Cop kills dog during sex offender compliance check at wrong home.
Officer James Freeman of Greenbrier, AR was doing a sex offender compliance check on private property when the homeowner’s dog barked at him. So Freeman shot the dog. The event would be an example of how mean some of the officers doing compliance checks can be to people on the registry and their families, but it was just made worse by the fact that the idiot went to the wrong home.
The below video shows the aftermath of the tragedy.
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Shoot or harm a police dog and you get criminally charged.
Police shoot a dog or a person and they are protected from criminal prosecution.
It’s time that police officers are held responsible for their actions aka strict liability.
This is exactly why the registry is EVERYONE”S problem. These so-called “compliance” checks are a WASTE of taxpayer money. They are feckless and inept clown shows.
I moved from a rented to place to a home/yard that I bought. My next door neighbor told me she was going to send her Doberman to the pound. I offered to take her. I mentioned to my DCS officer that I wanted to get a dog and he drilled about if the dog was aggressive even before I had the dog. The DCS officer bluntly told me he would shoot my dog if it came at him. I looked up the law in my state and sure enough, he could do that. What happened to using the less action required to defend oneself? I got the dog for emotional support and she has since been certified as a service dog (she is very protective and will defend me if necessary as well).
I have had dogs most of my life and know for a fact that a dog can easily be defended against by sicking your hand in its mouth and grabbing its lower jaw. It can’t and won’t bite then.
It sickens me this officer chose lethal force as his first choice.
Unfortunately considering the level of mental illness pervasive in the law enforcement “profession” this is not a surprise.
That psychopath needs be fired, and he needs to be charged. Who the hell does something like that???
My condolences to the family of the murdered canine Clide. I do hope a civil lawsuit can be pursued. This is a prime example of why the police must be reigned-in. Many act with impunity, brutality, and malice. And yes it is systemic. The “good-faith” clause is just a loophole to perpetuate their sadism. Although I don’t support a total de-funding, certainly budgets must be cut and officers held accountable and have no “qualified immunity.” Then, and only then, will they care about the consequences of their actions or inactions.
Here in Freakville for example, we have so many cops they loiter in parking lots all day to catch speeders and law-abiding citizens caught driving while black. Whenever there’s a 911 call, no less than five or six cop cars respond. It’s obvious to any person with common sense that we are over-policed.
JZ
Having worked in law enforcement in the 1980s, traffic enforcement is NOT going away. It is a HUGE bulk of the departments budget. I worked in a large city department and there were more traffic cops in our department than all the rest of the cops in the entire county combined, not counting the Florida Hwy Patrol or the sheriffs office.
Although someone going 100 mph in a neighborhood does need to be stopped, it is funny when you call 9-11 because your house was broken into, you get told it will be a few hours as they do not have an available officer. If you watch any crime scene on the news, there are 15-20 officers standing around talking, laughing and telling jokes instead of doing their job. This is not just an opinion, I worked there I am telling how it is.
About half of them could be released to handle calls after the scene is “Secured” but they are afraid they are going to miss something, or they are just lazy.
CJ, thanks for the insight and for validating my long-held beliefs!
JZ
Your welcome my friend. Blessings for you and your family. Keep you head up. Like they say “There are some changes coming on”.
I know sometimes God stays out of things and sometimes He intervenes. Kind of like the supreme court, often it makes no sense but all we can do is keep fighting and not lose faith. Look how long Black folks had to wait to vote. Some of them like July Perry died for his belief he had the right to vote.
Not sure I will die for my right to be removed from the registry but I am just waiting for the right lottery numbers to be drawn (Figure of speech).
Karma is a bear…