Fuck the Police!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brisketexan 106874]

6 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

this has aged like warm milk

Yep.

 

 

 

And definitely THIS:

 

And....at least there was a reply that did make me chuckle....

 

 

[AUS-97HORN 12050]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

 

re: Mark:

 

GET IN THE HOLE????

[Foosters 18267]

Its also the DAs. Instead of actually pursuing justice, far too many view their role as being one of two competing sides both trying to win at all costs. Oh, the facts are shitty and show that the defendant probably didn't commit the crime? I know! I'll seek to introduce evidence about his theft conviction from 7 years ago to show he's a bad guy and convince the jury he's guilty here too! 

[Cajun 11772]

Imagine that, a cop lying on his report.  I am SHOCKED, shocked I tell you!!!

So glad that video emerged.  

And look at all the "heroes" there just going along with the lie.  Like clockwork.  

[Cajun 11772]

5 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

A cop 1) lying on a report to 2) support a specific criminal charge should 3) be automatically subject to the maximum sentence for the charge his lie tried to support.

Lie to get me charged with felony assault of an officer, with a max sentence of 50 years?  Automatic - no discretion, AUTOMATIC, MANDATORY - sentence of 50 years.  You tried to get me tossed in prison, and you did so by LYING, UNDER COLOR OF THE LAW.

All.

Cops.

Are.

Bad.

 

ALL OF THEM.  What is it going to take for everyone to understand that?  There are only two kinds of cops in that video: 1) the liar, and 2) those who backed him up on his lies, 100%, never once even ATTEMPTING to stand up for the truth.

Agreed.  Same with women who do the fake rape shit.

Make them hurt and hurt real bad.

[BrazilHorn 6822]

3 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Imagine that, a cop lying on his report.  I am SHOCKED, shocked I tell you!!!

So glad that video emerged.  

And look at all the "heroes" there just going along with the lie.  Like clockwork.  

All this. All the “Blue Line” fuckers that protect and enable bad cops can get fucked. 

[Brian Fantana 6862]

5 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

this has aged like warm milk

Cops lie and a surly poster laps it up? Say it ain't so.

[Cajun 11772]

[Cajun 11772]

If I were Scheffler with his bank I'd make it my life's mission to destroy that POS.  Nice and slow like.  Long game.

Private detectives, full dossier on anything and everything regarding him, his family, his friends, anyone who he's aquainted with in a friendly way.  Little drips and drabs here and there over the course of decades.

Let him think "I'm finally past all that", but make sure every time he harbors that thought he's proven wrong.

It'd be worth every single cent spent.

[RPM 26614]

Apparently the cop was "disciplined" for failure to turn on his bodycam.

[Brisketexan 106874]

3 minutes ago, RPM said:

Apparently the cop was "disciplined" for failure to turn on his bodycam.

"disciplined" = "high-fived in the station breakroom for actually following the TRUE policy of Louisville PD -- cover up your activities, always, every time"

He's probably going to get plum assignments from now on, and a glowing annual review as a "true cop's cop."

Remember - shit like this is NOT an anomaly.  It is SOP.  This is who cops are, this is what cops do.  Always.  100% of the time.  If the choice is "do right," or "do wrong and follow the cop code," it's not a choice at all.  100% of the time, they choose the second option.

[RPM 26614]

I forgot to mention that although the video was a bit blurry, it looked like there were a lot of XXL shirts on people other than Scotty.

[Captainant 28508]

38 minutes ago, RPM said:

Apparently the cop was "disciplined" for failure to turn on his bodycam.

Notably not disciplined for falsifying a police report or lying under oath on his affidavit 

[T-shirt Sip 2205]

POS cop shoots a terrifying pit bull or maybe it was a bear, no it was just a 13lb blind and deaf fluffy little dog. Fucking pitiful. 

[HenryJames 67322]

https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/

 

Spoiler

Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession

'In my 40 years of suing the police I have never seen that level of deliberate cruelty,' says an attorney for Thomas Perez Jr.

Tony SaavedraMay 23, 2024 at 2:01 p.m.

Thomas Perez Jr. rips his shirt off during a police interrogation in the suspected killing of his father, who had been reported missing but was later found alive. (Screen grab from Fontana police video)

Within hours after Thomas Perez Jr. called police to report his father missing, he found himself in a tiny interrogation room confronted by Fontana detectives determined to extract a confession that he killed his dad.

Perez had told police that his father, 71-year-old Thomas Perez Sr., went out for a walk with the family dog at about 10 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2018. The dog returned within minutes without Perez’s father. Investigators didn’t believe his story, and over the next 17 hours they grilled him to try to get to the “truth.”

According to court records, detectives told Perez that his father was dead, that they had recovered his body and it now “wore a toe tag at the morgue.” They said they had evidence that Perez killed his father and that he should just admit it, records show.

Perez insisted he didn’t remember killing anyone, but detectives allegedly told him that the human mind often tries to suppress troubling memories.

At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

Thomas Perez Jr. curls up in the fetal position with his dog after being grilled by police to confess to killing his father — who had been reported missing but was later found alive. (Screen grab from Fontana police video)

“How can you sit there, how can you sit there and say you don’t know what happened, and your dog is sitting there looking at you, knowing that you killed your dad?” a detective said. “Look at your dog. She knows, because she was walking through all the blood.”

Finally, after curling up with the dog on the floor, Perez broke down and confessed. He said he had stabbed his father multiple times with a pair of scissors during an altercation in which his father hit Perez over the head with a beer bottle.

Suicide attempt

He was so distraught that he even tried to hang himself with the drawstring from his shorts after being left alone in the interrogation room. Perez was arrested, handcuffed and transported to a mental hospital for 72-hour observation.

But later that day, the truth derailed the detectives’ theory and their prized confession.

Perez’s father wasn’t dead — or even missing. Thomas Sr. was at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for a flight to see his daughter in Northern California. But police didn’t immediately tell Perez.

“Mentally torturing a false confession out of Tom Perez, concealing from him that his father was alive and well, and confining him in the psych ward because they made him suicidal, in my 40 years of suing the police I have never seen that level of deliberate cruelty by the police,” said Jerry Steering, Perez’s attorney in Newport Beach.

$900,000 settlement

Steering filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the city of Fontana, alleging that police psychologically tortured Perez and coerced a false confession without first determining that the father had actually been slain. The suit was recently settled for nearly $900,000.

Fontana police did not return an email seeking comment. Three of the involved officers remain employed with the department. One other officer has retired.

So how could this happen?

Why police were suspicious

In court documents and depositions, police say they had reason to believe Perez was lying.

First, they noted he seemed “distracted” and “unconcerned” during the 911 call, according to court records. Officers responding to the call noted the father’s cellphone and wallet were still at the home, which was in disarray. Police saw the mess as a sign of a struggle, but Steering said Perez was renovating the house and had argued with his father about it.

Additionally, a police dog sniffed out the scent of a corpse in the father’s bedroom. And there were small blood stains in the house. Steering later would say the blood stains were caused by the father’s finger-prick diabetes tests.

Perez’s lawsuit claims detectives also refused for several hours to retrieve his medication for high blood pressure, asthma, depression and stress.

Thomas Perez Jr. is interviewed by police in the killing of his father — who had been reported missing but was later found alive. (Screen grab from police video)

Emotional distress

Perez became so distraught that he began pulling out his hair, hitting himself, making anguished noises and tearing off his shirt while police encouraged him to confess, according to a summary of the case written by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee.

“He was sleep deprived, mentally ill and significantly undergoing symptoms of withdrawal from his psychiatric medications,” Gee wrote.

At one point during the interrogation, investigators drove Perez to get coffee and then to some housing tracts where he had been looking to buy. Detectives berated Perez, insisting he did not need his medication and that they knew he killed his father, according to the case summary.

“When can you take us to show us where Daddy is?” asked one of the investigators.

Later, during their interview, the detectives told Perez his father’s body actually had been found already.

Asked in a deposition about his line of questioning, one of the detectives said: “I believed at the time if we told him that we had located the body, then maybe he would give us more information about what had occurred.”

Police, in court records, insisted Perez was voluntarily undergoing questioning and was free to go at any time. However, in her case summary, Gee wrote that the “circumstances suggested to Perez that he was not free to leave.”

She also noted that there was “no legitimate government interest that would justify treating Perez in this manner while he was in medical distress.”

Father turns up alive

Perez’s nightmare ended shortly after police got a phone call from his sister, who said their father was alive and well. He had actually walked to the train station in Fontana and rode the line to Los Angeles County to visit a relative and then took a bus to visit a female friend, Steering said. Perez Sr. later went to the airport to await a flight to Oakland to visit his daughter.

Police picked up the father at the airport and brought him to the Fontana station.

But the investigation didn’t stop there. Detectives obtained a warrant to again search Perez’s house for evidence that he had assaulted an “unknown victim,” according to Gee’s summary.

It appears none was found.

Perez was not released until after the end of the three-day psychological observation period. He then retrieved his dog from Riverside County Animal Services, tracking her down through an implanted chip, Steering said.

While Gee concluded Fontana detectives had sufficient reason to believe an offense had been committed, she criticized officers for their interrogation tactics.

“A reasonable juror could conclude that the detectives inflicted unconstitutional psychological torture on Perez,” Gee wrote in her summary judgment. “Their tactics indisputably led to Perez’s subjective confusion and disorientation, to the point he falsely confessed to killing his father, and tried to take his own life.”

 

[Brisketexan 106874]

2 hours ago, T-shirt Sip said:

POS cop shoots a terrifying pit bull or maybe it was a bear, no it was just a 13lb blind and deaf fluffy little dog. Fucking pitiful. 

blah blah blah -- hero got to go home safely to his family, and that's what matters here.

How DARE you peons question how our heroes protect themselves.  THEIR lives are all that matter.  Nothing else does.  When will y'all get this?

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/

 

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Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession

'In my 40 years of suing the police I have never seen that level of deliberate cruelty,' says an attorney for Thomas Perez Jr.

Tony SaavedraMay 23, 2024 at 2:01 p.m.

Thomas Perez Jr. rips his shirt off during a police interrogation in the suspected killing of his father, who had been reported missing but was later found alive. (Screen grab from Fontana police video)

Within hours after Thomas Perez Jr. called police to report his father missing, he found himself in a tiny interrogation room confronted by Fontana detectives determined to extract a confession that he killed his dad.

Perez had told police that his father, 71-year-old Thomas Perez Sr., went out for a walk with the family dog at about 10 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2018. The dog returned within minutes without Perez’s father. Investigators didn’t believe his story, and over the next 17 hours they grilled him to try to get to the “truth.”

According to court records, detectives told Perez that his father was dead, that they had recovered his body and it now “wore a toe tag at the morgue.” They said they had evidence that Perez killed his father and that he should just admit it, records show.

Perez insisted he didn’t remember killing anyone, but detectives allegedly told him that the human mind often tries to suppress troubling memories.

At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

Thomas Perez Jr. curls up in the fetal position with his dog after being grilled by police to confess to killing his father — who had been reported missing but was later found alive. (Screen grab from Fontana police video)

“How can you sit there, how can you sit there and say you don’t know what happened, and your dog is sitting there looking at you, knowing that you killed your dad?” a detective said. “Look at your dog. She knows, because she was walking through all the blood.”

Finally, after curling up with the dog on the floor, Perez broke down and confessed. He said he had stabbed his father multiple times with a pair of scissors during an altercation in which his father hit Perez over the head with a beer bottle.

Suicide attempt

He was so distraught that he even tried to hang himself with the drawstring from his shorts after being left alone in the interrogation room. Perez was arrested, handcuffed and transported to a mental hospital for 72-hour observation.

But later that day, the truth derailed the detectives’ theory and their prized confession.

Perez’s father wasn’t dead — or even missing. Thomas Sr. was at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for a flight to see his daughter in Northern California. But police didn’t immediately tell Perez.

“Mentally torturing a false confession out of Tom Perez, concealing from him that his father was alive and well, and confining him in the psych ward because they made him suicidal, in my 40 years of suing the police I have never seen that level of deliberate cruelty by the police,” said Jerry Steering, Perez’s attorney in Newport Beach.

$900,000 settlement

Steering filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the city of Fontana, alleging that police psychologically tortured Perez and coerced a false confession without first determining that the father had actually been slain. The suit was recently settled for nearly $900,000.

Fontana police did not return an email seeking comment. Three of the involved officers remain employed with the department. One other officer has retired.

So how could this happen?

Why police were suspicious

In court documents and depositions, police say they had reason to believe Perez was lying.

First, they noted he seemed “distracted” and “unconcerned” during the 911 call, according to court records. Officers responding to the call noted the father’s cellphone and wallet were still at the home, which was in disarray. Police saw the mess as a sign of a struggle, but Steering said Perez was renovating the house and had argued with his father about it.

Additionally, a police dog sniffed out the scent of a corpse in the father’s bedroom. And there were small blood stains in the house. Steering later would say the blood stains were caused by the father’s finger-prick diabetes tests.

Perez’s lawsuit claims detectives also refused for several hours to retrieve his medication for high blood pressure, asthma, depression and stress.

Thomas Perez Jr. is interviewed by police in the killing of his father — who had been reported missing but was later found alive. (Screen grab from police video)

Emotional distress

Perez became so distraught that he began pulling out his hair, hitting himself, making anguished noises and tearing off his shirt while police encouraged him to confess, according to a summary of the case written by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee.

“He was sleep deprived, mentally ill and significantly undergoing symptoms of withdrawal from his psychiatric medications,” Gee wrote.

At one point during the interrogation, investigators drove Perez to get coffee and then to some housing tracts where he had been looking to buy. Detectives berated Perez, insisting he did not need his medication and that they knew he killed his father, according to the case summary.

“When can you take us to show us where Daddy is?” asked one of the investigators.

Later, during their interview, the detectives told Perez his father’s body actually had been found already.

Asked in a deposition about his line of questioning, one of the detectives said: “I believed at the time if we told him that we had located the body, then maybe he would give us more information about what had occurred.”

Police, in court records, insisted Perez was voluntarily undergoing questioning and was free to go at any time. However, in her case summary, Gee wrote that the “circumstances suggested to Perez that he was not free to leave.”

She also noted that there was “no legitimate government interest that would justify treating Perez in this manner while he was in medical distress.”

Father turns up alive

Perez’s nightmare ended shortly after police got a phone call from his sister, who said their father was alive and well. He had actually walked to the train station in Fontana and rode the line to Los Angeles County to visit a relative and then took a bus to visit a female friend, Steering said. Perez Sr. later went to the airport to await a flight to Oakland to visit his daughter.

Police picked up the father at the airport and brought him to the Fontana station.

But the investigation didn’t stop there. Detectives obtained a warrant to again search Perez’s house for evidence that he had assaulted an “unknown victim,” according to Gee’s summary.

It appears none was found.

Perez was not released until after the end of the three-day psychological observation period. He then retrieved his dog from Riverside County Animal Services, tracking her down through an implanted chip, Steering said.

While Gee concluded Fontana detectives had sufficient reason to believe an offense had been committed, she criticized officers for their interrogation tactics.

“A reasonable juror could conclude that the detectives inflicted unconstitutional psychological torture on Perez,” Gee wrote in her summary judgment. “Their tactics indisputably led to Perez’s subjective confusion and disorientation, to the point he falsely confessed to killing his father, and tried to take his own life.”

 

That's just solid policing right there.  These fellas are straight shooters, with "future chief" written all over them.

[HenryJames 67322]

At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

Spoiler

 

[Brisketexan 106874]

1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

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Yeah.  That's a special kind of evil.  And it deserves a special kind of response.

 

If you don't hate the police, you have not been paying any attention, ever.

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

2 hours ago, T-shirt Sip said:

POS cop shoots a terrifying pit bull or maybe it was a bear, no it was just a 13lb blind and deaf fluffy little dog. Fucking pitiful. 

It's around the 5:30 mark, for those who want to be outraged.

Dude clumsily tried to lasso the dog for five minutes, got frustrated, and then just gave up and shot it twice.

[hobbes2702 13436]

3 hours ago, T-shirt Sip said:

POS cop shoots a terrifying pit bull or maybe it was a bear, no it was just a 13lb blind and deaf fluffy little dog. Fucking pitiful. 

For no fucking reason. Wasn’t aggressive, wasn’t barking, just this dumbass couldn’t manage to wrangle it.

If this video doesn’t show you the mindset these morons have then you’re refusing to see.

[Gil Bang 26230]

that Fontana story.  Oh my.  That's bad. 

[royiv 9775]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

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The whole story is fucking infuriating, but that part especially with the accompanying picture really got to me. That’s some depraved evil shit.

[Cajun 11772]

On 5/23/2024 at 8:38 PM, Cajun said:

If I were Scheffler with his bank I'd make it my life's mission to destroy that POS.  Nice and slow like.  Long game.

Private detectives, full dossier on anything and everything regarding him, his family, his friends, anyone who he's aquainted with in a friendly way.  Little drips and drabs here and there over the course of decades.

Let him think "I'm finally past all that", but make sure every time he harbors that thought he's proven wrong.

It'd be worth every single cent spent.

This. Right. Here...

 

[PRONG HORN 3219]

9 hours ago, T-shirt Sip said:

POS cop shoots a terrifying pit bull or maybe it was a bear, no it was just a 13lb blind and deaf fluffy little dog. Fucking pitiful. 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 25 by PRONG HORN

[Brisketexan 106874]

 
 
 
 

You don’t get to masturbate furiously to cops exacting force with wild abandon and no legal justification…and then get mad then they continue to do so, only against a target that upsets you this time.
Cops mad with power who get hard-ons at the use of force tend to keep doing so. Eventually, they come for something you care about. They always do.

[PRONG HORN 3219]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

You don’t get to masturbate furiously to cops exacting force with wild abandon and no legal justification…and then get mad then they continue to do so, only against a target that upsets you this time.
Cops mad with power who get hard-ons at the use of force tend to keep doing so. Eventually, they come for something you care about. They always do.

 

 

Oh you thought I was posting vids over there because I like what the cops were doing?  

 

 

[Brisketexan 106874]

 
 
Oh you thought I was posting vids over there because I like what the cops were doing?  
 
 

It’s a big part of it. Violence against those you don’t like, committed by instruments of the state. It’s the good stuff.
But like always, the leopards come for all the faces.

[PRONG HORN 3219]

5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

It’s a big part of it. Violence against those you don’t like, committed by instruments of the state. It’s the good stuff.
But like always, the leopards come for all the faces.

 

 

Instruments of the state when they do bad and instruments of the people when they do good?

 

 

 

[Brisketexan 106874]

 
 
Instruments of the state when they do bad and instruments of the people when they do good?
 
 
 

They’re instruments of the state all the time. And any “good” they do is purely incidental and accidental.
It’s never good when they’re out there “cracking skulls,” because it’s only a matter of time before they crack yours, or shoot your dog, or arrest you under completely false pretenses. That’s the problem. Law enforcement is a monster that can’t be controlled.

[Mittens 8705]

😡😡😡

[horngrad03 1156]

Yeah I'm not watching that but fuck that asshole.

[RPM 26614]

Did he get home safe? Too bad.

[thunderlounge 8407]

https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/owners-of-dog-shot-by-sturgeon-police-react-to-mayors-resignation/article_5fdb91dc-1bb3-11ef-a30d-bbb8e8ddc8d1.html

Owners of dog shot by Sturgeon police react to mayor's resignation

 

Spoiler

STURGEON — The mayor of Sturgeon has resigned after a city police officer shot and killed a deaf and blind dog, leading to massive public outcry. Kevin Abrahamson stepped down as mayor, according to a City of Sturgeon Facebook post Saturday.

Alderman Seth Truesdell will serve as Mayor Pro Tem — or temporary mayor — until a replacement is found. The officer who shot the dog was placed on leave until further notice, according to the post.

Truesdell said he learned of Abrahamson's resignation on Friday. He condemned the officers' actions in a Saturday Facebook post on the City of Sturgeon page.

"The actions of the Officer involved are not the values and beliefs of the residents of Sturgeon or the board of Alderman," Truesdell said. "Currently I have made calls to the Boone County Sheriff to meet and discuss an investigation."

Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey has not been in contact with anyone from the city who requested an investigation, according to a Sheriff's Office spokesman. The Sheriff's Office has received information about personnel moves the city made. 

The resignation comes after a Sturgeon police officer shot a 13-pound Shih Tzu mix last Sunday. The officer was identified as Myron Woodson. An online petition to remove Woodson got more than 36,000 signatures as of Sunday evening.

According to a statement from the city May 20, police received a call about a lost and injured animal. The officer believed the dog was severely injured or had rabies. According to the statement, the officer feared the dog would bite him and felt his only option was to put him down, according to the statement.

The dog was actually blind and deaf, according to its owners. Abbey Harnish said the dog, named Teddy, was a gift from her brother. Harnish moved to Iowa for a job opportunity. Her ex-partner, Nick Hunter, was taking care of Teddy when he was shot. 

"He coudn't hear, like when we would call to him," Harnish said. "He had a little bit of a tremor with his head. So whenever he would walk with a wobbly head, that's just part of his neurological problems."

The resignation is bittersweet, Hunter said, because Teddy is still gone. Hunter confronted Woodson after he shot the dog. He shared a video of his interaction with KOMU. 

In the video, the officer is heard saying, "I don't enjoy shooting dogs... I am sorry this happened." The officer said the dog appeared sick.

Hunter is heard asking, "So you're putting them [the dog] out of its misery?" The officer then replies, "What am I supposed to do? We don't have freaking animal control."

"I mean the officer just seemed to not have any remorse, and he seemed almost entitled," Hunter said. "That he was justified in his actions, and he didn't really sympathize on how I felt."

At first, the city defended the officer's actions. After reviewing body camera video and dispatch logs, the city said he "acted within his authority."  Someone called the police dispatch and reported an injured dog with mud and dried blood in its fur. The caller did not think the dog was dangerous, according to a city statement.  

KOMU 8 obtained body camera footage of the incident Friday. In the footage, Woodson is seen entering the yard as the dog slowly walks around.

After spending roughly three minutes attempting to wrangle the dog into a lasso, Woodson quickly takes out his gun and shoots the dog twice.

The officer proceeds to return to his vehicle and empty out a cooler holding drinks, and puts the dog's limp body into the container.

Harnish said Teddy was a well behaved dog who loved to cuddle with people. He was never aggressive and loved kids, Harnish said. 

"So sweet, just always wanted to be on your lap," Harnish said. "And he'll just flip over and cuddle in your arms."

Harnish said she expected more from the mayor than just a statement of support for the officer. Abrahamson declined to comment for this article. 

The city's initial Facebook posts received thousands of comments, with many calling for the officer to be held accountable. The incident has received national and even international media coverage. It's also picking up attention on social media, with people posting #justiceforteddy.

Harnish said the public outcry showed something had to be done. Hunter and Harnish agreed the mayor's resignation is a step in the right direction. Hunter said he plans to file a lawsuit against the city. But even if further action is taken, it still won't bring Teddy back.

"Nothing is ever going to bring my dog back," Harnish said. "And that's what really sucks about it."

A town hall meeting will be held in Sturgeon at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be at the Sturgeon Recreation Center at 403 W. McDowell St.

 

[Brisketexan 106874]

https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/owners-of-dog-shot-by-sturgeon-police-react-to-mayors-resignation/article_5fdb91dc-1bb3-11ef-a30d-bbb8e8ddc8d1.html

Owners of dog shot by Sturgeon police react to mayor's resignation

 
Spoiler

STURGEON — The mayor of Sturgeon has resigned after a city police officer shot and killed a deaf and blind dog, leading to massive public outcry. Kevin Abrahamson stepped down as mayor, according to a City of Sturgeon Facebook post Saturday.
Alderman Seth Truesdell will serve as Mayor Pro Tem — or temporary mayor — until a replacement is found. The officer who shot the dog was placed on leave until further notice, according to the post.
Truesdell said he learned of Abrahamson's resignation on Friday. He condemned the officers' actions in a Saturday Facebook post on the City of Sturgeon page.
"The actions of the Officer involved are not the values and beliefs of the residents of Sturgeon or the board of Alderman," Truesdell said. "Currently I have made calls to the Boone County Sheriff to meet and discuss an investigation."
Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey has not been in contact with anyone from the city who requested an investigation, according to a Sheriff's Office spokesman. The Sheriff's Office has received information about personnel moves the city made. 
The resignation comes after a Sturgeon police officer shot a 13-pound Shih Tzu mix last Sunday. The officer was identified as Myron Woodson. An online petition to remove Woodson got more than 36,000 signatures as of Sunday evening.
According to a statement from the city May 20, police received a call about a lost and injured animal. The officer believed the dog was severely injured or had rabies. According to the statement, the officer feared the dog would bite him and felt his only option was to put him down, according to the statement.
The dog was actually blind and deaf, according to its owners. Abbey Harnish said the dog, named Teddy, was a gift from her brother. Harnish moved to Iowa for a job opportunity. Her ex-partner, Nick Hunter, was taking care of Teddy when he was shot. 
"He coudn't hear, like when we would call to him," Harnish said. "He had a little bit of a tremor with his head. So whenever he would walk with a wobbly head, that's just part of his neurological problems."
The resignation is bittersweet, Hunter said, because Teddy is still gone. Hunter confronted Woodson after he shot the dog. He shared a video of his interaction with KOMU. 
In the video, the officer is heard saying, "I don't enjoy shooting dogs... I am sorry this happened." The officer said the dog appeared sick.
Hunter is heard asking, "So you're putting them [the dog] out of its misery?" The officer then replies, "What am I supposed to do? We don't have freaking animal control."
"I mean the officer just seemed to not have any remorse, and he seemed almost entitled," Hunter said. "That he was justified in his actions, and he didn't really sympathize on how I felt."
At first, the city defended the officer's actions. After reviewing body camera video and dispatch logs, the city said he "acted within his authority."  Someone called the police dispatch and reported an injured dog with mud and dried blood in its fur. The caller did not think the dog was dangerous, according to a city statement.  
KOMU 8 obtained body camera footage of the incident Friday. In the footage, Woodson is seen entering the yard as the dog slowly walks around.
After spending roughly three minutes attempting to wrangle the dog into a lasso, Woodson quickly takes out his gun and shoots the dog twice.
The officer proceeds to return to his vehicle and empty out a cooler holding drinks, and puts the dog's limp body into the container.
Harnish said Teddy was a well behaved dog who loved to cuddle with people. He was never aggressive and loved kids, Harnish said. 
"So sweet, just always wanted to be on your lap," Harnish said. "And he'll just flip over and cuddle in your arms."
Harnish said she expected more from the mayor than just a statement of support for the officer. Abrahamson declined to comment for this article. 
The city's initial Facebook posts received thousands of comments, with many calling for the officer to be held accountable. The incident has received national and even international media coverage. It's also picking up attention on social media, with people posting #justiceforteddy.
Harnish said the public outcry showed something had to be done. Hunter and Harnish agreed the mayor's resignation is a step in the right direction. Hunter said he plans to file a lawsuit against the city. But even if further action is taken, it still won't bring Teddy back.
"Nothing is ever going to bring my dog back," Harnish said. "And that's what really sucks about it."
A town hall meeting will be held in Sturgeon at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be at the Sturgeon Recreation Center at 403 W. McDowell St.

 

That cop will be copping in another jurisdiction in no time. Hell, he may well end up still copping there.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22277]

This has induced more rage in me than any other cop on citizen unnecessary violence.  I guess it’s because I like dogs more than people.  If I was that dog’s owner I’m sure that I would currently be under arrest for capital murder.

[Captainant 28508]

2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

This has induced more rage in me than any other cop on citizen unnecessary violence.  I guess it’s because I like dogs more than people.  If I was that dog’s owner I’m sure that I would currently be under arrest for capital murder.

It's just the purest expression of a cops casual disrespect for the citizenry and their property and families. The cop didn't want to deal with an elderly dog so he killed it. And he killed it because he knew he would be reflexively backed up on it by his superiors

[Rex Kramer 1535]

2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

This has induced more rage in me than any other cop on citizen unnecessary violence.  I guess it’s because I like dogs more than people.  If I was that dog’s owner I’m sure that I would currently be under arrest for capital murder.

Ah yes!  The caring about dogs more than people comment. One of the most strangely idiotic. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 22277]

I guess that's what happens when every human friend abandons you when you need them, but none of your canine friends do

[BigHorn'13 3494]

I think Rex is saying he hates both equally. Or at least that's how I read it...

[Brian Fantana 6862]

The dogs over humans sentiment is such an easy one to understand if you're not a sociopath, too, which is why it's so hilarious when people like him react like this.

They can't recognize that normal people project a similar level of innocence on their pets as they do their own human children, and therefore the protective instinct that results is just as strong if not stronger, depending on the person.

A sociopath's brain literally just can't compute why another human would value that dog's life over the cop that killed it, because the cop represents them (as a human), and nothing is above them.

[PRONG HORN 3219]

 

[Firemans4Horn 18528]

22 hours ago, Rex Kramer said:

Ah yes!  The caring about dogs more than people comment. One of the most strangely idiotic. 

Ah yes! The never ending cop deep throat guy. One of the most strangely idiotic. 

[Hard Times 313]

12 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

Dude needs a Flowmaster, not a Police Cruiser.

Spoiler

 

[YGIFS 19458]

So a policeman's body camera was actually left "on" for once.  The shooting victim was walking away from him, not towards him.  It was blind and deaf.  It was WHITE.  And it weighed 200 pounds less than him and was not on fentanyl, but hopped up on milk bones?  And it took him two, not just one, but two rounds to kill the victim?  

Well this makes perfect sense in the simulation.  What in the fucking fuck?  The sad part is this has been happening for centuries, we just didn't have the bodycams or internet for the majority of it.  But hey, Law & Order, amirite!  Anybody indicted on so many counts has to have done something wrong, amirite?  Unless it's a literally deaf dog in which case trying to run home, you shoot the sumbitch.  This fucking timeline....

[MissingInAction 25554]

On 5/27/2024 at 1:54 PM, Rex Kramer said:

Ah yes!  The caring about dogs more than people comment. One of the most strangely idiotic. 

If it was you or a dog, I'd choose the dog every time.

[JMFP 1126]

But what if it was a police dog? 

[Bookman 4758]

15 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

She took it literally. 

[Zepol87 9340]

16 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

Mother??

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

On 5/27/2024 at 12:40 PM, Captainant said:

It's just the purest expression of a cops casual disrespect for the citizenry and their property and families. The cop didn't want to deal with an elderly dog so he killed it. And he killed it because he knew he would be reflexively backed up on it by his superiors

Even with the bodycam video, he still couldn't help himself from lying. Quoting the article:

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According to the statement, the officer feared the dog would bite him and felt his only option was to put him down, according to the statement.

Total horseshit. He just got frustrated and angry and said to himself, "Fuck it!"

Even if the cop did fear the dog was diseased, there were so many other ways to handle it. He was not in any sort of danger and neither was anyone else. But god forbid he should continue trying to wrangle the dog or simply wait for more information.

[Rex Kramer 1535]

On 5/27/2024 at 2:17 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I guess that's what happens when every human friend abandons you when you need them, but none of your canine friends do

Dogs die generally every 10-12 years and putting them down is the worst.

Also, humans are capable of reacharounds.