AL - Cop drives up to home, executes dog on front porch.

[Anti Federalist]

Deputy Shoots Family Dog on Porch, Investigation Launched

Updated: 11/14/2012 5:17 pm

http://www.local15tv.com/news/local/...uoq0ZnrpA.cspx

(FAIRHOPE, Ala.) - A family dog was “wagging its tail” before it was shot dead by a deputy on its own porch, witnesses told Local 15.

The incident happened Monday morning off of County Road 3 in the Fairhope area.

A resident told Local 15 a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy drove down their gravel road and pulled up to the edge of their neighbor’s yard.

“The deputy got out of his car and knelt down by the side of it,” Tyler Swafford, still rattled, said. “There was a dog sitting at the edge of the porch, wagging its tail, and he shot it. It looked like he did it for no reason.”

The owners, who did not want to go on camera, told Local 15 the dog’s name is Maddie and she’s been in their family for more than ten years. He said the family is devastated, and Maddie was a gentle dog loved by his young children.

In a written statement, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call from a neighbor on the other side of the fence from where the dog lived. The caller said there was “a large Pit Bull running at large and acting aggressively” and claimed it had tried to bite him.

The responding deputy said when he got there, he observed the dog “running up and down the roadway acting aggressively toward the complainant.”

The deputy said he went to the dog owner’s home. When he exited his vehicle, the deputy claims the “dog charged” and he “shot the animal in an attempt to stop the attack.”

Photos obtained by Local 15 show Maddie was shot multiple times in the head and leg, and witnesses question the deputy’s account according to the press release.

“The dog was not vicious at all and was wagging its tail,” Tyler Swafford said. “It didn’t even come off its porch [when the deputy pulled up].”

Tyler’s mother Kim Swafford told Local 15 the deputy told her the dog “tried to attack him” and “jump into his patrol car.”

The dog’s owner will meet personally with the Sheriff Wednesday. The press release said the incident is under internal investigation.

[tod evans]

Get a rope!

[Origanalist]

$#@!

I'm sorry but I'm sick of this. I love dogs, what the hell is wrong with these people?

To hell with talking to the deputy, get a lawyer.

[tod evans]

$#@!

I'm sorry but I'm sick of this. I love dogs, what the hell is wrong with these people?

To hell with talking to the deputy, get a lawyer.

Qualified immunity....

[presence]

We need a ben swann reality check for cop on dog violence.

makin my skin turn green again.

[Origanalist]

Qualified immunity....

Qualified is a relative and debatable term.

[presence]

If only we had one of these in the news as often as we have a cop-shot-dog...

[Travlyr]

Crime Laboratory
Early Signs Of Serial Killers

The most noticeable early indicator to watch out for is when young people take pleasure in harming animals. They may provoke, torture or even kill cats, dogs and other pets. Even after seeing the results of their actions, the person will show no form of regret or morose.

[Origanalist]

If only we had one of these in the news as often as we have a cop-shot-dog...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to.....................

[Origanalist]

Crime Laboratory
Early Signs Of Serial Killers

I wonder how many of these people were actually like as children.

[phill4paul]

sigh...

The owners, who did not want to go on camera, told Local 15 the dog’s name is Maddie and she’s been in their family for more than ten years. He said the family is devastated, and Maddie was a gentle dog loved by his young children.

Cannot one victim of a dog shooter lash out in $#@!ing outrage at the state? Just one? Scream bloody murder. Raise hell enough to get on national news? Christ.

[Origanalist]

sigh...



Cannot one victim of a dog shooter lash out in $#@!ing outrage at the state? Just one? Scream bloody murder. Raise hell enough to get on national news? Christ.

Fear is a very affective tool.

[Anti Federalist]

sigh...



Cannot one victim of a dog shooter lash out in $#@!ing outrage at the state? Just one? Scream bloody murder. Raise hell enough to get on national news? Christ.

Anger is counterproductive, comrade, and an indication of subversive thought.

You are reported.

ETA - Seriously, I wonder if some of the people do, and the press edits or deletes their comments.

They've done it to me before.

[Origanalist]

Anger is counterproductive, comrade, and an indication of subversive thought.

You are reported.

ETA - Seriously, I wonder if some of the people do, and the press edits or deletes their comments.

They've done it me before.

I think that's a pretty safe bet now that you bring it up.

[phill4paul]

Anger is counterproductive, comrade, and an indication of subversive thought.

You are reported.

ETA - Seriously, I wonder if some of the people do, and the press edits or deletes their comments.

They've done it to me before.

Possibly. $#@! I wish just one person would take out a billboard on a major highway that read: "The xx police department executed our loving companion. Gone by the hands of reckless abusers of power. R.I.P." A a picture of their mutt.

[Travlyr]

I wonder how many of these people were actually like as children.

Me Too. If they can just walk up and kill a tail wagging dog and go to the donut shop, then what kind of a person can do that? Are they potential serial killers? They can get away with it these days. Not unlike on TV where the FBI maniacs and police justified killings are the good guys.

[tod evans]

Possibly. $#@! I wish just one person would take out a billboard on a major highway that read: "The xx police department executed our loving companion. Gone by the hands of reckless abusers of power. R.I.P." A a picture of their mutt.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post4736166

[phill4paul]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post4736166

sigh... Compliance is as much a lack of outrage as not putting up the sign in the first place.

[Philhelm]

ETA - Seriously, I wonder if some of the people do, and the press edits or deletes their comments.

They've done it to me before.

I've wondered the same thing, and wouldn't be surprised if they edited content in order to "keep it clean." It must be that way, since it's not uncommon for people to be passionate about their pets. I refuse to believe that every family that has had a pet murdered by the $#@!ing pigs just slumps around going, "Oh golly gee, I'm disappointed in the cops."