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Title: Cops Illegally Break Into Property and Gun Down Family Dog for ‘Trotting’ in Their Direction
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From The Trenches
URL Source: http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.c ... -dog-trotting-direction/214206
Published: Dec 18, 2017
Author: Anti-Media
Post Date: 2017-12-19 07:11:00 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2595
Comments: 40
Durango, CO — A family in Durango, Colorado, is hoping for justice after police fatally shot their family dog, Dozer, at their home in October. Neil Anderson and Kerry Doyle, along with Doyle’s children, are seeking compensatory and punitive damages against three state troopers — Gablin Watkins, Randy Talbot, and Josiah Fuller, as well as the Colorado State Patrol. A lawsuit filed last Monday in the U.S. District Court in Denver alleges that state troopers unlawfully entered the property of Neil Anderson and Kerry Doyle and negligently discharged a weapon just 50 feet from and in the direction of the family, killing Dozer. The suit cites Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights violations. On October 11, 2017, state troopers Watkins, Talbot, and Fuller investigated a car crash involving Doyle’s son, Porter Williams. After running the registration, the vehicle came up as belonging to Williams’ father, who lives on the same road as Doyle and Anderson. When the officers were unable to enter the locked gate at Williams’ father’s home, one of the troopers recalled seeing a piece of paper inside Porter Williams’ vehicle at the tow yard with what he thought had the gate’s entry code written on it. Kristina Bergsten, Anderson and Doyle’s attorney, alleges that at no time did the troopers “place an administrative or police hold on the Jeep at the tow yard in order to make contact with the driver of the involved Jeep,” Porter Williams. Rather, the troopers left for the tow yard and returned to the house the next day. Porter’s father met with the troopers on his property down the road and, before taking them to the correct property, twice told the troopers to call before going back to Anderson and Doyle’s residence so they could put Dozer away. Trooper Watkins forbade Williams’ father from calling because he did not want Williams to “run” or “hide” even though Anderson, Doyle, and Bergsten claim that “there was no basis for such a claim.” The three state troopers and Williams’ father walked down the driveway towards Anderson and Doyle’s house, where the children were skating outside. Moving past a lower locked gate at the beginning of the property marked “No Trespassing,” as well as a second locked gate near the home marked “Beware of Dog,” the troopers walked towards the house. It is not clear in the lawsuit whether the troopers used the gate code found in Porter Williams’ vehicle, or if Williams’ father led them past the gate. Dozer, their six-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier laying watching the children skate, got up from under the tree next to the family’s skate ramp and moved toward the troopers, who were approaching the house. Bergsten told Anti-Media in a phone call that the trooper’s report indicated Dozer “trotted towards” the troopers. Noticing that Watkins was reaching for his gun, Anderson yelled out to the officers “No, that’s my- Hey, hey, hey! No, no, no! No, don’t!” Fuller also drew his firearm, moving laterally from behind Watkins to get a shot. Talbot initially reached for his gun but decided to pull his taser, repeatedly shouting “Taser!” at the others. Even as the three state troopers ran around the driveway, juking and spinning from the dog, Anderson and Doyle allege that “at no time did Dozer act in an aggressive manner.” State trooper Watkins shot three times towards Dozer, hitting Dozer twice and sending one bullet towards the ground in the direction of the children at the skate ramp. After he was shot, Dozer let out a cry, turned around, and ran to hide under the wooden ramp where Doyle’s kids stood in horror. Bleeding from his mouth due to the two gunshot wounds, Dozer laid down as Doyle attempted to apply pressure and save the dog. Initially, Dozer survived, but Anderson and Doyle had to have him euthanized three weeks later. The court date and amount of damages the family is seeking are to be determined. According to Colorado State Patrol Captain Adrian Driscoll, Watkins remains on active duty. Police have otherwise declined to comment on the case until it is resolved. 
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#2. To: Deckard, misterwhite, GrandIsland (#0)
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Uh-huh....sure. Since there is no video posted of the “family dog trotting in the direction of the cop” before the cop shot it, I will therefore post the video of another “family dog trotting out a door in the direction of a cop” before the cop shot it. Uh-huh The story Anti-Media told and you posted here had no video. I cannot help but wonder if Anti-Media would have written the same judgmental story with great condemnation about the cop shooting the dog in the video I posted....had no video been available to dispute their version. If Anti-Media had also written a story on that incident in the video I posted and no video was available....I can just imagine the headline would read something like this: Cop shoots dog after lovely family dog, friendly wagging his tail, warmly greeted the mean old cop illegally knocking on the door. In doing a story about the incident in the video and with no video available, then Anti-Media would make the good name of cops take another negative hit while Anti-Media and the few shitheads who promulgate their yellow journalism crap would take measures to try and insure that cops would make a few new enemies. I am hear to tell you that you should not trust the yellow journalism garbage these anti-cop-hating sites put out. Their sole agenda in life is to get as many people hating cops as possible and promote anarchy. Somehow they manage to find a some dolts who gladly assist them in the effort toward their goal. More than not trusting their crap, you should not spread it. If it is shit that you so desperately want to spread...the go find yourself a big barnyard and have at it. There ...
Your video is bullshit and has nothing to do with this case. If the cops didn't have a search warrant they are wrong. Why do you make so many excuses for wrongdoing by cops?
The cops needed no search warrant and they were right assuming they had either “probable cause” or there were “exigent circumstances” or both, for them to enter the property. That is a decision the cops can lawfully make. It is reserved for them to make and not for someone trying to be ”Monday Morning Quarterback” after reading an article filled half-truths and innuendos. Probable Cause and Exigent Circumstances: Another exception to a search warrant requirement is known as “exigent circumstances”. This is really a secondary exception to probable cause in that if an officer has a reasonable belief that evidence may be lost or destroyed in the time it takes to get a warrant, then they can legally search for or seize the evidence. Again, this typically applies if the officer already has probable cause, but is an exception worthy of its own category. The purpose of the video was to show a correlation as to what can happen, and did happen, when a cop does not shoot dogs “trotting” towards him….in the video, that cop was severely mauled. Therefore, by presenting the video I was striving for a close parallel and relative analogy to a type of cause and effect presentation. The article said the dog was “trotting” towards the officers and the video showed what can happen, and did happen, with dogs trotting towards an officer and are not shot. The cop in the video did not know the dogs trotting towards him were going to attack and severely maul him....or, it’s a damned sure bet he would have shot the dogs as they were trotting towards him. >[? The cop in the article did not know if the dog trotting towards him was going to attack and severely maul him or not....so, he did not delay like the cop in the video, he shot first as a protective measure. I was relating video to cause and effect….”Principle of Causation”….when consciously and with purposely injecting the video into the discussion. I apologize for you not understanding that. That is the best way I can explain it to you. If you still don’t understand, then there is nothing more that I can say about it except that you have your opinion which I respect along with the right for you to hold it. GrandIsland: Did I get it wrong on the search warrant part?
#25. To: Gatlin (#22)
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IMHO, partially. Probable cause is used to request a warrant... not in place of one. Whenever possible, a warrant should be requested as a general rule, outside of searching people incident to arrest or items in plain view. For searching homes or even crime scenes areas and sometimes parts of vehicles, warrants should be utilized. Why chance or risk the loss of evidence if you have the time to acquire a warrant for extra protection? Nothing worse than losing a good case with thousands of man hours, and letting a criminal scumbag get away with his crimes... because of a judicial ruling not in your favor. There is only ONE exception... and that is "exigent circumstances”. Like no time to get a warrant because evidence is being destroyed... fuck DickTard and his libtarded ilk, go get your evidence forthwith.
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#22. To: A K A Stone, GrandIsland (#18)
If the cops didn't have a search warrant they are wrong.
That statement within itself is factually wrong. I will explain why. One exception to a search warrant requirement is known as “probable cause” and is used when it is to believed the search will uncover criminal activity or contraband.
Colorado state troopers Watkins, Talbot, and Fuller investigated a car crash involving Doyle’s son, Porter Williams. After running the registration, the vehicle came up as belonging to Williams’ father, who lives on the same road as Doyle and Anderson. With this in mind, is there any question that the Colorado state troopers did not have both “probably cause” and “exigent circumstances.” I think the did have and see no way anyone can argue they did not. But I will be pleased to listen. Why do you make so many excuses for wrongdoing by cops?
I never make excuses for cops when wrongdoings are PROVEN. What you may perceive as “excuses” is that I do try to keep idiots from jumping to the wrong conclusions without ALL facts being available to them and making spontaneous faulty judgments after reading only one side of stories. The side cop-hating journalist want you hear. But, try and hard as I may….I never seem to succeed in preventing some people going off the deep end. Can you imagine why this is? Your video is bullshit and has nothing to do with this case
The video was not bullshit, eh? Well, I think your erroneous deduction and response is bullshit. It shows that you clearly missed the purpose of the video. Therefore, I will attempt to explain my reasoning for injecting the video to you, then perhaps you can see it differently. If not….then so be it.
Replies to Comment # 22. GrandIsland: Did I get it wrong on the search warrant part?
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