NYPD shoot dog while the owner has a seizure

maybe he liked being homeless, have you ever seen the cheap apartments available in nyc?
and having to deal with a shitty boss at a shitty job to afford that shitty rat and roach infested room, if i lived in the city i might prefer to live in the subway and not have to work.

 

In the photo posted on page 2 of this thread, the dog looks as if it has a collar and leash (I'm on my phone mind you so might not be) I never saw the video though.
I can imagine that whilst having an epilectic seizure, holding on to your dogs leash would be pretty hard!

 

fair enough. maybe i jumped to conclusions.

i personally think it's KINDA fucked to own a dog in a big city, period. they don't have the space that they need, but i suppose it's better than letting them live (or be put to sleep) at the pound.

growing up my family had a rottweiler, and we lived in the woods on 6 or 8 acres. for most of his life, he was never chained up, because he had room to be free. obviously that can't be the case for a lot of dogs.
...i guess that personal tidbit of mine isn't that relevant to the conversation

 

In the movies, yes. But as I've already mentioned, in real life many victims of seizures look like their simply staring into space. Or passed out. The seizures you see in movies are usually like that for dramatic effects.

 

So what was he supposed to do? Let the dog attack him?

 

^ he was supposed to not create an environment in which an attack was probable. Measures could have easily been taken to ensure the safety of all involved.

 

do you have a source for this info? i was not aware, and i didn't notice you mention it already.

 

arrive on scene with dog catching equipment?
understand that there is a scared potentially dangerous dog loose, and buy a piece of chicken from KFC to distract it with?
lock it up in the back of the cop car?

kick it?
taze it?

 

I don't off hand, but I may do some googling for you.

A very close friend of mine suffers from Epilepsy, Everything I know about it is from her.

Her and her husband have been traveling the country making a documentary and spreading awareness of Epelepsy. Here is the trailer for the documentary...

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeun9VUUaPo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

"Seizures can take a wide variety of forms, depending on things like what part of the brain has the abnormal electrical activity. Some seizures are easy to recognize, such as if your child’s body shakes and she temporarily loses consciousness. Other seizures are so mild that you might not even recognize them as seizures: They might involve only a visual hallucination, for example, or a moment of very strong emotions. In some cases, seizures have no outward signs at all.

http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1967/mainpageS1967P1.html

 

thanks. can't watch the [trailer for the seizure documentary] video for some reason.

 

See post number 44... you can watch it at that link.

 

I can't get the link to work right for some reason. But here is my friend talking a little bit about it. Theyve since changed the name from "The Sacred Disease" to "the Voice of the Epilepsies"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dCnWr3Q994&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]Behind the Scenes of The Sacred Disease - YouTube

 

What the fuck is an open warrant? Lech (second name can't remember how to spell) has been arrested on what I said above. That is all the info I have on the guy. As far as I am aware the officer that shot the dog is still on duty. Someone has given me the phone number of the precinct he works out of. The plan is to get as many people as possible to call and try and find out what is going on!

 

Absolutely disgusting and disgraceful. The video in the OP has now been taken down, but I found it uploaded by somebody else. After the first few seconds of the dog yelping and writhing in pain, I had to turn it off, as it was too upsetting. I think too many cops these days are just trigger happy, and instead of using their guns as a last resort (which is precisely what any good cop should do), it seems that too many cops fire their guns as a first resort, which to me is a violation of their roles to serve and protect. Also, from what I understand, after the dog had been shot, none of the cops made any attempt to help or assist the dog's owner. Why on earth did they need to get that close for unless it was to offer aid to the man lying on the ground?

They didnt even seem to care about the well being of the dog's poor owner who was having a seizure, so it's not a really a surprise that they took such an over the top, callous, and unnecessary course of action over the dog. Being caring and compassionate should be mandatory qualities for a police person to have, but if anything, it seems these qualities are actually very rare in many police forces.

My thoughts go out to the dog and her owner. Hopefully both will recover from this horrendous episode.

 

Here is the video for those who haven't seen it: I have to warn you that you may regret it though...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tx68uvOqug

 

Arrested for what?

 

An open warrant just means that there is /was currently a warrant out for his arrest. A closed warrant is when actions were performed to satisfy the warrant, and it's no longer active.

Can I get the number to the precinct?

 

Have seen a lot of homeless with dogs.

They're saving the dog for sure, and the dog could easily be saving them in many ways, too.

I have no problem with it at all, I think it's great.

 

Letlovin.........pm'd you!