Weak, very weak.Harming a police dog is a Class C felony, according to state statutes. A Class C felony is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
I can see how you can consider him an officer but i also see the animal as a tool to help officers. Either way im pretty sure that this guy got the beating of his life.T.Webb said:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/04/police-dog-stabbed-killed-washington-state/?test=latestnews
As far as I'm concerned, the perp shoud be charged with the murder of a Police officer.
eastplayer87 said:I can see how you can consider him an officer but i also see the animal as a tool to help officers. Either way im pretty sure that this guy got the beating of his life.
:yepthatCaptain Will said:If I had a dog like that latched onto me and I had a knife, I woulda stabbed it too. That's a disadvantage a police dog has, the suspect does not know the dog isn't going to eviscerate him and not enough information is given in the article to even indicate that the suspect realized that the dog was a police dog. But no, I doubt he would have hesitated killing a human cop either- if the human cop had bitten him and was dragging him to the ground. But human cops don't do that. A lot of people are (with good reason) afraid of dogs and are going to react defensively out of instinct. For that reason, I don't think you can prosecute as if they killed a human, I think that would be unjust. And remember at the time of apprehension they are only suspects- if a large dog suddenly appeared out of nowhere and jumped up and chowed your elbow and tried to drag you out of your parked car, are you going to stop and think "Oh, that must be a police dog?". Eff no you are not. Your brain is going to say GET IT OFF ME!!!!, and all bets are off.
Ditto with if a human cop walked up on you shooting. This is why cops are supposed to identify themselves as cops. And K9s should be marked IMO. the cops don't want them to have to wear vests or harnesses that a suspect could use to restrain the dog, but I say then if the dog gets killed, it's an unfortunate consequence, the suspect probably saw no other avenue to end the attack.
It's fine to be a dog lover but you can't expect anyone to sit there and get mauled by one just because the dog is owned by a cop or being used to enforce the law. Any dog that is trained to attack humans is put in a situation where it may get killed by a human attempting basic self defense. You have to either accept that basic fact or choose not to train dogs to attack people.
So he's a victim now? Heres a way to avoid getting mauled by a police dog: Surrender (or dont rob banks).Captain Will said:If I had a dog like that latched onto me and I had a knife, I woulda stabbed it too. That's a disadvantage a police dog has, the suspect does not know the dog isn't going to eviscerate him and not enough information is given in the article to even indicate that the suspect realized that the dog was a police dog. But no, I doubt he would have hesitated killing a human cop either- if the human cop had bitten him and was dragging him to the ground. But human cops don't do that. A lot of people are (with good reason) afraid of dogs and are going to react defensively out of instinct. For that reason, I don't think you can prosecute as if they killed a human, I think that would be unjust. And remember at the time of apprehension they are only suspects- if a large dog suddenly appeared out of nowhere and jumped up and chowed your elbow and tried to drag you out of your parked car, are you going to stop and think "Oh, that must be a police dog?". Eff no you are not. Your brain is going to say GET IT OFF ME!!!!, and all bets are off.
Ditto with if a human cop walked up on you shooting. This is why cops are supposed to identify themselves as cops. And K9s should be marked IMO. the cops don't want them to have to wear vests or harnesses that a suspect could use to restrain the dog, but I say then if the dog gets killed, it's an unfortunate consequence, the suspect probably saw no other avenue to end the attack.
It's fine to be a dog lover but you can't expect anyone to sit there and get mauled by one just because the dog is owned by a cop or being used to enforce the law. Any dog that is trained to attack humans is put in a situation where it may get killed by a human attempting basic self defense. You have to either accept that basic fact or choose not to train dogs to attack people.
Come on, what kind of shit statement is this? Why not just call him a dog killer? Will just injects some common sense into these crazy threads. For a forum where everyone is about their RIGHTS, everyone sure loves giving them away as long as they're not 2A related.sherm66 said:Interesting hill you pick to defend. Kinda shameful actually.
From a guy who has a dude CLUBBING A BABY FUR SEAL as his Avatar?????sherm66 said:Interesting hill you pick to defend. Kinda shameful actually.
