WHY THE F#:K IS IT...

[WETWRKS]

Cite an example where a person was charged with First Degree Murder (of a police officer) for killing a police dog. Killing a police dog is not the same as killing a police officer. Sure...in an emotional context people may say that...but it's hyperbole and everyone (at least reasonable people) knows that.

Having said that, killing a police dog should carry a hefty punishment. A lot of time, effort and expense goes into acquiring, training and maintaining police dogs. You'd be punished for destroying another piece of high value police equipment (like a vehicle) so it should be no less for killing a police dog. You'd also be charged for killing your neighbor's dog while committing a crime (which is when most people kill police dogs) in most places.

I don't know what the official charges were or what they pled to...

http://www.akc.org/content/entertain...long-sentence/

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/man-...ry?id=41645362

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96229&page=1

But the sentences are in line with killing a person. And these sentences are not in line with the destruction of property. You steal or destroy something you are not typically going to get 10+ years in prison much less closer to 40. Moreover there are people who have been convicted of murder who have gotten sentences less than 40 years.

[Bailey Guns]

I don't know what the official charges were or what they pled to...

http://www.akc.org/content/entertain...long-sentence/

Judge Jill Rangos stacked the sentences for Rush’s multiple convictions, which included killing Rocco; stabbing Rocco’s handler, Officer Phil Lerza; punching officers; and attempting to take an officer’s gun.

A little more to the story than killing a police dog, wouldn't you say? Stabbing a police officer will get you a reservation at the Gray Bar Hotel.

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/man-...ry?id=41645362

An Ohio man who killed a K-9 officer has been sentenced to 34 years for the incident that resulted in shooting the dog and 11 years for additional crimes.

Kelontre Barefield, 23, pleaded guilty to both shooting K-9 officer Jethro and four unrelated burglary charges and an aggravated robbery charges, according to the Stark County Clerk of Courts.

So, let's see...burglary, aggravated robbery, getting into a shootout with police officers. Yeah...you're gonna go to jail for a while.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96229&page=1

But the sentences are in line with killing a person. And these sentences are not in line with the destruction of property. You steal or destroy something you are not typically going to get 10+ years in prison much less closer to 40. Moreover there are people who have been convicted of murder who have gotten sentences less than 40 years.

You seem to be missing the parts of the stories where all the offenders you cited were convicted of various other crimes against persons and property.

[WETWRKS]

You seem to be missing the parts of the stories where all the offenders you cited were convicted of various other crimes against persons and property.

34 of the 45 year sentence was for killing the dog.

https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2016/0...uty-get-fired/

And:

In 2014, a South Carolina man fleeing from police after committing an armed robbery was attacked by a police dog. The man shot the dog several times. When he was eventually caught, each bullet he fired he fired was considered an attempted murder charge, in addition to the charge of killing the dog. He got 35 years.