“Based on the behavior exhibited by the dog, believing the dog to be severely injured or infected with rabies, and as the officer feared being bitten and being infected with rabies, the SPD officer felt that his only option was to put the animal down,” a post on the City’s Facebook read.
“UNACCEPTABLE!!! Sturgeon Police force is seriously a joke,” one user wrote.
“This is a disgrace. The officer involved needs to be immediately removed from duty and charged with felony animal abuse."
“I pray the owner sues the city, the mayor, the officer and the department. I will be filing a complaint with the State Attorney General’s Office. The entire city council should resign after hiring this man.”
“What a disgusting and disappointing response to abuse of power and neglect of an animal,” wrote one person.
“If it’s ‘within his authority’ to shoot a dog who is not a clear threat to anyone then no person or animal is safe in our town. I am so beyond disappointed in this city,” said another.
“That dog was injured and confused, not rabid. He wasn’t even barking or being aggressive. He didn’t even yelp when the catch pole was put on him. I am just in shock over this.”
“If your officers are that afraid of a little dog wandering around… maybe, just maybe, they shouldn’t be police officers.”
“The officer was going strictly based off the fact that the dog walks with his head sideways due to him being deaf and blind,” he said.
Officials, after just four days, determined the officer was not wrong in his actions.
As if the act of murdering someone’s dog wasn’t infuriating enough the city has to go and say the officer did nothing wrong when they very clearly and objectively did. I can’t imagine the rage the owners must be feeling right now.
I picked out all the quotes I found most salient:
“Based on the behavior exhibited by the dog, believing the dog to be severely injured or infected with rabies, and as the officer feared being bitten and being infected with rabies, the SPD officer felt that his only option was to put the animal down,” a post on the City’s Facebook read.
“UNACCEPTABLE!!! Sturgeon Police force is seriously a joke,” one user wrote.
“This is a disgrace. The officer involved needs to be immediately removed from duty and charged with felony animal abuse."
“I pray the owner sues the city, the mayor, the officer and the department. I will be filing a complaint with the State Attorney General’s Office. The entire city council should resign after hiring this man.”
“What a disgusting and disappointing response to abuse of power and neglect of an animal,” wrote one person.
“If it’s ‘within his authority’ to shoot a dog who is not a clear threat to anyone then no person or animal is safe in our town. I am so beyond disappointed in this city,” said another.
“That dog was injured and confused, not rabid. He wasn’t even barking or being aggressive. He didn’t even yelp when the catch pole was put on him. I am just in shock over this.”
“If your officers are that afraid of a little dog wandering around… maybe, just maybe, they shouldn’t be police officers.”
“The officer was going strictly based off the fact that the dog walks with his head sideways due to him being deaf and blind,” he said.
Officials, after just four days, determined the officer was not wrong in his actions.
As if the act of murdering someone’s dog wasn’t infuriating enough the city has to go and say the officer did nothing wrong when they very clearly and objectively did. I can’t imagine the rage the owners must be feeling right now.
One of the most popular recent movie franchises is literally about a guy who goes on a murder rampage because someone killed his dog
Why the fuck did they think this would go over well.