An officer was called to help a blind, deaf dog. He shot him instead.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/24/missouri-police-kill-blind-dog/

Free archived link: https://archive.ph/rQbun

Teddy, a fluffy, 13-pound white Shih Tzu mix, stumbled around a stranger’s yard. Deaf and blind, he used his nose as a guide, eventually laying down in the grass.

He was lost. But the stranger gave him water. He licked her hand and leg, spending the next 45 minutes of the sunny Sunday lolling in the expansive Sturgeon, Mo., yard.

Then a police officer pulled up. Within minutes, he had fired two shots. Teddy, a beloved 5-year-old pet, was left lifeless. His owner, 35-year-old Nick Hunter, found out through a phone call that his playful, sock-eating dog had been killed.

(snip)

Sturgeon police officer Myron Woodson initially told Hunter he was not worried about the dog harming him or anyone else, and instead thought Teddy was an injured stray that needed to be put down. But on Monday, in a move some residents viewed as twisting reality to skirt accountability, the city released a statement alleging the officer feared the dog could have had a disease.

Protecting and serving. FTP.

[electric_blue68]

1. Wth?

[TheBlackAdder]

30. What? The county doesn't have Animal Control? They would have taken him to a dog shelter.

[electric_blue68]

32. Maybe not? Such cruelty, a hideous action.

[reACTIONary]

57. Exactly....

... an animal control officer would have been able to take care of that situation in a humane manner, and the dog would probably gotten back to its owner.

[rsdsharp]

2. There's a video out there of a cop who entered a fenced yard, shot the dog that was in the yard,

and then took off before the owner arrived. His blue line gang brothers who had remained on the scene wanted the owner’s name and birth date.

So they could run him for warrants! After they shot his dog that was minding its own business in a fenced yard. 😡😤

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Heartless Coward

Lame excuse from the department.

[ZonkerHarris]

16. sociopath

[ProfessorGAC]

17. That Too!

I'm sure we could concoct a litany of appropriate pejorative descriptors for this guy.

[Girard442]

4. Pretty much SOP these days that LEO's avoid all risks.

Now they avoid inconveniences too.

[captain queeg]

5. When are these trigger happy cops going to face consequences?

Of course when they are facing real danger it’s a different story, like the TX cops 2 yrs ago.

[NanaCat]

36. As soon as people stop worshiping them

And start demanding accountability of them by voting out their political enablers. Start with the GQP traitors. The fewer of them in office, the more likely we'll get a handle on rogue pigs.

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. Terrible

[SoFlaBro]

47. Why the fuck are so many of them like this? They always go right to the fucking gun with this fuck shit. Unconscionable.

[MustLoveBeagles]

63. I agree

He murdered a helpless little dog.

[SoFlaBro]

64. Then a thousand run to the cop's defense, "aggressive dog" and "split second decision". Fucking pig shit.

Civilian fucking oversight for all law enforcement entities with the ability to discipline officers including and up to termination.

[MustLoveBeagles]

65. It makes me sick

There's no defense for this.

[SoFlaBro]

66. Sick of this fuck shit. Never any accountability. "It was just a dog/cat/pet." Fuck you, jerkoff! How fucking dare you?

[Disaffected]

7. Idiocy.

Where do they dig up such cretins??

[NanaCat]

37. From the same place they always get them

The American people.

They didn't poof into existence out of nowhere. They are the product of what this country churns out every second of every day from their homes, churches, schools and culture.

[lame54]

8. That was a scene from Reno 911

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. This asshole needs to fired

[LiberalFighter]

10. Did Kristi Noem send him?

[Old Crank]

55. Probably not but...

She will send him a comendation.

[chouchou]

11. Glad it wasn't somebody's mother or father the was blind and deaf.

"Sorry mister, just face it...your mother wasn't much good for anything anyway." Grrrrrrrr...
Yeah, that's an exaggeration but many people have pets that ARE Family.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. I would be devastated

Devastated

[OMGWTF]

12. FTP. If I need help I'm calling the fire department.

Too many psychopaths on the police force.

[Diraven]

13. Some cops seem to enjoy shooting dogs

There are so many stories like this. Basically they do it because they know cops never get in trouble for it. Sometimes their department has to pay the cost of the dog and that's it.

[Emile]

14. Cops should be required to take an IQ test.

[NanaCat]

38. They do.

If it's above room temperature, they're usually refused admittance to the police training academy.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

53. The issue isn't IQ. It's the institution of policing itself.

[hadEnuf]

15. MAGAts are infiltrated all through the police forces.

Just sayin'....

[NanaCat]

39. Thugs have been cops long before MAGA existed

[hadEnuf]

45. MAGAs aren't just random thugs.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

52. Feature, not a bug, no matter who holds the job. Twas ever thus.

[niyad]

18. May that cruel, callous dog murderer and his enablers receive everything

they deserve.

A visit frim Anubis may be in order.

[chowder66]

19. That fucking murdering fuck. I hope he get's what coming to him.

I'm soooooooo sick of nothing being done about bad cops and those that cover for them just like the churches covering for their pedophile priests.

[SpankMe]

20. Republicans hate dogs

This should be a campaign vignette for Dems.

[CCExile]

29. That's because some dogs...

can tell when somebody is just "wrong".

[NanaCat]

41. And your evidence for this is...?

Plenty of them love dogs. Every right-wing traitor in my neighbourhood is a dog owner.

No exceptions.

[red dog 1]

21. Why did that police officer have to use deadly force?

The most disgusting thing about this incident is the city's reaction to one of their police officers' shooting a friendly, innocent little dog, (who happened to be blind, deaf and lost).

"The city said Thursday that after reviewing the incident, it determined that (Officer) Woodson acted appropriately. Neither the city nor the police department responded to the Washington Post's questions about why the officer used deadly force."

"He acted appropriately"??

I don't think so!

[The Wizard]

58. No mattedr the offense and mitigation circumstances

The official record says "acted appropriately." Uniform worship is a danger to civil society.

[XanaDUer2]

22. Omg nt

[Fla Dem]

23. What a sad story. Police just seem to be so quick to use their guns. A little 13 lbs dog was not a threat.

Should have checked to see if the dog had an ID on his collar or taken him to a vet to have him scanned for a chip. Just pulling out his pistol and killing a defenseless dog is brutally uncaring and reckless.

[red dog 1]

62. I agree, pulling out his gun & shooting a harmless little dog was despicable

(Teddy's collar probably slipped off when he followed the other dog, Gizmo, who had dug a hole under the fence)

[AnrothElf]

24. FTP, yup.

I wouldn't call the cops if a cop was killing a cop in my bathroom.

I'd run for my life.

[Javaman]

25. Until we rid the world of sociopaths and psychopaths

This kind of fucked up insanity will continue

I hope the fuck is fired and has to eat dog food to survive

[Progressive dog]

26. More fun than shooting at targets

for Sick POS Myron.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. Such a callous action.

The more I see of "people" the more I love my dog.

[cab67]

31. Even assuming the officer was concerned about the suffering of what he thought was an injured stray...

...there are far more humane ways to euthanize an animal than a gunshot.

If I was this officer, I'd avoid visiting local restaurants for a long time. I can guarantee anything sent to his table will include the chef's saliva. It would include mine if I was there.

[cab67]

33. Also -

If this happened in front of the person who fed the dog, that person should sue the officer and the whole department. It would have been traumatizing and a defining moment in that person's life.

[wendyb-NC]

34. WTF

Poor dog, poor owners. That officer is a heartless coward. What an upsetting, unnecessary situation.

[MacKasey]

35. If he thought the dog was injured

Why didn't he call animal control

Or take to a vet

[vanlassie]

40. UNACCEPTABLE.

The guys a sociopath.

[SamKnause]

42. Do you feel safer ???

Do you look up to cops and think they are heroes ???

I find them to be evil.

There is no situation that cops can't make worse.

They are not peacekeepers.

They don't protect us.

They only care about their safety.

They are trained liars.

They lie to cover for one another's crimes.

They deserve zero respect.

They have earned zero respect from me.

They make the roads unsafe to travel.

They are road pirates and they kill people over simple traffic stops.

They kill people sleeping in their homes.

Do you feel safer ?????????????

[Iggo]

49. No one is safe around unaccountable armed bullies who live in fear.

[TexasDem69]

50. Largely despicable post

[WhiskeyGrinder]

54. oh I think I've made my opinion of cops pretty clear lol

[PlutosHeart]

43. Why should I think the next new thing is

cops pulling up and shooting dogs in the name of X45Yeti?

[Celerity]

44. police officer Myron Woodson

https://www.facebook.com/100064755458798/posts/10159779322084309/

[Turbineguy]

46. Another nail.

Like everything else.

[Iggo]

48. Another coward with a gun.

Just like every gunfucker I’ve ever met.

Every single one.

[VMA131Marine]

51. To paraphrase an old saying

When the only tool you have is a gun …
Everything is a target 🎯

[maspaha]

56. Police behaving badly continually makes me believe...

NWA has been right all along.
More protest music please.

[LudwigPastorius]

59. Oink!

[DFW]

60. Does the trigger-happy cop have a sister, and...........

Is she, by any chance, the governor of South Dakota?

[lark]

61. FTP!

They are not our friends and in too many cases are rw assholes who are so dangerous.