Anti Federalist
09-15-2012, 11:24 PM
At thirty feet?
Lucky half the neighborhood didn't get shot.
Police shoot, kill family’s dog
http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Police-shoot-kill-family-s-dog/-/9357080/16620586/-/lb5c96z/-/index.html#ixzz26bjvBzry
Sept. 15 2012
NEWTON, Iowa — A Newton woman is speaking out after she said police shot her dog Saturday morning.
A puddle of blood is visible not far from Jeri Fahrenkrug’s back yard. It is the spot where she said police shot and killed her pit bull from 30 feet away.
“I feel like I lost a child pretty much. I have been crying all day,” Fahrenkrug said. “I felt like the police officer shot my dog because he wanted to, because my dog was a pit bull. I don’t think that it was right.”
Fahrenkrug said killing her dog was unnecessary and cruel because it wasn’t hurting anyone.
Newton police said the dog got loose from its leash and tried to bite a man passing by. When an officer arrived, police said the dog lunged at him, too.
“At that point, obviously, he felt there was a threat to him or to other people’s safety, so he made a decision to shoot the dog,” said Lt. Wayne Winchell, of the Newton Police Department.
Neighbors, who said they saw the shooting from their front porches, disagreed.
“That dog did not charge at that officer at all. It was like being shot in the back,” said witness Cindi Crady.
Fahrenkrug said her dog, Griz, who was named by her 4-year-old daughter, was gentle and more like a member of the family than a pet.
“He is not vicious. He cuddles at me. He cuddles with my daughter. He is very friendly toward everyone,” Fahrenkrug said. “I don’t think that he is replaceable.”
Lucky half the neighborhood didn't get shot.
Police shoot, kill family’s dog
http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Police-shoot-kill-family-s-dog/-/9357080/16620586/-/lb5c96z/-/index.html#ixzz26bjvBzry
Sept. 15 2012
NEWTON, Iowa — A Newton woman is speaking out after she said police shot her dog Saturday morning.
A puddle of blood is visible not far from Jeri Fahrenkrug’s back yard. It is the spot where she said police shot and killed her pit bull from 30 feet away.
“I feel like I lost a child pretty much. I have been crying all day,” Fahrenkrug said. “I felt like the police officer shot my dog because he wanted to, because my dog was a pit bull. I don’t think that it was right.”
Fahrenkrug said killing her dog was unnecessary and cruel because it wasn’t hurting anyone.
Newton police said the dog got loose from its leash and tried to bite a man passing by. When an officer arrived, police said the dog lunged at him, too.
“At that point, obviously, he felt there was a threat to him or to other people’s safety, so he made a decision to shoot the dog,” said Lt. Wayne Winchell, of the Newton Police Department.
Neighbors, who said they saw the shooting from their front porches, disagreed.
“That dog did not charge at that officer at all. It was like being shot in the back,” said witness Cindi Crady.
Fahrenkrug said her dog, Griz, who was named by her 4-year-old daughter, was gentle and more like a member of the family than a pet.
“He is not vicious. He cuddles at me. He cuddles with my daughter. He is very friendly toward everyone,” Fahrenkrug said. “I don’t think that he is replaceable.”