A cop in Filer, Idaho casually executed a trained service dog for a man with Parkinson’s disease because the dog was barking at him.
The cop argued that the dog was ‘agressing him too much’.
What? No pepper spray? No taser? No calling the owner and having him bring the dog inside?
No…let’s just shoot him.
This is yet another example of how the police across the country are becoming more brutal, thug-like and exercising a blatant disregard for the lives of citizens and their property.
FILER, ID – A resident of Filer, Idaho called the police on Monday to complain that neighbor Rick Clubb’s dogs were outside without a leash. The caller may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Hooch the black labrador.
When Officer Tarek Hassani arrived at Rick Clubb’s home, he immediately encountered two barking canines. One of the dogs – a black labrador named Hooch – repeatedly moved in front of Hassani, blocking the officer’s path as he tried to approached the home.
The fifth time that Hooch obstructed Hassani, the officer took aim and shot the dog at point-blank range. The dashboard-mounted camera on Hassani’s cruiser captured the graphic killing on video.
Clubb, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, said the dog was his trained service animal. “He didn’t have to pull out his .45 and shoot my dog,” said Clubb. “It was right outside my son’s bedroom.” Clubb’s son is nine.
The ASPCA says that police departments generally “set a very low threshold for justifying the killing of dogs. In virtually all cases we have examined, internal reviews of dog shootings have ruled them to be justifiable.”
The society also says that “Many of these incidents involve multiple shots fired and many do not result in the dog’s swift, humane death.” The footage of the event shows that Clubb’s labrador suffered for some time before dying.
Filer Police Chief Tim Reeves says that, though the dog did not bite Hassani, “it was aggressing him too much.”
Clubb says he intends to sue Hassani. ““Maybe I deserve a ticket, but I don’t deserve a dead dog.”
Shoot and ask question’s later
SORRY ASSESD DOG OWNER parkinsons or not. Let the dog into you own yard. The dog was agressive and if I were giver the task of getting to the door and the dog was coming at me…I may have shot him too!
I say shoot the cop.
WTF
This country is totaly F’d up. Cops on STEROIDS are needed to be off the streets. What a total douche bag…..So for dogs it’s NO BARKING, for us it’s STOP RESISTING!!! What is wrong with people, wait, cops are not people, they are untrained savages….protected by a corrupt system
Hope this is escalated to a level where this dumb F cop is sued civilly and his life is made miserable, civil rights violation….hmmmm,
I agree with a lot of the stories on truthandaction.org but this one is nuts. If these dogs were menacing me like they did the cop, I would have shot the dog also. The dog goes on a leash. If the dog isn’t on a leash, it is under voice control. There is no time, no reason, no excuse for two dogs to be out running around and squaring off with another person when the owner isn’t even in sight! Never. If this dog had run up on me and acted like it did I would have also shot the dog and I like dogs. Irresponsible dog owners like this are responsible for the thousands of dog bites each year. The ONLY reason my wife is alive today with 15 stitches instead of having her throat ripped out by a pit bull is that turned her head at exactly the right time and the dog’s upper jar hung up on one of her teeth and chipped her tooth and the lower jaw ripped a hole in her cheek/neck. The dog owner didn’t offer to pay for her medical, help her to the hospital, nothing. He’s never paid a penny for any of her medical expenses. This is just another really stupid dog owner who bears the entire responsibility for the results he obtained.
IDIOT
Bad cop not a Peace Officer.
way to go Nazi. another example of some in a potion they should not be in.