Officer charged in Commerce City dog shooting

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I like butter on my popcorn..

[Mtn.man]

xx paper hunter whatever. Do you own a dog?
Ever go on vacation and leave it with someone, dog is scared owner gone dog barks wanders, can't find owner, asshole cop shoots AGGRESSIVE dog that is contained.

[XC700116]

xx paper hunter whatever. Do you own a dog?
Ever go on vacation and leave it with someone, dog is scared owner gone dog barks wanders, can't find owner, asshole cop shoots AGGRESSIVE dog that is contained.

ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY not related to the owner or the person that was supposed to be looking after it.

No I do not currently own a dog because I travel too much for work to be a responsible owner. (see how that works) Had many of them in the past, and will again when life slows down a bit.

Point being, It's your dog, well proven to be potentially harmful to others, no matter the breed, it's your responsibility to take care of it, and if you're gone Kennel it or leave it with another RESPONSIBLE person. Would you leave your child or your firearms with someone that's not going to be responsible enough to keep close eye of them?

I get it, people love their dogs like children, I loved every dog I've owned in the past as well, but it's a responsibility that you've taken on willingly and unless you follow up on that, then you bear the consequences when things go wrong.

I'm not saying the cop should necessarily get off on this, What I'm saying is the owner bears some responsibility in this and is NOT the victim here.

I guess I should also point out that I don't think the dog should have been shot (especially the way it happened) What I'm saying is the owner doesn't have a bitch in my mind because she's the one who ultimately put the dog, property owners, and cops together in the same place. She could have prevented it.

[omegalopez]

[Mtn.man]

BEER

[Ashton]

Good. Can't wait until that dirtbag actually gets convicted.

[SuperiorDG]

This is a good day for me, start two threads and two shit storms.

[10mm-man]

Good!

[Troublco]

911 call as the dog was in front of the caller's house going apeshit.

This cop is an idiot for discharging his sidearm so recklessly, however I have ZERO sympathy for the dog owner. She left her dog with a friend and that friend didn't keep the dog restrained. The dog was on SOMEONE ELSE's property, and needed to be removed.

Just saying, read the article and listen to the tape of the 911 calls, that's all. People are acting like this dog was on the owner's property and it wasn't. COMPLETELY changes the dynamic of the situation. Cop was a dumbass no doubt, but the whole thing could have been avoided if the owner and the person she left the dog with would have been responsible in the first place.

ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY not related to the owner or the person that was supposed to be looking after it.

No I do not currently own a dog because I travel too much for work to be a responsible owner. (see how that works) Had many of them in the past, and will again when life slows down a bit.

Point being, It's your dog, well proven to be potentially harmful to others, no matter the breed, it's your responsibility to take care of it, and if you're gone Kennel it or leave it with another RESPONSIBLE person. Would you leave your child or your firearms with someone that's not going to be responsible enough to keep close eye of them?

I get it, people love their dogs like children, I loved every dog I've owned in the past as well, but it's a responsibility that you've taken on willingly and unless you follow up on that, then you bear the consequences when things go wrong.

I'm not saying the cop should necessarily get off on this, What I'm saying is the owner bears some responsibility in this and is NOT the victim here.

I guess I should also point out that I don't think the dog should have been shot (especially the way it happened) What I'm saying is the owner doesn't have a bitch in my mind because she's the one who ultimately put the dog, property owners, and cops together in the same place. She could have prevented it.

ZERO sympathy for the owner. It's the owner's responsibility, and fault, etc. ad nauseum.

Let's see here; the owner had someone watching the dog. That sounds fairly responsible; they didn't just leave the dog in their yard unattended. That someone sounds like the person who didn't do what they were supposed to. The way you're saying it, all dog owners are, by virtue of being dog owners, POTENTIALLY wreaking havoc, by proxy. Oh, and then we have the Police officer, who allegedly was a hell of a lot more IRRESPONSIBLE by discharging his duty weapon multiple times, all allegedly unnecessarily.

I'm not a cop basher. Many of my family are/were LE, and most of those that aren't are/were military. But if I'm going to have zero sympathy for anyone here, it's going to be this officer.

(Couldn't let y'all have your popcorn fer nuthin'...)

[bogie]

This guy needs to not be a police officer anymore. He made an extremely poor decision. I'm not sure he'll get the felony, but he will probably lose his job. The city's better off without him.