But if a cop, in uniform or otherwise, bangs your door down, or shows up, gun drawn, screaming "Warrant, get the fuck down!" and your dog understandably notes this fearful intrusion and dares bark, or take a stance to protect its home, the cop can kill the dog. It's just a dog. Property, right?
Let's see, who can cops kill at will, in their own homes or on the street? Dogs, black men, submissive girls, handcuffed naked guys, drunk or mentally ill women and men, children. Well that covers it. Killing without cost or repercussion. Quite the work if you can stomach it.
What the holy hell were these robed wrecks thinking? In this boneheaded, civil right-stealing decision, captioned Brown v. Battle Creek Michigan Police , the borks on the panel said the officer's "safety," not his life, his safety, was more important than the dog owner's innocent canine family members. Yes, members. Plural. Because in this dank, disturbing case, the trigger-happy jackbooted dipshits with badges killed TWO dogs. Their crime? Being dogs. AOL Article here.
The owner of the house told the police there were dogs inside. The cops saw the "beware of dogs" sign at the house. THE COPS SAW THE DOGS INSIDE BARKING AND JUMPING AROUND WHILE THEY GATHERED ON THE PORCH GETTING READY TO TEAR DOWN THE DOOR.
Even before they got to the house, these ninja-jammy clad idiots had actually been briefed about the dogs. If justice really did prevail in Michigan, then the killers would have brought meat with tranquilizers, a tranquilizer gun, animal control officers, or just waited. But nooo,
"Gotta go gets me some drugs and bad guys! Boo-Ya motherfucker!"
If they had reason to bust the door down, they had time to wait for a better moment.
Ugh.
This decision is another jagged nail in the decimated body of American civil rights. It is the epitome of anti-populace-slanted laws. With this opinion the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals continued the creeping and insidious judicial destruction of freedom from police overreach and violence toward American citizens - and their loved ones.
May the judges' dogs never meet a cowardly, stupid cop.
