.v. show. He works for the government in some capacity is why he doesn't want to answer your question.
Yes im working instead of dealing with them. I get bit once a year. Last 2 years I have demanded all vicious dogs be put up so they can not get out. It so bad that the first thing I do when I hear barking is do you have pit or rot please put them up. Most people understand but some get huffy. I have refused service because they will not deal with their dog. Pits are the worst. Rots are next but not nearly as bad. You can be introduced to pits and they still will come after you. Especially when the owner goes somewhere else. You say you worked for the phone company. How long have you been retired? The reason im asking is that until about 2000 or so I never had an issue. Then the big pit craze hit(Started in the 90's) and we started noticing these dogs are much more aggressive and they do not give warning. We have been able to just avoid pit owners but now every stinking manchild has to have one thinking they are just nicest friendliest dogs ever. I have 2 choice get bit or hurt their dog and neither one is good for me or my crew. Pits should be nothing more than shark bait along with the owners! LOL You can tell I hate those damn evil dogs!
Over the years through many military moves we have had phone company, cable, power etc. as you mention reps come out and my dogs were fine with them. Except the Sears guy who came out to service a washer/dryer as part of a warranty. I was actually home on leave when he arrived. I opened the garage door for him so he could easily go through there to the laundry room. I told him not to come in by backyard door as my dog was back there with my 3 year old son. Now, I had a Beagle back then. She was old and very docile (for a Beagle). Well the idiot came through the backyard because it was closer for him, walked between my Beagle and my son, and he ended up needing new pants. :) Ol' Trooper girl did not break the skin and just got his pants but did a good job on them. He complained but I reminded him he did not listen to me and he should know dogs are particularly protective of children with strangers.
I loved that show justified! LOL I can relate to Raylan.
There are a lot of Pits because that is all you see in the animal shelters and rescues these days. The 'man child's' of this age buy them, can't keep them and they end up in shelters where bleeding hearts rescue them and do their best (can't blame them) to make them regular family dogs. Some are very successful because they know what they are doing with training; others who should not be dog owners end up making the dog's lot and everyone else worse.
I saw the first season. Or most of it. I liked it and planned to continue watching but never got around to it. Same with that railroad show with the guy from star trek tng.
NEver watch the railroad one but just loved Justified.
Yep. I have seen some pits that are just very nice but the super majority are one wrong move from attacking someone. Oh well off to work I go!
Get some bad guys and don't go around shooting anyone's dog.
Look out your window...He's in an unmarked van ready to conduct a 'hard knock' on your door. LOL :)
Apparently it's not exactly a pit bull. It's an Staffordshire Terrier which is a similar but different breed: https://www.thespruce.com/american-staffordshire-terrier-1117908 Of course the officer might not be faulted for noticing the difference, particularly at night. But from the video I would opin the dog was not demonstrating any hostility to the officer warranting the shooting. If shooting this dog was warranted, then pretty much shooting any and all dogs is warranted, or at minimum, shooting any dog that looks like a pit bull at any time is warranted. As for the comment: I agree it's a big question. The security company was promptly notified of the false alarm some 25 minutes prior to the incident. The police likely had no cause to enter the backyard. That the owner was present in the house at the time would seem to further enforce that, and on that note, the officer choosing to discharge his firearm at a home where the owners were known to be likely present also presented a danger to the owners. If the police still had cause to believe the alarm was not a false alarm, then it pretty much moots the point of having a stand-down process with the alarm company.
They are all pitbull mixes. Pitbull is just not one group. Its a man made breed design to attack without fear or care. Batshit crazy is what I call them. Also lightswitch dog. Prone to attack without reason or warning.
I don't know that there is any breed of dog commonly serving as household pets that are not man-made. But you point is understood.
People do not believe me for some reason. I deal with every breed out there on a daily bases. One group over and over are nothing but issues. Even the statics bears this. They are only 7% of the populations of dogs but account for 80% of the vicious maulings and deaths(This is from memory so I might be a little off but not by much). I believe that if you add up all dog maulings pits are actually more than all other breeds combined.
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#3. To: Justified (#1)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#4. To: A K A Stone (#2)
#5. To: Deckard (#3)
#6. To: Justified (#5)
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#9. To: Justified (#8)
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#11. To: Vicomte13 (#7)
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#12. To: Anthem (#11)
No surprise to find out that a major police training consultancy is from Israel.
#13. To: Deckard (#0)
#14. To: redleghunter (#13)
#15. To: Justified (#14)
Thats funny because one of my guys did that. I have even thought about it. But it seems some dogs are just extremely aggressive. No amount of food bribes will work. What I do know 95% of my dog issues are always one breed, Pits. Rots, dobies, shepards almost never give me an issue. They state their position and if you respect that position all is good. I think next on my dislike list would be rots but at least you can talk to them.
#16. To: Deckard (#0)
#17. To: redleghunter (#15)
#18. To: Justified (#17)
They are the new labs
#19. To: Justified (#17)
" I would rather not say.
#20. To: redleghunter (#18)
Because Labs are so docile.
#21. To: redleghunter, justified (#15)
#22. To: Stoner (#19)
If you are having issues with dogs, I would suspect you are doing something wrong.
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#24. To: A K A Stone (#21)
Justified got his name from the t.v. show. He works for the government in some capacity is why he doesn't want to answer your question.
#25. To: Justified (#22)
We have been able to just avoid pit owners but now every stinking manchild has to have one thinking they are just nicest friendliest dogs ever. I have 2 choice get bit or hurt their dog and neither one is good for me or my crew. Pits should be nothing more than shark bait along with the owners! LOL You can tell I hate those damn evil dogs!
#26. To: Justified (#24)
#27. To: A K A Stone (#26)
#28. To: redleghunter (#25)
#29. To: Justified (#28)
#30. To: A K A Stone (#29)
Get some bad guys and don't go around shooting anyone's dog.
#31. To: Justified (#8)
As for pits they are the worst pet one can have.
People often ask what the difference is between the American Staffordshire Terrier and a "pit bull." First of all, there is not breed called simply a "pit bull." There is, however, a breed called the American Pit Bull Terrier. It is not recognized by the American Kennel Club, but it is recognized by the Continental Kennel Club and the United Kennel Club. Generally speaking, the American Staffordshire Terrier is nearly the same breed as the American Pit Bull Terrier. Today, the main difference is in appearance. The American Staffordshire Terrier is bred in part for AKC conformation and conforms to a stricter standard, particularly in size range. Conversely, the American Pit Bull Terrier is more often bred as a companion dog and has greater variances in size (a range of 30-90 pounds) and other physical traits.
There is only one argument here. Should the officer have entered the backyard. That's the only debatable issue.
#32. To: Pinguinite (#31)
Apparently it's not exactly a pit bull. It's an Staffordshire Terrier which is a similar but different breed:
#33. To: Justified (#32)
Its a man made breed design to attack without fear or care.
#34. To: Pinguinite (#33)
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