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There are two reasons that I'm posting this...
1) This is where I live (HAHAHA)
2) I know this police officer
http://www.cleveland.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/07/lakewood_police_taser_a_dog_th.html
Apparently, this has caused national outrage within the animal rights community, but nobody here in this city seems to think that anything that bad happened. The dog wasn't injured and the dog didn't die, but people seem to be ignoring that fact.
For those of you who don't know, this police officer just so happened to run across a scene in which a dog was running loose, so he stopped to help. When the officer arrived on the scene, he saw that the dog was a pitbull, which aren't allowed within this city - you can't own a pitbull in the city of Lakewood, OH due to violent occurances that have frequently happened within this community. SIDE NOTE: The owner is claiming that the dog is a breed of boxer and not a pitbull.
The officer originally pulled out his gun in defense (just in case), but decided to instead pull out his taser. Witnesses to the scene have confirmed that. The officer then told everybody to get out of the way, to avoid getting hurt in any way, shape or form.
Then, the witness accounts start to differ from one another. Some witnesses say that the dog was barking angrily at the officer and became very aggressive towards him, while others say that the dog was not barking at all and that it was just standing there doing nothing.
Anyway, you will see in the video clip (the tasers that the Lakewood Police Department use are equipped with built-in cameras: good idea) that the dog is clearly barking and growling, so the officer tases the dog in order to protect anyone from getting hurt and to also assist the animal control officer, who was having a hard time rounding up the dog.
FYI - You will see the dog being dragged at the end of the video, but that is not being done by the police officer; that is being done by the animal control officer.
Another FYI - The area that this happened in is filled with younger children. It is part of the community where a lot of younger families move to, due to the low cost of rent/mortgage.
Anyway, thoughts?
1) This is where I live (HAHAHA)
2) I know this police officer
http://www.cleveland.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/07/lakewood_police_taser_a_dog_th.html
Apparently, this has caused national outrage within the animal rights community, but nobody here in this city seems to think that anything that bad happened. The dog wasn't injured and the dog didn't die, but people seem to be ignoring that fact.
For those of you who don't know, this police officer just so happened to run across a scene in which a dog was running loose, so he stopped to help. When the officer arrived on the scene, he saw that the dog was a pitbull, which aren't allowed within this city - you can't own a pitbull in the city of Lakewood, OH due to violent occurances that have frequently happened within this community. SIDE NOTE: The owner is claiming that the dog is a breed of boxer and not a pitbull.
The officer originally pulled out his gun in defense (just in case), but decided to instead pull out his taser. Witnesses to the scene have confirmed that. The officer then told everybody to get out of the way, to avoid getting hurt in any way, shape or form.
Then, the witness accounts start to differ from one another. Some witnesses say that the dog was barking angrily at the officer and became very aggressive towards him, while others say that the dog was not barking at all and that it was just standing there doing nothing.
Anyway, you will see in the video clip (the tasers that the Lakewood Police Department use are equipped with built-in cameras: good idea) that the dog is clearly barking and growling, so the officer tases the dog in order to protect anyone from getting hurt and to also assist the animal control officer, who was having a hard time rounding up the dog.
FYI - You will see the dog being dragged at the end of the video, but that is not being done by the police officer; that is being done by the animal control officer.
Another FYI - The area that this happened in is filled with younger children. It is part of the community where a lot of younger families move to, due to the low cost of rent/mortgage.
Anyway, thoughts?
