In my small city (midwest US), it used to be very common for the cops to shoot people’s dogs. It must have been a fun sport for them–they’d just say the dog charged at them and that was it. It would happen at least once every couple months or so.
Until one day about 15 years ago, when a cop responded to a house alarm in the middle of the day. Apparently the lady didn’t realize it was armed or didn’t get it turned off in time. She had a small poodle which ran out into the yard barking and the cop immediately shot it dead, as per usual. Except oops, there was one problem. It was a judge’s house. It was a judge’s wife who witnessed the callous killing of her harmless pet poodle, not just your average citizen this time.
In my small city (midwest US), it used to be very common for the cops to shoot people’s dogs. It must have been a fun sport for them–they’d just say the dog charged at them and that was it. It would happen at least once every couple months or so.
Until one day about 15 years ago, when a cop responded to a house alarm in the middle of the day. Apparently the lady didn’t realize it was armed or didn’t get it turned off in time. She had a small poodle which ran out into the yard barking and the cop immediately shot it dead, as per usual. Except oops, there was one problem. It was a judge’s house. It was a judge’s wife who witnessed the callous killing of her harmless pet poodle, not just your average citizen this time.
And thus ended the dog-killing streak in my city.
What a great example of the American justice system in action.
A multi-tiered justice system, to be sure