Court Rules Police Can Shoot Your Dog If It Moves Or Barks

[n2doc]

A ruling from the 6th Circuit Court serves as a warning to dog owners: Teach your dog to sit still and be quiet or risk police justifiably shooting the dog.

Mark and Cheryl Brown petitioned their local court to hold the city as well as police officers from Battle Creek, Michigan, accountable for killing their dogs during the execution of a search warrant of their home.

The search warrant was to look for evidence of drugs, and the dogs never attacked the officers.

The plaintiffs say that the police officers’ actions were nothing short of unlawful seizure of property in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

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http://natives-today.com/2016/12/24/court-rules-police-can-shoot-your-dog-if-it-moves-or-barks/

[democratisphere]

1. Why not use pepper spray or a Taser on dogs

that might be threatening; no need to shoot the dog with a gun. Moves or barks is absurd.

[elleng]

2. NOTE this is a local court, and should NOT be considered widely binding.

[bdamomma]

3. this so sick and inhumane.

horrible.

[Calculating]

4. As always, the WOD is the fundamental problem

Police shouldn't be allowed to get search warrants without some form of CREDIBLE evidence. A confidential informant/anonymous tipster doesn't fit that description IMO. The police should need some kind of tangible proof before they can get a warrant.

[dhill926]

5. Sit. Stay.

goes for the populace as well, eh...

[braddy]

6. This doesn't address the bigger question of what the sometimes senseless killing of some pets,

reveals about the individual cop, and the revelation that some of these cops need to not be in that line of work.

[forgotmylogin]

7. I hope this includes "...and if not controlled on a leash or otherwise secured."

[alittlelark]

8. The dog is doing what instinct tells it to - protect

the alpha and the pack from threats... all they know is that their owner is being threatened by someone who smells foreign, aggressive, and threatening... They are protecting their alpha.