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Originally Posted by Britster  Sooo because a dog barking or 'screaming' isn't 'pleasant to listen to'... let's just shoot it? Makes a whooolleee lot of sense. 
If people ran into my house like that, Jackson would be going crazy barking at them as well, like MOST dogs would... doesn't mean you shoot the dog. 
I'm not even defending this guy. Obviously he's a criminal and has been in troubled times in the past. Does that make him necessarily a bad person? No... it usually means they got mixed up in the wrong crowd. But take care of him like they need to, I just didn't see any reason for those animals to be shot.
All I'm sayin' is I don't see ANY reason for those dogs to have been shot. They could have asked the wife to please put the dogs away further so they couldn't be heard or something. Seriously. In the beginning of the tape the husband says 'they're nice dogs' or something like that so an officer could have easily just asked someone to put the dog away if they felt it was threatening them.... which I think MOST dogs wouldn't welcome a SWAT team with open arms. |
Burton sought to put an end to rumors that the pit bull was in a cage when the officers shot it.
He also said the corgi had been shot in the paw by accident because it was next to the pit bull when the larger dog became aggressive toward the officers coming in the front door. The pit bull ran away and again threatened officers, who shot it, Burton said.