Our Dog Max Shot By Copy - Page 4

First off, cruelty to animals is often a red flag for much more serious deviant and criminal acts. Jeffrey Dahmer started out his life of serial torture, sadism and murder by cruelty to animals when he was a child.  Any expert knowledgeable of violent sociopaths, serial killers or ritual satanic abusers will tell you cruelty to animals is often a significant background behavior.  Most modern police departments have instituted psychological screening which utilize standard psychological tests to weed out sociopaths and other serious personality disorders.  Police officers that are sociopaths or have passive aggressive personality disorders can constitute a serious risk to the community when they carry a badge and a gun, especially when they work alone. Smaller or less professional police depts may not understand what a passive-aggressive type cop is or how he can become a serious danger to the community when placed in complex situations which require good judgement and a cool head with a real concern to operate in a manner supportive to the community.  PA cops have extremely poor judgements in some complex situations because they tend to cognitively distort what they see and then over-react.  This makes them a serious danger to the community.  Then they may lie and manipulate like a sociopath to coverup their misbehaviors.  This so called police officer in question should be completely investigated for any possibility of: alcohol abuse on the job; personality disorder, focusing on passive-aggressive or sociopathic or alcohol or drug abuse; any history of sadism, cruelty, mental or emotional abuse or sexual abuse against his own girlfriend, spouse or children or neighbors, any possible history of date raping or forced sex, or using his badge to manipulate sex from women in return for cancelling a violation; any history of wanton killing or torturing of animals as a child; any involvement with cases where an arrestee died mysteriously on the way to jail.  Individuals who needlessly kill and/or torture animals may be extremely deranged mentally and can pose a serious threat to the community they are supposed to serve. Police officers are employed to serve the public and not to abuse them.  Most police officers nowdays really do care about doing a competent job and are normal psychologically. But there are always a few really bad apples and these folks need to be forced out by the demands of the public with the help of the media and community organizations and leaders. It is always the right thing to do for a police officer to call animal control for assistance in situations like this, especially when it does not involve an armed perpetrator holding a hostage or sniping at police or the public.  There was no rush in this situation and he could have backed off and called for help, and could have called the residence in question.  

OK seriously, I am willing to stipulate the trespassing charge, although if I heard someone sneaking around unannounced on my back porch a dog bite would be the least of their problems.

"Forgot the fact I'm a police supervisor and been in law enforcement over 10 years."  SO, what you are telling us is, in your opinion, this could somehow be justified? 

What about discharging a high powered handgun needlessly in a residential neighborhood?  Is that justified?  What if one of those 7 rounds had gone ino the neighbor's house and killed someone, a child perhaps? Would you still stick up for this deputy?

"In this case the deputy was attacked by the dog and bitten on the leg, ... to protect himself he shot at the dog until the threat was over, and apparently it took more than one shot," Montminy said.

Is there any evidence that Max actually attacked the deputy other than the cop's claim?  Of course, a fine upstanding officer (who has killed three other dogs)  would not lie to stay out of trouble.... would he?  They are already spinning it.

My sincere condolences to Max's family and friends.  May you soon find solace in another black beauty that is as faithful to you as Max was to the end.  May the authorities quickly investigate this unnecessary act of violence against a loved family member and come to the conclusion that this was an unnecessary act of brutal force.  May the individual responsible understand what he has done to a family and a community that regards law enforcement as their protector. 

It is so very sad.  Please take solace that many here can empathize how it might feel to loose their beloved and faithful friend in such a violent and unnecessary way. 

You guys must be bored and watching too much CSI.