Florida cop not disciplined after shooting family dog dead in front of 2-year-old

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Florida cop not disciplined after shooting family dog dead in front of 2-year-old
By Arturo Garcia
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 17:15 EST

A Florida family intends to take legal action after a local sheriff’s deputy shot and killed the family dog while the family’s 2-year-old child sat dangerously close by.

WKMG-TV reported on Monday that a deputy from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Department arrived at the unidentified family’s home after a neighbor reported seeing the boy unattended.

Officials said the dog, Brownie, behaved aggressively toward the deputy, forcing him to fire. But neighbors and relatives rejected the department’s story, saying the child’s mother was sitting 15 feet away in a car port. They also accused the unidentified deputy of being the aggressor.

“The dog’s first thought is, Hey you’re walking up to me with a gun,’ and the dog growls,” one family member, Robert Gringas, told WKMG. “The dog didn’t lunge at him, the dog didn’t do anything. The dog just growled and then he put two bullets in him.”


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/florida-cop-not-disciplined-after-shooting-family-dog-dead-in-front-of-2-year-old/

[secondvariety]

1. Doesn't

surprise me in the least. Stories like this are an almost daily event here.

[shenmue]

2. :(

[L0oniX]

3. If any non LEO person did this they'd be in jail.

[SolutionisSolidarity]

4. It's standard operating procedure for police to murder people's pets.

Almost without fail, whenever I read about a home being raided, the cops kill the homeowners dogs. It doesn't matter if it's pit bulls or poodles, police "secure the area" by taking out Fido first.

[Bohunk68]

5. With more and more of our citizenry being

heavily armed, the day will come when they will begin shooting back at the cops far more than what is happening today. Cops are not your friends, they are looking for any excuse to use their assorted weaponry, primarily to justify getting such weaponry in their budgets. Bullying as commonplace is being reported more and more. What with the various social media, these actions by the police are going viral more and more often. The slogan on their cars about serving refers to serving their own selfish interests.

[warrant46]

9. Undisciplined thugs wearing a uniform ---NOT Professionals

They think they are in Fallujah when they kick the door in.

[valerief]

6. Florida. Nuff said. nt

[yurbud]

11. it's been on my "don't go there" list for quite a while along with Texas

[Android3.14]

7. “The dog’s first thought is, 'Hey you’re walking up to me with a gun,’"

Smart pit bull and/or a psychic family member. It's amazing how many people were watching that child before the deputy arrived responding to a report of an unattended child.
I will patiently wait for more on this story.

[frwrfpos]

8. du rec for exposure

pigs are way out of control in all states..cut pigs budgets by half all over this country

[Auntie Bush]

10. Well said!