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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 01:40 PM
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Police Shock Dog With Taser Gun; Incident Caught On Tape
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A dog on the loose in Lakewood was shocked with a Taser gun by a police officer, and the incident was caught on tape.
The video was captured by a camera mounted on the Taser gun. Police said the stray dog they shocked on Saturday was a pit bull that was a threat to others.
After the dog disobeyed an order to go home, the camera on the officer's Taser was obscured.
The camera shows the officer using the Taser to disable the dog until an animal control officer could ensnare its neck.
But seconds after the officer determined the dog was under control, it tried to hop to its feet.
The obstruction reappears and the dog was shocked again. This time it didn't move and was dragged away.
"They knocked on my door and told me that they Tased my dog and I just freaked out," said owner Dan Kier.
Kier says his dog, Otis, got out of the house while he was sleeping. Kier also said Otis is not a pit bull, but a 1 1/2 –year-old boxer.
"He's not an aggressive dog, never has been an aggressive dog, and, based on what I saw on the video, I don't think he was being aggressive at all," said Kier.
Christina MacDonald and Kristine Charkowski witnessed the incident. They said Otis wasn't aggressive but scared. The two women are professional dog watchers trained to spot aggressive behavior.
"That's all the dog was doing was barking. Never charged at the officer, as a matter of fact, he ran away at one point in time," Charkowski said.
Lakewood police familiar with the incident were unavailable for comment.
The dog's owner was issued citations for keeping dangerous animals but he hopes a blood test will prove Otis is a boxer.
Otis remains in the custody of animal control.
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/20197114/detail.html
It's another very large bonfire, too large to bring it all over here, but rather than quoting the primitives at random, I'll quote the Primitives of Prominence.
First up, a non-primitive on Skins's island, the buzzy one:
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 01:57 PM
Response to Reply #1
8. Context is everything....
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:40 PM
Response to Reply #1
31. Dog wins! Dog wins!
Forget leash laws. Forget owner responsibility. The cop was wrong.
As you predicted, this says much about DU.
The maudlin waif primitive, who's had trouble with cops before:
Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 11:12 PM
Response to Reply #31
41. If a civilian tased a POLICE dog, which we KNOW can be aggressive, he'd be looking at prison, leash law or not.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 07:32 AM
Response to Reply #41
45. You think that if a police dog was running around a neighborhood unrestrained...
... with no owner in sight, that tasing the dog would land somebody in prison?
I have no doubt that some cops might try to exert their authority to land hard on the person who tased the dog, but it would get nowhere.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:16 PM
Response to Reply #19
25. Interesting. That will come in handy the next time the dog gets loose and starts acting aggressively
The person being snarled at will simply ask the dog for his DNA report, and then can decide if it's okay to be afraid or not.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 07:27 PM
Response to Reply #35
38. Would it be okay if, every time I had a question about dogs, I asked you?
I've never known a true expert before.
(I feel so tingly)
Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 01:51 PM
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3. "Lakewood police familiar with the incident were unavailable for comment."
Surprise, surprise.
If it was a police dog, it would be "assaulting an officer."
Nice.
So the guy "hopes" a blood test will prove Otis is a boxer. I take it that this means Lakewood has a thing about pits. Stupid breed bans.
Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 01:52 PM
Response to Reply #4
5. Cops not know much?
Is the pope Catholic?
Hmmmm. With that sort of attitude, it shouldn't be any surprise the maudlin waif primitive has had trouble with cops.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:17 PM
Response to Reply #6
26. I'm sorry. Are you reacting to this in a rational fashion?
Ma'am, you will have to leave this thread.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 01:56 PM
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7. Hey, shithead! Keep your dog on a leash!
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:14 PM
Response to Reply #13
24. Sorry. Next time I'll bleep the naughty words.
I own a dog. I keep it under control, but, as you say, dogs can get away.
When a dog is loose, the fate of the dog is up in the air. The only way we control our dog's fate is to keep it at home or on a leash.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #16
21. Fluffy white dog? No, this is a fluffy white dog:
after which a photograph of a dog
This is a well known killing machine:
after which another photograph of another dog
Keep your dog on a leash.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:12 PM
Response to Reply #12
22. LOL!
That's funny, but have you ever been bitten by a dog? Have it draw blood?
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 03:41 PM
Response to Reply #29
32. Well, he did learn a big lesson today -- in any language.
Not sure how the dog will process that lesson, however.
Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-28-09 11:10 PM
Response to Reply #32
40. People in uniform suck?
Yeah... My jindo has that impression as well.
What's this "jindo" bit? Is that one of those druids and dragons things?
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-29-09 07:38 AM
Response to Reply #40
46. That's probably the best that any dog could do.
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