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Ohio cop shoots and kills golden retriever after she ran towards him

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  1. orangeblue_coop

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    A golden retriever was shot dead by a police officer in Ohio and dramatic bodycam footage caught the controversial moment - as cries for the cop's firing from the bereaved family grow.

    The July 2 footage showed Lorain police officer Elliott Palmer shooting three-and-a-half-year-old Dixie and then leaving the dog dying on the sidewalk. The dog ran up to the responding officer at the scene, and while it did not appear aggressive, it was coming towards Palmer when he opened fire. That sparked outrage from people who witnessed the killing and now family and social-media observers are calling for the officer's job.

    'After she was shot one time in the street, he should have just let it go and let us get the dog and take her where she needed to be treated,' the dog's owner, Tammie Kerns, said to 3News, in tears. 'But he didn't do that. She was crawling — useless, helpless — in the street. He continued shooting her. She was trying to come to safety, and he just kept shooting her three more times after the first time,' she added.

    Shocking moment Ohio cop shoots dead golden retriever running towards him | Daily Mail Online


    Poor dog sat there stunned in its final moments, wondering why the lunatic cop shot her. Let's see how the Blue Lives Matter, dog-loving contingent feels about this.
     
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  2. dave_the_thinker

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    Geez, could have let her off with a standard neck knee.
     
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  3. AndyGator

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    What a total moron. That is flat out animal abuse.
     
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  4. BigCypressGator1981

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    That’s more likely to get him fired than killing a black person.

    #merica
     
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  5. ursidman

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    A Golden Retriever??!!!

    what a wuss.
     
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  6. citygator

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    That cop was seconds away from being licked and rubbed up against by a tail wagging dog. He’s a moron and could have shot a person in his panic.

    My dog is never out front off a leash, fence in your backyard. Irresponsible owner, but the cop is totally out of line there.
     
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    He'd never make it at a tough job like UPS or being a meter reader.
     
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  8. WESGATORS

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    I’m not saying the dog should have been shot, but one thing I’ve learned over the years is you don’t play with unleashed dogs in neighborhoods where people park their cars on their front lawns. And that does not look like a Golden Retriever to me. Would love to hear audio from the beginning of that clip. Was the owner communicating with the police officer about the dog? Was the dog sounding aggressive? As a dog owner, there has to be personal accountability involved as well about how people might react to your dog running at them (never mind applicable laws).

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    Lorain Police Department deactivated its social media accounts, considers app to engage residents | Chronicle Telegram

    The Lorain Police Department’s Facebook and Instagram pages have been temporarily deactivated.

    He said one of the department's posts was about taking children fishing, and the comment writers brought up an incident in February when officers attempted to stop a group of teens for jaywalking on West 27th Street, resulting in a complaint from one of the teen’s parents, Morris said.

    In his email to City Council on May 31, and shared with The Chronicle-Telegram, McCann said officers had been reading comments and “are becoming demoralized and the lack of open support from Council members and the residents of Lorain, who are not the ones flooding our social (media) with slurs and derogatory statements. All the derogatory comments are from outsiders who know nothing about our issues in Lorain,” he wrote.

    “Our cops are aggressive and they look for criminals before they can victimize our residents,” he wrote.

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    Waaaaa! The public said mean stuff and we just can't take it. We should be able to do what we want, like offing pets, without the public having a say. Waaaa.
     
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  10. Gator515151

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    I am as big a dog lover as anybody but I would want to see the whole video and hear the whole story before making a decision here. There were multiple dogs off leash, we don't know much about what happened in the edited video. What was the officer called for? Too many unanswered questions.
     
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  11. BigCypressGator1981

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    I love how he immediately calls for backup. He knew he f’ed up. Those people were ready to crucify him.
     
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    They always manage to make themselves out to be the victims. Anyway, this is the type of cop you don’t want around when real shit goes down. If that idiot was shook enough of a dog to start carelessly shooting, it’s only a matter of time before he starts carelessly shooting at people with his scared ass.
     
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    I saw the video about this yesterday. I figured they had removed the ability to comment on their FB page, but when I went looking for it, I couldn't find it. That's when I found they had deactivated it. I did see there was a petition to fire that officer which already had a ton of signatures. The officer has been named and his address has been posted online.

    Also, that puss fired at that dog 7 times. If you go to about a 1:10 in this video, you can hear it:



    I hate to be "that guy," but I would have lost my shit had that have been my dog. Dogs are a gift.
     
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  14. wgbgator

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    Every cop becomes that American Sniper guy whenever a dog is around
     
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    Thanks for the daily dose of racist rhetoric. At least you're consistent.
     
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    Although he seems to be really obsessed with the rating, a note to @Orange_and_Bluke, logically the original post in a thread cannot be "off-topic" since the OP defined the topic. By the way feel free to rate this post "off-topic" since it actually meets the definition.
     
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  17. ValdostaGatorFan

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    What's edited?
     
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    For folks who want more government, police are government.
     
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    Typical behavior from that contingent
     
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    Harsh truth
     
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