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Guy gets 17 years for killing police K9
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:25 pm
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Seems a bit excessive IMO.
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A man who stabbed a police dog to death when he was being arrested has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.
John Rush, 22, was hiding from the police in the basement of a building in Pittsburgh back in January 2014. He was wanted on an outstanding warrant for parole violation and failure to register as a sex offender. A German shepherd named Rocco sniffed him out, and Rush sprung out and stabbed the dog before officers could subdue him.
The dog was rushed to a veterinary clinic but died just two days later of spinal and kidney injuries. Hundreds of people came to Rocco's funeral, and funds were raised in his honor to purchase vests for 13 more police dogs. His death resulted in "Rocco's Law", a Pennsylvania law that increased penalties for killing police animals to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Rush claimed to have stabbed the dog in self-defense but was convicted of aggravated assault, torture of a police animal and disarming an officer.
Seems a bit excessive IMO.
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Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:27 pm to brass2mouth
oh this is fricking rich 
we bout to start locking cops up for shooting dogs?
we bout to start locking cops up for shooting dogs?
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:27 pm to brass2mouth
If it gets an unregistered sex offender off the streets for 17 years I'm cool with it.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:27 pm to brass2mouth
Incredibly stupid law, trained or not, a dog's life is not more valuable than a humans life and should not be treated as a human police officer.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:28 pm to brass2mouth
I'm a big dog lover but I'm very uncomfortable with charging someone with killing a police officer if they kill a police dog that was attacking him. The quote represents that the person being charged with the crime was the aggressor so my feeling would change if they have a recording of that encounter backing up their version of the incident.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:29 pm to brass2mouth
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Seems a bit excessive IMO.
It was fricked up, but I agree.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:29 pm to whoisnickdoobs
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If it gets an unregistered sex offender off the streets for 17 years I'm cool with it.
:kige:
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:29 pm to whoisnickdoobs
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If it gets an unregistered sex offender off the streets for 17 years I'm cool with it.
Yep, I wasn't cool with it until I read that part.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:30 pm to tigerpimpbot
I just can't see how they can get him for killing a dog that was actually charging him 
We can't even get cops who talk to a camera about killing a dog and then killing it locked up
We can't even get cops who talk to a camera about killing a dog and then killing it locked up
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:31 pm to Boats n Hose
He should be charged with animal cruelty sure, and even if they gave him the max penalty for that bc it's a police dog I think I'd be fine with it, but 17 years for killing an animal in any case is just excessive.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:33 pm to Sl4m
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Incredibly stupid law, trained or not, a dog's life is not more valuable than a humans life and should not be treated as a human police officer.
It's not.. Anywhere.. But the penalty is enhanced when someone injures a Police service animal versus a regular animal.
RS 14:102.8
§102.8. Injuring or killing of a police animal
A. Injuring or killing of a police animal is the intentional infliction of great bodily harm, permanent disability, or death upon a police animal.
B. As used in this Section:
(1) "Police animal" means:
(a) Any dog which is owned or the service of which is used by any state or local law enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of offenders.
(b) Any dog which is owned or the service of which is used by any public safety agency and which is trained in accordance with the standards of a national or regional search and rescue association to respond to instructions from its handler in the search for possibly deceased individuals and in the search and rescue of lost or missing individuals and which dog, together with its handler, is prepared to render search and rescue services at the request of a public safety agency.
(c) Any horse which is used by a state or local law enforcement officer in the course of his official duty.
(2) "Public safety agency" means any agency of the state or political subdivision of the state which provides or has authority to provide law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency preparedness services, or any other type of emergency services.
C. It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Section when the injuring or killing of a police animal is committed with the reasonable belief by one not involved in or being apprehended for the commission of any offense or by one taken into custody that:
(1) He is in imminent danger of losing his life or receiving great bodily harm and that the injuring or killing is necessary to save himself from that danger.
(2) Another person not involved in or being apprehended for the commission of any offense is in imminent danger of losing his life or receiving great bodily harm and that the injury or killing is necessary to save that person from that danger.
(3) His animal or other property not involved in the commission of any offense or in the apprehension of any person for an offense is in imminent danger of being destroyed or receiving grave injury or damage that may result in its destruction.
D.(1) Whoever commits the crime of injuring or killing of a police animal shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both.
(2) Upon a second or subsequent conviction, regardless of whether the second or subsequent offense occurred before or after the first conviction, the offender shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than five years nor more than seven years, or both.
E. In addition to the foregoing penalties, a person convicted under this Section shall be ordered to make full restitution to the public safety agency suffering a financial loss from the injury or killing of a police animal. If a person ordered to make restitution pursuant to this Section is found to be indigent and therefore unable to make restitution in full at the time of conviction, the court shall order a periodic payment plan consistent with the person's financial ability.
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:35 pm to brass2mouth
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He should be charged with animal cruelty sure, and even if they gave him the max penalty for that bc it's a police dog I think I'd be fine with it, but 17 years for killing an animal in any case is just excessive.
The resisting arrest/evading officers is why it doesn't bother me as much as someone simply just killing a dog and getting jail time. And those dogs represent a significant investment (time, money) by the police department.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:36 pm to brass2mouth
A ridiculous punishment.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:37 pm to brass2mouth
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He should be charged with animal cruelty sure, and even if they gave him the max penalty for that bc it's a police dog I think I'd be fine with it, but 17 years for killing an animal in any case is just excessive.
I'm sure he was charged with something related to the stabbing of the dog. However, the 17 year sentence was not a direct result of killing the police dog.
It's a clickbait title. He was sentenced to 17 years but not for killing the dog.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:38 pm to Sl4m
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Incredibly stupid law, trained or not, a dog's life is not more valuable than a humans life and should not be treated as a human police officer.
The thing people are missing is that this is a police dog. It costs tens of thousands of dollars to train and raise these dogs. Killing one of them will therefore be punished more severely (also you'd have to be fricking retarded to kill a POLICE dog and not expect to get at least a decade behind bars).
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:38 pm to Barf
Ah, yeah you right.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:40 pm to SabiDojo
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A ridiculous punishment.
agreed...that kind of sentencing abuse makes our whole judicial system look foolish...
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:42 pm to brass2mouth
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disarming an officer.
yeah, right
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:44 pm to brass2mouth
I would have rather seen him get put in a cage with pitbulls and let him be eaten to death.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 5:45 pm to Chaos_Actual
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The thing people are missing is that this is a police dog. It costs tens of thousands of dollars to train and raise these dogs. Killing one of them will therefore be punished more severely (also you'd have to be fricking retarded to kill a POLICE dog and not expect to get at least a decade behind bars).
So I guess that cop that popped that service dog is screwed huh?
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