How many bees or cows were a dire threat to cause physical harm to police officers on duty over the past 50 years?

At least two of the killed cops - as opposed to zero, zilch, nada, bupkis cops killed by dogs.

This was a service dog - they are trained to be non-aggressive.

Fitzgerald rescued Midnight in 2015 and obtained an ADA service dog certificate, which required the dog to pass behavioral tests without showing signs of aggression, and said he had Midnite for his PTSD.

Cops don't understand the difference between playful and aggressive.

Bullshit ...

They don't as history has proven numerous times.

Either that or they just don't give a rat's ass what or who they kill.

" A Kansas cop shot and killed the service dog of an army veteran who suffers from PTSD on Thursday "

What a damn shame !!!

This was a service dog - they are trained to be non-aggressive.

Fitzgerald rescued Midnight in 2015 and obtained an ADA service dog certificate, which required the dog to pass behavioral tests without showing signs of aggression, and said he had Midnite for his PTSD.

Passing behavioral tests one day is “suppose” to be an “indication” of what a dog “might do” the next day. However, that test is not, and can never be, an absolute guarantee of what a dog “will do” the next day.

As soon as I saw the source of the article you posted, photographyisnotacrime.com…a warning immediately flashed through my mind to indicate that I am looking at another ad-driven agenda site on the same level as The Free Thought Project. After checking further, I knew that I definitely was.

So you must understand that I cannot give any credence to your source or accept what some “undocumented Journalist” [you like that….I just coined it] named, “Ben Keller, who resides in Austin, Texas [a bastion of liberalism], where much of his activism centers around government accountability. He thinks the public should have more access to court rooms. [What?] He volunteers for Peaceful Streets Project as well as other groups [protests] who shine light on government corruption. He has no degree and only “studied” [attended a few classes in] English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.”

Hey, Bubba….your Ben Keller is a Matt Agorist [of TFTP] on steroids. Here are just a few of his recent articles. Not only is he prolific, he also has a fetish for capitals….which you cannot help but notice. That definitely indicates to me that he is no journalist.

• TEXAS COPS SHOOT MAN MULTIPLE TIMES, LIE ABOUT IT, THEN REFUSE TO ALLOW FAMILY TO VISIT HIM IN HOSPITAL

• WATCH: FLORIDA MOM OUTRAGED AFTER 10-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC SON ARRESTED AT SCHOOL TRYING TO TAKE TEST

• WATCH: FLORIDA MOM OUTRAGED AFTER 10-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC SON ARRESTED AT SCHOOL TRYING TO TAKE TEST

• SOUTH DAKOTA CPS FORCE CATHETER INTO 3-YEAR-OLD BOY’S PENIS IN SEARCH OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

• WATCH: COLORADO COP SLAMS FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENT’S FACE TO THE GROUND

• MISSOURI SHERIFF ARRESTED ON 18 COUNTS AFTER HANDCUFFING 77-YEAR-OLD WOMAN CAUSING HEART ATTACK

• FLORIDA SHERIFF TELLS PINAC REPORTER HE HAS NO RIGHT TO PROTEST PARTICIPATION AWARD CEREMONY FOR DEPUTIES

• NEW YORK COPS PROFILE MAN FOR LOOKING AROUND SUSPICIOUSLY IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE

• WATCH: GEORGIA DEPUTIES KILL UNARMED TEEN BEFORE LYING TO FAMILY ABOUT CAUSE OF DEATH

According to The Daily Blaze

Multiple neighbors who witnessed the shooting claim to have seen Officer Devon Keith enter Fitzgerald’s home, without permission, at which point he got into a confrontation with Midnite.

Neither Fitzgerald or his mother were in the front of the residence when the shooting happened. Multiple witnesses say they saw Keith kick Midnite multiple times before finally shooting the German Sheperd.

Sport, there is just not any factual data for me to either condemn or support this action by the officers, and I will be damned and gone to Hell before I would ever “convict” them on hearsay from Ben Keller, who was nowhere near Augusta and simply took a story form the local newspaper and fabricated spin for his own agenda driven hit piece. You of course can do that, convict the officers. Wait, you have already done that. You are complete biased idiot. There has never been an ounce of objectivity in your mind….and there never will be. Pathetic …

More like "playful".

Every dog owner always insists their dog is just being playful or was just "defending" themselves.

Cops don't understand the difference between playful and aggressive.

That's very weak as an argument.

The better question is why the cops shot the dog through the door when it was not posing a threat to anyone. Why couldn't they wait for the owner to get out of the shower, etc.?

More heat than light.

The better question is why the cops shot the dog through the door when it was not posing a threat to anyone. Why couldn't they wait for the owner to get out of the shower, etc.?

An even better question is how do you know the cops shot the dog through the door when it was not posing a threat to anyone?

It was reported in the local newspaper that: “Neither Fitzgerald or his mother were in the front of the residence when the shooting happened.” And it was also reported: “Multiple neighbors who witnessed the shooting claim to have seen Officer Devon Keith enter Fitzgerald’s home, without permission.”

So was the dog inside the house or maybe outside….were the cops inside the house or outside….did the cops shoot the dog through the door….or not.

I think these stories are very incomplete on this particular dog shooting.

More heat than light.

I agree....there is no way to decide right or wrong from this article.

I feel that I established that the author has an agenda.

So was the dog inside the house or maybe outside….were the cops inside the house or outside….did the cops shoot the dog through the door….or not.

It sounds like he either entered the house or shot through the door.

No one is saying the dog was outside.

Cops don't understand the difference between playful and aggressive.

Bullshit ...

They don't as history has proven numerous times.

There is no recorded “history” to prove any such thing….if you can find some, then link to it.

You are simply making a statement based on information you read on ad-driven agenda spin sites such as thefreethoughtproject.com , photographyisnotacrime.com and the likes.

Those, are not sources of history….they are the Internet equivalent to The National Inquirer and you need to realize that.

Either that or they just don't give a rat's ass what or who they kill.

Your problem accepting reality grows more severe with each passing day….you need to tend to it.

DailyHaze: Augusta Kansas Police shoot and kill Veteran’s service dog “Midnite” then issue him two citations

They include photos of the broken door and the dead dog outside.

Interesting to see more details here that fill out the picture. Without such detailed reporting, we all just fill in details and make assumptions on our own.

More stories from the same source:

City of Augusta, Kansas threatens arrest for anybody attending a vigil for a veteran’s service dog shot by an Augusta police officer

Augusta Police exonerate officer who killed a veteran’s service dog

The “broken through door” and the “dead dog at the edge of the porch” when added to the police supervisor’s statement that “the dog came flying through the door at the animal control officer”….makes me lean to a justifiable, but terribly unfortunate, shooting.

I do feel sorry for the Vet, it is undoubtedly a terrible loss.

So, I therefore will now write off yet another of Deckard’s foray into his la la world….forever trying to convince folks how terrible cops are.

The “broken through door” and the “dead dog at the edge of the porch” when added to the police supervisor’s statement that “the dog came flying through the door at the animal control officer”….makes me lean to a justifiable, but terribly unfortunate, shooting.

So now we have two sets of pix showing the screen door. One shows the door broken with a dead dog and blood stains. The other pic is claimed to have been taken within a few hours and the door looks untouched and no blood. Somehow, the "nothing wrong" version doesn't look quite the same as the one with the dead dog, like maybe it was taken at a much different time than just a few hours after the shooting.

Witness accounts are much different then the narrative given by Public Safety Director Tyler Brewer

Why Science Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts.

Deckard seems to rely heavily on the eye witness accounts in the articles he posts.

Did the Krooked Kops just slap that on there or something?

Deckard seems to rely heavily on the eye witness accounts in the articles he posts.

Are we going to start casting doubt on every case we read about because they relied on eyewitness testimony?

I don't think so. Despite the problems with eyewitnesses (including cops and trained observers), those are often all you've got to prosecute a case with.

Do you kinda get the theme of what Ben is all about and what his motives are.

Yes there are a lot of bad cops, and disguised as a mild mannered reporter he's Fighting for Truth, Justice, and the American Way!

BTW, if this dog Midnite was so gentle, why did his owner have a prominent "BEWARE OF THE DOG" sticker in the middle of the storm door?

WHAT?

City of Augusta says arrests will be made for those who attend a candlelit vigil for a veteran’s service dog that was shot by an Augusta police officer last week

Hmmm...not only are the cops in that town encouraged to shoot non-aggressive service dogs, but it's also a place that does not allow freedom of assembly.

Sounds like a place Gatlin would enjoy living in.

Augusta Police exonerate officer who killed a veteran’s service dog.

Of course they did. He used the magic words "I feared for my life".

I fail to understand

You should use that for a tagline.

Or just shorten it to "I fail". That would be even more accurate.

Thanks for the prompt …

I fail to understand Deckard, he is a complete idiot.

How is that for a tagline?

Augusta Police exonerate officer who killed a veteran’s service dog

Multiple neighbors who witnessed the shooting claim to have seen Officer Devon Keith enter Fitzgerald’s home, without permission, at which point he got into a confrontation with Midnite.

Neither Fitzgerald or his mother were in the front of the residence when the shooting happened. Multiple witnesses say they saw Keith kick Midnite multiple times before finally shooting the German Sheperd.

Despite witness accounts, the officer who shot Midnite has been exonerated because he feared for his life. Augusta Public Safety Director Tyler Brewer has been doing everything in his power to make sure the police narrative is what is heard.

The Wichita Eagle released an article so biased towards the police narrative that Brewer might as well written it. It is common for local media outlets to side with police in the area, as they deal with them so frequently. It is something we have witnessed happen time and time again all over the country.

In this case, Brewer’s account of how the shooting played out just does not seem to add up.

*****

I fail

Just go to settings.

You can add your appropriate tagline in a few simple steps.

City of Augusta says arrests will be made for those who attend a candlelit vigil for a veteran’s service dog that was shot by an Augusta police officer last week

Hmmm...not only are the cops in that town encouraged to shoot non-aggressive service dogs, but it's also a place that does not allow freedom of assembly.

Sounds like a place Gatlin would enjoy living in.

Most all cities do.

Sounds to me like a bunch of libertarian assholes feel they can do whatever they want to and say “f**k you” to the city and all ordinances.

That is the way you libertarians operate….right?

Of course it’s right …

Multiple neighbors who witnessed the shooting claim to have seen Officer Devon Keith enter Fitzgerald’s home, without permission, at which point he got into a confrontation with Midnite.

So, then Keith shot the dog inside the houes, threw the dog out through the bottom of the storm door and the dead dog landed on the outside edge of the porch.

Ger real!!!

You obviously didn’t look at the pictures in the link supplied by TC ...

Neither Fitzgerald or his mother were in the front of the residence when the shooting happened. Multiple witnesses say they saw Keith kick Midnite multiple times before finally shooting the German Sheperd.

Wait just a minute.

It was reported that multiple neighbors saw Keith enter the house.

Then it was reported that multiple neighbors saw Keith kick the dog multiple times.

Query: How could the multiple neighbors see Keith kicking the dog inside the house?

Only if the multiple neighbors were standing on the porch looking directly inside the house.

Too many reports of too many neighbors seeing too many things …

You yellow journalism article is a fraud….face it.

The Wichita Eagle released an article so biased towards the police narrative that Brewer might as well written it. It is common for local media outlets to side with police in the area, as they deal with them so frequently. It is something we have witnessed happen time and time again all over the country.

ROTFLMAO …

Pot <> Kettle = Black.

As many biased yellow journalism articles you post, that you should call a local newspaper article biased is the absolute ultimate height of hypocrisy.

You are amazing….amazingly ridiculous.

Sounds to me like a bunch of libertarian assholes

Some folks who want to hold a candlelight vigil to show their support for a man whose dog was killed by a sadistic cop - all libertarians?

You need to get some help for your obsession with all things libertarian.

...say “f**k you” to the city...

The city (by exonerating the sadistic cop) has said "fuck you" to the residents there.

There was no investigation, they didn't even talk to any of the witnesses.

As we have seen time and time again, cops can use the magic words "I feared for my life" and be cleared of any crime.

Shoot a 5 pound dachshund? "I feared for my life".

Shoot a kid holding a wii controller? "I feared for my life". Same shit, different day.

You obviously didn’t look at the pictures in the link supplied by TC ...

These Pictures?

In the article, Brewer continues to push the story that Midnite came “blasting up” and hit the glass door. Midnite charged the door a second time, which broke the latch loose.

Midnite was a 4-year-old 85 lbs. German Shepherd. Surely the glass door that he was “blasting up” against would have suffered some damage from Midnite charging so hard it resulted in “breaking the latch loose.”

TDH requested Fitzgerald send us pictures of his door. This is how the door currently looks after Midnite allegedly broke through it just two days ago.

We went to the Fitzgerald residence just hours after the shooting. Our entire time there, the front door was open and the glass door was closed, just as it was earlier in the afternoon. We entered and exited through the door with no problem what-so-ever. There was no apparent damage to the door, or the latch.

After busting through the glass door Midnite allegedly charged at the animal control officer, causing him to fall backward on the porch and hit his head. Amazingly, the officer managed to shoot Midnite as he was “flying through the air” towards the animal control officer.

Again, physical evidence shows Brewer’s narrative to be not impossible, but highly improbable. The Fitzgerald’s do not have a large porch. Below are pictures of Fitzgerald’s porch. The pictures give an idea of the porch’s size and how hard it would be to fall backward on it, not to mention shoot a dog lunging off of it in midair.

Multiple neighbors claim to have seen Keith open the glass door and enter the house. Witnesses claim he was then seen kicking and struggling with the dog. Brewer claims to have witnesses contradicted that account, yet there is no information on who these witnesses are.

Fitzgerald’s neighbor told TDH that they did not even get to give their statements to an officer. They were not interviewed, and instead told to give written statements that were later dismissed for reasons unknown.

That’s the libertarian creed….”fuck the law.”

I called them libertarians because they feel they are above the law and don’t need a permit to demonstrate.

The Supreme Court has held that it is constitutionally permissible that local governments require a permit to conduct a peaceful assembly. However, Augusta city officials are pushing that rule more than they should be.

A permit is typically required if it is going to be a march or parade that does not stay on the sidewalk and other events that require blocking traffic or street closure, a large rally requiring the use of sound amplifying devices; or a rally at certain designated parks or plazas. The vigil for Midnite does not meet any of those basic guidelines.

The City of Augusta was said to have stated they would not issue a permit for Midnite’s vigil. This alone is a problem. The Supreme Court has made it very clear that Government officials cannot prohibit a public assembly in their own discretion.

While some permits can take weeks to obtain, the First Amendment prohibits such an advance notice requirement from being used to prevent rallies or demonstrations that are rapid responses to unforeseeable and recent events.

Multiple neighbors claim to have seen Keith open the glass door and enter the house. Witnesses claim he was then seen kicking and struggling with the dog.

Yet the bottom of the glass storm door is broken open where the dog crashed through.

So, Keith went into the house, shot the dog and threw the dog out of the house through the bottom of the storm door?

Give me a break.

That’s make no sense….someone is lying.

In the article, Brewer continues to push the story that Midnite came “blasting up” and hit the glass door. Midnite charged the door a second time, which broke the latch loose.

The picture shows the bottom of the glass strom door and screen broken through. If the dog did not come “blasting up” through the door….then what, or who, did? One or both of the officers.

Get real …

Brewer’s version makes sense …

Of course they did. He used the magic words "I feared for my life".

That is a lie!

He used the magic words, "I feared for my partner's life."

You recall the other guy, the animal control henchman who almost fell off the porch, forcing him to shoot the dog.

Query: How could the multiple neighbors see Keith kicking the dog inside the house?

Well, it was a trailer park apparently. So at least one neighbor would have had a living room or kitchen window right next to the porch and less than 20' away. At least, that would be typical.

However, given how these trailer parks are laid out, any other nearby residents would have been 50'-75' away and looking at a poor angle at the porch and probably couldn't see inside the house since it was daylight outside and the inside of the house was dark. This is all consistent with the photos we've seen.

It looks like they have left a blank trailer lot between the two trailers and they're planting some tree or bush there.

So any neighbor who is a witness would be 50' away or so.

The City of Augusta was said to have stated they would not issue a permit for Midnite’s vigil. This alone is a problem. The Supreme Court has made it very clear that Government officials cannot prohibit a public assembly in their own discretion.

Suppose the dog owner had shot the cop.

You think the city would have insisted that any candle vigils would have to have a permit or they would get ticketed?

I don't.

Seems kinda chickenshit to pull that permit business. Obviously, the city didn't want to get any more heat for this doggie shooting.

Midnite was a 4-year-old 85 lbs. German Shepherd. Surely the glass door that he was “blasting up” against would have suffered some damage from Midnite charging so hard it resulted in “breaking the latch loose.”

Your pictures are either taken before the shooting or after the shooting, when the porch was cleaned up and the door fully repaired.

Here is a picture of the dead dog with blood all over the porch.

Here is a picture of the storm door bottom with the glass and screen broken through.

Someone in your pictures did a clean up, repair and cover up to hide the evidence.

Or someone in my pictures replaced the good door with a broken bottom bad door and planted a dead dog with blood all over the porch.

Which do you logically think it is?

The City of Augusta was said to have stated they would not issue a permit for Midnite’s vigil. This alone is a problem. The Supreme Court has made it very clear that Government officials cannot prohibit a public assembly in their own discretion.

Yep, and the SCOTUS did not say that the City of Augusta could not pass an ordinance to require a permit for a public demonstration to assemble.

Check it out….numerous cities have an ordinance requiring a permit and it has never been challenged in the SCOTUS.

Another futile effort at spinning on your part….give it up.

Seems kinda chickenshit to pull that permit business.

The permit is for the protection of the city against lawsuits.

Of course, anyone can sue the city regardless as to a permit consideration.

But at least the city is partially covering its ass.

You think the city would have insisted that any candle vigils would have to have a permit or they would get ticketed?

I don't.

I do.

In the pix you posted, I see the neighboring trailer with a window whose blind was drawn.

It looks like they have left a blank trailer lot between the two trailers and they're planting some tree or bush there.

So any neighbor who is a witness would be 50' away or so.

"Multiple neighbors"..."multiple neighbors"....

After busting through the glass door Midnite allegedly charged at the animal control officer, causing him to fall backward on the porch and hit his head. Amazingly, the officer managed to shoot Midnite as he was “flying through the air” towards the animal control officer.

Bullshit….nothing amazing about that at all.

The pictures give an idea of the porch’s size and how hard it would be to fall backward on it

The article I read said he fell backwards “off of the porch”….meaning backwards down the steps.

Debunked again….give it up.