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35. Getting bitten by dogs has always been a huge problem for mail carriers

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 07:07 PM

Dec 2013

http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_052.htm

There are over 5,000 mail carrier (USPS alone) attacks every year.

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Police shoot dog in St. Clair Shores after complaints about excessive barking [View all] damnedifIknow Dec 2013 OP

A horrible outcome, and one that could have been prevented. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

Uh huh! atreides1 Dec 2013 #2

I agree. sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #48

Fuck. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #3

Police need MORE power to shoot Aerows Dec 2013 #4

Misleading headline, also called "linkbait" Chuckmonico Dec 2013 #5

flamebait post. nothing added to the actual article except bullshit speculation. xchrom Dec 2013 #8

Why was the dog cowering near the house when shot? damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #10

"Preston says" "Police say" "Witnesses tell 7 Action news Brittany�s grandpa said the dog wasn�t his NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #11

Plenty of police sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #36

You have made my day, you wonderful person, you! hatrack Dec 2013 #19

Well said Bragi Dec 2013 #21

Good grief. "Was the cop close to being bitten by the dog?" rhett o rick Dec 2013 #54

the dog needed an mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #6

Too many police these days are wusses. Vattel Dec 2013 #7

Their job isn't to go out and get hurt because someone else is negligent. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #14

Taking risks is part of their job, or at least should be. Vattel Dec 2013 #25

Why should "getting hurt" be part of the process? KurtNYC Dec 2013 #18

Yay. Cops. nt Earth_First Dec 2013 #9

Quick, somebody post the pic of the milk-carrying cop! Brigid Dec 2013 #12

"Negligent owner blames everyone but herself for death of her Pit Bull" NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #13

Even if the owner is at fault, there's no justification for 8 shots... joeybee12 Dec 2013 #15

Did you see the video? The dog was still alive when taken away by animal control on a restraint pole NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #17

Authoritarianism alive and well - TBF Dec 2013 #20

Bloodthirsty get the red out Dec 2013 #39

no! ALWAYS blame the cops!!! Garion_55 Dec 2013 #23

The police are tasked with protecting the public from loose animals. If they did nothing... NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #24

keep your officers under control Garion_55 Dec 2013 #26

Keep your pets under control. Our police have better things to do. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #27

EXACTLY the point Garion_55 Dec 2013 #30

People come first. In the eyes of the law, pets are mere property. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #45

but if they do escape Garion_55 Dec 2013 #51

Yeah... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #63

But the dog didn't bite anyone, did it? sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #40

The video clip says that several hours were spent trying to capture dog. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #42

I wasn't there either, sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #46

The dog barked. He barked. I dont like barking dog but I dont want them killed. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #55

I watched the video and read the stories that are out there. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #58

Thanks. I may have overreacted. I just get sick of stories of police killing dogs. There rhett o rick Dec 2013 #59

Somebody mentioned using a tazer. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #60

Why not charge them with animal cruelty? I don't care if it WAS the cops catbyte Dec 2013 #16

Good god. mnhtnbb Dec 2013 #22

I didn't know Tackleberry became an instructor at the Academy.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #28

Funny scene. And funny character. Brigid Dec 2013 #64

Leaving a dog with someone that mentally/physically can't care for it is extreme negligence n/t Taitertots Dec 2013 #29

Yes but mistakes happen damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #33

Getting bitten by dogs has always been a huge problem for mail carriers Taitertots Dec 2013 #35

They know the risk when taking the job damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #37

It is callous that you have no empathy for thousands of people hurt by other people's negligence Taitertots Dec 2013 #47

Disgusting? damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #53

Your video makes perfect sense because bear=Dog and hiker=police officer Taitertots Dec 2013 #61

How was there reasonable expectation of an attack? damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #62

I'll make this simple for you.... You want a bear to run off into the woods and you don't want Taitertots Dec 2013 #66

"It is callous that you have no empathy for thousands of people hurt by other people's negligence." Ikonoklast Dec 2013 #65

Oh, nice attempt to deflect criticism with a thread derailment Taitertots Dec 2013 #68

What a champion of the working class you are. (nt) Nine Dec 2013 #50

Great! Maybe the mailman sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #43

not only mail carriers... handmade34 Dec 2013 #52

The problem is that the people arguing in this thread don't care about the danger that negligent.... Taitertots Dec 2013 #67

Perhaps, sulphurdunn Dec 2013 #41

Being attacked by a dog is a situation where the use of force is justified n/t Taitertots Dec 2013 #49

Go on. So what? nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #56

Dumb cops. Shame on them. Shame on the neighbors too. tblue Dec 2013 #31

Apparently, Grandpa told the police that it was not his dog. FarCenter Dec 2013 #32

Why can't they just taze an animal if it comes to that? MirrorAshes Dec 2013 #34

Discharging firearms is one of the perks of being a cop. They get to brag at rhett o rick Dec 2013 #57

I would end up on death row get the red out Dec 2013 #38

Fucking PIGS. 99Forever Dec 2013 #44