Often, they bust into a house on one of these, and just preemptively kill the dogs whether or not it was necessary and whether or not they find what they were looking for.

Also often, they BREACH THE WRONG HOUSE and kill some unrelated person's dog.

I think the US had a good cop once, but the other cops shot em.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago

I think the US had a good cop once, but the other cops shot em.

If I was a baddie and working with honest people, I'd remove them from my baddie club because they will fuck up my plans.

ACAB, because the bastards chased out the good guys.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

It's true. I know one good cop, my cousin. He joined because he wanted to help protect people. He lasted two years before quitting due to the corruption and hypocrisy. He's now an insurance salesman.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Damn, cop to insurance salesman! Does your cousin have a humiliation fetish?

Edit: just a joke, guys.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hah! I figured you were joking. He actually makes a decent income from selling and managing his accounts. It IS telling that he'd rather sell insurance than be a cop. If I had to choose between the two, I'd sell all my possessions and live in the forest.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

The only good cop.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Incredible. He said in no uncertain terms that the shootings were in response to their corruption, and in return they open fire on two unrelated civilian cars while trying to find him.

Just incredible.

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[-] WillFord27@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Man, the fact that cops attacked 3 completely unrelated people during that is pretty awful. Their vehicles didn't even match his

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

It's a shame he did some truly fucked up shit in the end. Hard to hold up as an example when he goes after families.

But yeah, that all happened because he tried to be a good cop in the LAPD. They can't have that.

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[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago

Police are one of the top reasons for dog deaths in America. There’s basically no recourse if police shoot your dog, because they can just claim it was aggressive and/or they were worried it would attack them. Dogs don’t have any legal rights as far as the law is concerned, so there’s basically nothing the general public can do if the police kill your dog.

If you ever need to call the police to your house, the first thing you should do while you wait for them to arrive is to put as many locks between the police and your dog(s) as possible. Put their kennels in a locked room, if possible. Because if the police come into direct contact with them, there’s a very good chance that the dog won’t survive. Even if your dog is 100% friendly.