re: Deputies Try To Kill Pitbull, Kill a Teen

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So, a bullet that richoted killed a kid after he "sicked" the dog on the police?

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Uh. What? Where did he sick the dog on the police? Jesus.

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Officers feared for their well-being. Kid may have been in a gang. Good shoot.

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Give it a rest, man. It was a ricochet, from what I understand. None sad they feared for their lives with the kid. You sound like a liberal when you try to twist stuff to fit your narrative.

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Unloading your weapon at a moving animal amidst a crowd of people.

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Is everybody doing the twist, today?

A crowd of one. And the one was around back of the building. It was a ricochet.

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I bet if that dog was a Izzo's Burrito it wouldn't have got shot!!!!

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Probably not, but I haven't seen a burrito charge at a cop, yet. Perhaps you have?

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We don't know when he was shot. We don't know the place in the complex he was shot. Until we know more details, we can wait to indict the cops on forums. They won't be indicted anyehrrr else.

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Apparently the news articles are all over the place. One I found said the kid was the owner and had tied the dog up...but the dog broke free. Others are saying the dog belonged to a neighbor.

Another indicated the kid came from around the building 40 feet away, while others are saying he (the kid)was throwing himself across the body of the dog to protect it.

I get it all the time.

You don't. You're a fricking moron.

Cops hold more power in their hands than any other person in society, even lawyers and judges. They have the ability to end one's freedom and take one's life at the blink of an eye. If anyone should be held strictly liable for their actions due to the power they yield, it's police. Instead, we have taken the opposite approach and basically absolve cops of almost all wrongdoing when it involves the use of force. If a civilian shot a dog and a ricochet bullet hit and killed a kid said civilian would almost certainly be charged with manslaughter.

I'm not sure what y'alls beef is with each other, but every single shooting has to be taken a single event, and not all lumped together to prove or disprove a point.


All the cops are not getting together and deciding to hold open season on the public. Some cops are good, and there are some bad cops. I try to put myself in the place of the cop and the victim to see what they were thinking at the time. Did the cop have a reason to believe he might be in danger? Would I have pulled my weapon if I were in that situation? Did the victim do what every reasonable person should do?

I have seen women make an argument that a woman dressed scantily and in a bar getting drunk should not be raped. They are correct. They should not be. However, you increase you chances of it if you dress provocatively and put yourself in a dangerous situation.

Same for cops/victims. Should the victim not be shot? Probably not. But if you have a weapon and you are moving around inside a car...or if throw yourself across a dog that is charging LEOs after one has already been bitten bad things might happen.

Should the kid have been killed? No. Does it surprise me under those circumstances? No.

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If anyone should be held strictly liable for their actions due to the power they yield, it's police. Instead, we have taken the opposite approach and basically absolve cops of almost all wrongdoing when it involves the use of force. If a civilian shot a dog and a ricochet bullet hit and killed a kid said civilian would almost certainly be charged with manslaughter.

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Maybe. What I would like to see is pay the cops a whole lot more money since they put their lives on the line every single day. Then as you attract a higher quality individual hold them more accountable.

Before I retired, I made a whole lot more money than most cops, and I did not have to put my life in jeopardy.