Did you know? In the US "A police officer can shoot a dog if it barks or moves when the officer enters a home, under a new federal court ruling" issued 2016

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[–]magnora7[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In 2013 I remember reading an article where in certain big cities they would have legal cases where a judge would rule on every single pet shot by police in that year, all judged simultaneously. Like 350 at once. Police always found not-guilty of course.

Well I just learned that this is no longer necessary, because of this federal ruling. How this one flew under the radar I will never know. They can literally murder your pets for moving or making noise, if a cop is in your house. And the federal courts are okay with this, regardless of the reason. Any movement or barking. What the hell?

Here is the actual court ruling if anyone wants to read it: https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0293p-06.pdf

[–]The_Lear_Bluce_Ree 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

That's a real bummer for police officers I bet. They used to be able to shoot your dog and then get a paid vacation. Now they have to shoot you to get that sweet sweet paid vacation.

[–]MostlySunnySkies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The reason raids like this take place supposedly is to stop people from destroying evidence in the moment. Otherwise, they could just surveil the house and wait for the subject to leave in most cases. Even at WACO that would have worked.

You have to ask yourself- is the benefit of raids like this worth the corrosive effect it has on people's perception of the police? I would want to hear that debate, because on the face of it I feel like the answer is perhaps no.

We can't be minting contempt of the police, but that's what this does to more people than just the vicitims and their immediate families.

I remember one of our glorious virtue signalling "comedians", I think it was Chris Rock, saying "just show me one White person shot by the cops like this..." when, back in reality where Chris Rock rarely visits, just the month before a guy had been shot dead by a cop as he was literally crawling on his hands and knees, on order of the cop, towards the cop in a motel corridor. The guy's mistake was, in a moment of instinctive modesty, to momentarily reach slowwwwllllly down to pull up his falling-off pants....

BAM BAM BAM!!!

There was no reason for it. You could not watch that perfectly clear video and conclude the officer acted reasonably in any way. It was like he was looking for an excuse to kill this guy.

Some people should not be cops because it's an extremely trying job and takes a metric shit ton of bedrock character and also the ability to stay collected under life and death situations. That excludes most of us.

When people who should not be cops do what these cops do, they need to be punished like anyone else. No one disagrees with this, so why doesn't it happen?

[–]FormosaOolong 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is appalling on so many levels. What the fuck has happened to us? It's getting more challenging to refrain from being completely demoralized.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I feel this way too. I think more people are paying attention as things get worse, which may allow us to correct our course over the long run. That's what I'm hoping anyway.

[–]HibikiBlack 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

:( That's just to show you the kind of psychopath that is controlling the government.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That is why your ass aint entering my home without a warrant- and if my door gets knocked down- there will be a 12 ga waiting for that stupid bastard to enter first. I may go out, but I wil defend my Constutional rights until my last breath

[–]nolocus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Cops usually get a pass in situations like the one described. However, an owner can train his dogs to be aggressive, use them to harass and intimidate neighbors without repercussions. It's their right to be an asshole.

[–]NoahWebstersGhost 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Did you know? In a free society, anyone can take the law into their hands and exercise it against tyranny.