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Related: About this forumRacine WI SWAT shoot small dog in back because it was a "distraction"
Protected by body armor, riot shields, a police dog and an armored vehicle, a fully militarized SWAT team feared for their lives when a small dog stepped into a front yard during a standoff, shooting the dog twice as the dog was retreating from them.
The incident was caught on a neighbors cell phone video, prompting outraged cries from the citizens watching the drama unfold from their home.
Racine Police Chief Art Howell said he was saddened by the incident but said the officers had to kill the dog to avoid unnecessary distraction.
"After the dog was released, the dynamics of this encounter changed. Officers, who for over three hours were focused on peacefully resolving this crisis through dialogue, were now forced to deal with the distraction and unpredictability of having the subjects dog moving through the scene of this active encounter at a critical time."
The incident took place Saturday when the dogs owner allowed the dog to defecate in a neighbors yard. When the neighbor demanded he pick up his dogs feces, he simply kicked it over into a pile of leaves.
The incident was caught on a neighbors cell phone video, prompting outraged cries from the citizens watching the drama unfold from their home.
Racine Police Chief Art Howell said he was saddened by the incident but said the officers had to kill the dog to avoid unnecessary distraction.
"After the dog was released, the dynamics of this encounter changed. Officers, who for over three hours were focused on peacefully resolving this crisis through dialogue, were now forced to deal with the distraction and unpredictability of having the subjects dog moving through the scene of this active encounter at a critical time."
The incident took place Saturday when the dogs owner allowed the dog to defecate in a neighbors yard. When the neighbor demanded he pick up his dogs feces, he simply kicked it over into a pile of leaves.
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/11/wisconsin-cops-shoot-dog-posing-threat/
http://racinecountyeye.com/2014/11/01/stand-suspect-custody-police-shoot-dog/
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Racine WI SWAT shoot small dog in back because it was a "distraction" (Original Post)
951-Riverside
Dec 2014
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They only did that because a shot NEAR the dog didn't scare him off, right ?
eppur_se_muova
Dec 2014
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Roy Rolling
(6,908 posts)1. Morons
Fucking cowards.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)8. That is exactly what I thought
Fucking cowards
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)2. Fuckers!
grilled onions
(1,957 posts)3. If They Can't Handle A Dog's Distraction
what are they doing in a SWAT team? They cannot control every kind of weather, a person walking down the street or dogs barking in the distance--they better learn to work with distractions without killing animals or humans that get in their way.
The CCC
(463 posts)4. Racine WI SWAT shoot small dog in back because it was a "distraction"
They did it just to prove they could.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)10. Maybe they enjoyed killing the small house dog???
shenmue
(38,506 posts)5. Poor squee fella
This sucks.
swilton
(5,069 posts)6. can't watch
Iggo
(47,534 posts)7. Take their guns.
They obviously are not responsible enough to have guns.
So, take 'em.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)9. Thank god it wasn't a little kid.
You know how cops piss their pants when they see a little kid.
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)11. They only did that because a shot NEAR the dog didn't scare him off, right ?
Right ? Right ?