Jack the Chihuahua dies by Taser, gunshots fired

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This can't be real. Can it????

The whole story sounds retarded.

June 10, 2009 01:53pm


A YOUNG boy is still "barking" for his dog to come home after police tasered, then shot dead, the family pet on their front porch.
US police in Cincinnati killed Jack, the Bullock family's Chihuahua-mix pet, after an officer was bitten on the hand, WCPO reports.

The small dog had been Tasered, then shot at twice by police.

A third gunshot killed the dog.

Scott and Sharon Bullock discovered the dog's blood and three bullets on their porch after returning from a funeral last Friday.

They called the local police station and discovered what had happened to Jack, who was a birthday present for their 12-year-old son.

They said they were told that two officers had cornered the dog, when it began biting one on the hands. Police said the officers had "no option" but to shoot the dog.

FuD of Perth Mr Bullock said his five-year-old son was distraught by the killing.

"He 'barks' for him," Mr Bullock. "He'd 'bark' and Jack would always come to him, so he's outside going 'Bark bark bark,' hoping he's gonna come back.

"It's heartbreaking."

His wife said the child had cried himself to sleep after the shooting.

Lieutenant Paul Hartinger from the Blue Ash police department told WCPO that the officers had no choice but to shoot the dog after it had attacked them and other people.

"As badly as the officer was getting bitten, he had to do something to protect himself," Mr Hartinger said.

"They first chose physical means, then a Taser, and when those two didn't work, he had no option but to shoot the dog."

Police say the dog had bitten the officer 17 times on one hand and nine times on the other.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25615378-5001021,00.html
 
Key word in article..."Chihuahua mix". Mix with WHAT?.....Pit bull?.....Doberman?....Wolf? Once again the media leads us to believe the cops are at fault here....I'll bet the cops had a good reason for putting the dog down.
 
I'm sure the Cinnci cops would have much preferred to hand this situation off to the animal control folks, the fact that they didn't prolly indicates it got out of hand pretty quickly.

Again, it's the news hounds that slanted the whole thing....making the cops look like bumbleing, pet slayers, even taking a cheap shot at the kid, "barking for his dog!"

It's a tragic story, the little boy lost his pet, some cop got all chewed up and was placed in a position where he had to destroy the animal....tragic!

That being said, I really don't care for those little dogs either.....you whack 'em in the head and their eyeballs fly all around the room!! WTF's with that? :confused2:
 
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