Anti Federalist
02-05-2012, 06:47 AM
No aggression, no barking, no growling, just being a dog.
That's what you get Mundane, for violating a leash law.
Dog's shooting by Radford police has owner growling
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/304434
The sound of his 70-pound pointer terrier's tail anxiously beating against its cage in the veterinarian's office was a welcome sound for Joseph DeMasi on Friday.
The dog, Copper, had been shot by a police officer in Radford's Bisset Park a day earlier during a response to a call about two dogs not on leashes.
Radford Police Chief Don Goodman said that based on the report, the use of the gun was for the officer's safety. The dog was shot Thursday afternoon, when an officer was called to the park at 3:25 p.m., he said.
Accounts of the story differ after that point.
DeMasi, an 18-year-old Radford University student, said he and a friend were in a secluded area of Bisset Park down a slope, allowing their dogs to play by the riverbank.
He said Copper saw the officer, who'd approached from above, and ran over to greet him. DeMasi said the officer yelled for him to get his dog. But before DeMasi had the chance to make a move, he said, the officer shot Copper in the leg without further warning.
Goodman said the officer, whose name wasn't made available Friday, was charged by the dog as he got out of his vehicle. The officer repeatedly urged the owners to call off their dogs, Goodman said. The dogs continued at the officer in an "aggressive manner," Goodman said, so the officer drew his .45-caliber pistol and shot the dog in the right front leg.
Both dog owners were charged with allowing an animal to run at large, which violates a Radford city ordinance, Goodman said.
"If the dog would have been on a leash, this incident wouldn't have occurred," the police chief said
That's what you get Mundane, for violating a leash law.
Dog's shooting by Radford police has owner growling
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/304434
The sound of his 70-pound pointer terrier's tail anxiously beating against its cage in the veterinarian's office was a welcome sound for Joseph DeMasi on Friday.
The dog, Copper, had been shot by a police officer in Radford's Bisset Park a day earlier during a response to a call about two dogs not on leashes.
Radford Police Chief Don Goodman said that based on the report, the use of the gun was for the officer's safety. The dog was shot Thursday afternoon, when an officer was called to the park at 3:25 p.m., he said.
Accounts of the story differ after that point.
DeMasi, an 18-year-old Radford University student, said he and a friend were in a secluded area of Bisset Park down a slope, allowing their dogs to play by the riverbank.
He said Copper saw the officer, who'd approached from above, and ran over to greet him. DeMasi said the officer yelled for him to get his dog. But before DeMasi had the chance to make a move, he said, the officer shot Copper in the leg without further warning.
Goodman said the officer, whose name wasn't made available Friday, was charged by the dog as he got out of his vehicle. The officer repeatedly urged the owners to call off their dogs, Goodman said. The dogs continued at the officer in an "aggressive manner," Goodman said, so the officer drew his .45-caliber pistol and shot the dog in the right front leg.
Both dog owners were charged with allowing an animal to run at large, which violates a Radford city ordinance, Goodman said.
"If the dog would have been on a leash, this incident wouldn't have occurred," the police chief said