Denver, CO, GSD shot - Page 2

I know a dog named Mace

Totally uncalled for IMO! Also jerking the guy outside and cuffing him for loud music... WTF! This seems to be an epidemic.

Afew bad apples ruin it for everybody. Glad the dog survived.

SS

I feel there is more to this story than we all know because people don't go to jail for playing loud music.

Ok I know LEOs walk into situations that have unknown dangers. So, do other occupations. If I hear one more person justify any LE action (right or wrong) based on the "dangerous job" factor I'm going to lose it.  My husband is a power lineman. His job is more dangeroOus than being a cop. He has no backup. He can't step back and difuse a situation until it calms down. It is much more common to have a foot or hand blown off or to be electorcuted and die than to be in LE. And if you think being in LE is more of a community service than linework try to sell that to a ninety year old lady who's freezing to death in the winter or dying of heat in summer without electricity. Or a bedridden person with medical equipment that can't run, etc. etc., etc..

Statistically, LE doesn't even rank in the top ten of dangerous jobs. What a cop out. No pun intended. Over the years I have heard that lame excuse for so many things. If that job is so bad that you have to use it to justify your actions then you SURE NEED A DIFFERENT JOB.

This is not a comment on the story itself. I don't know if this owner let his dog slip past him or not. Don't know if this cop was a coward or not. And none of us likely ever will.This is just addressing the "boo hoo a cop's job is so dangerous that they should get extra leeway" observation. If they can't do the right thing because they are in "so much" danger it's time to go to the help wanted classifieds. I don't see danger as any excuse for anything.

And people get arrested every day on a lot less than noise violations. Whether the charges stick is another matter.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/16/pf/2005_most_dangerous_jobs/index.htm

Well guys, I knew there were many that would disagree with me and that's okay. I have no problem with that, I did expect some to be very bitter about this whole issue. Some people out there hate those in law enforcement  either from a bad experience or related experience and there is nothing that can be done about that. Someone will always be unhappy with any given situation, you can't please all the of the people all of the time. I was merely saying that just because you have read the story, you should not make assumptions about the situation. The media will only  tell the story they can with the information given, and almost never do they have the facts right or complete.

The public is not as innocent as it appears ( and yes before someone says it, there are some bad officers out there, I have worked with some of them too). Too me there is more to this story than has been reported, there always is.

And for you Jeff Oehlsen, shame on you:

"Really?? Were they forced??? No they were not, and they are not all the great heros that SOME people think that they are. You rarely hear anyone dispute that firefighters are heros, but not so much with cops. Most of us don't think handing out tickets for lights out, or 5 mile an hour over get to have the "hero" or "lives on the line" designation."

We live in a country that has laws and no matter now stupid we think they are, we still have to obey them or pay the price. It is our choice to obey them or not. If you choose not to obey then you also need to accept the consquences. These guys don't write the laws, they are paid to enforce them. 

Debbie

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Totally uncalled for IMO! Also jerking the guy outside and cuffing him for loud music... WTF! This seems to be an epidemic.

Yet the "real" criminals get off with a hand slapping, or are just let go. Everytime I go to traffic court, I have some judge trying to build his rating up and feel better about the fact that he is a "traffic court" judge by treating my 6 mile an hour over the limit on a two lane road at 2:30 am like I was nearly commiting genocide.

Debbie,

I don't know who was "bitter" or "hates" LE. If you are referring to my comments they were neither. I'm just tired of the assinine comment about the "heroic, death defying police). Please.