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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Well since it looks like the cop hit the dog on the 1st shot, it is very likely he would have hit it with the Taser as well. Maybe I should clarify that I don't think the cop should be reprimanded for what he did, it was a difficult scenario and the dog owner is 99% responsible for the whole situation. But I think in Canada or Europe this dog does not get shot, it gets a non-lethal form of subduing. The dog was barking like crazy from a car that had its window open, and the suspect had already been handcuffed, I think it's reasonable for the cop to try and subdue the dog without lethal force. Do Animal Services in any city carry guns?
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Bunk, we've had dog shootings by police in Calgary as late as last year when and going off of memory a pit bull charged a cop after rampaging through a neighbourhood.
Mace doesn't subdue a dog btw, it pretty much makes them lash out angrily, and there's no guarantee that a taser is going to drop the dog. The cops first responsibility is to public safety and then personal safety. The dog was considered a threat to both if you listen to the explanation.
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
When there have been on average 300-400 police shootings per year in America vs. 250 police shootings in Canada in the last 35 YEARS, the statistics speak for themselves. Taking population into account that's roughy 1/770,000 people shot in the USA vs. 1/4.1 million in Canada per year. That's more 5 times more people shot by police in America vs. Canada. Sorry but American police reach for their guns way more than anywhere else in the world and I truly believe that this happens here at home or in Europe the dog is not dead.
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I truly believe that you are over simplifying things to make your argument. Europeans don't have anywhere near the level of gang violence, illegal handguns and other factors that the U.S. has, and good for them, they've done a lot of things right in terms of limiting access to weapons.
The American police tend to be dealing with far more volatile and tough to control situations then the American's do.
The animal might not be dead in Europe, I can't argue that. But it probably would have been shot up here and certainly in the States.
And animal control officers in the States carry rifles. But the Police were dealing with a armed robbery situation and a jacka$$ disrupting their ability to communicate, they're not going to take time to call animal control and worry about the dog when they have bigger problems.
Personally, I think that the owner should be charged with two counts of reckless endangerment.
One for playing his radio at top volume and disrupting the polices ability to communicate and maintain situational awareness during a felony. And the second for not properly securing hi agitated dog.
The cops acted properly, to me. But because this moron has a history of it, there will be a lawsuit.