Cop Shoots/Kills Family of Kittens Outside Citizen's Home

[skeath]

just use a hammer. waste of ammo

Crude and immature.

 

[GaryH]

Give the cop a break. He felt threatened. Kitty scratches can get infected.

 

[Vaquero]

Any of y'all ever tried to catch or handle a feral cat?
I have. Talk about traumatic!

 

[RstyShcklfrd]

What a waste of perfectly good meat... damn.

 

[ATX_Shawn]

Anything furry that could be construed as "cute" is taken out of my childrens' sight to be killed. My boys are old enough that it's not as much of an issue, but nobody kills small furry animals in front of my daughter. It's not "PC lets-not-offend-anyone" crap, it's called "not reducing a small child to tears unnecessarily".

I see and respect your point. In particular, not making a small child cry unnecessarily. Please know I was not pointing you out as one of the PC dont offend people, people. Far as daughters go.. It could be a long long time before you can kill something furry without tears.. Just sayin.

 

[General Zod]

Thanks, Shawn. It's only one of the issues I have with this officer's actions. The biggest other one being that he discharged his firearm unnecessarily in this woman's back yard - what penalties would the homeowner have faced if she had taken the same action? Reckless discharge, animal cruelty, child endangerment?

If he was really competent to be an animal control officer, then he'd have had gloves to protect himself and probably one of those rope-on-a-pole contraptions to catch uncooperative animals. The cats could easily have been removed and destroyed elsewhere appropriately.

 

[subseashooter]

Anything furry that could be construed as "cute" is taken out of my childrens' sight to be killed. My boys are old enough that it's not as much of an issue, but nobody kills small furry animals in front of my daughter. It's not "PC lets-not-offend-anyone" crap, it's called "not reducing a small child to tears unnecessarily".

Holy crap!! Zod has a heart!

 

[ATX_Shawn]

Thanks, Shawn. It's only one of the issues I have with this officer's actions. The biggest other one being that he discharged his firearm unnecessarily in this woman's back yard - what penalties would the homeowner have faced if she had taken the same action? Reckless discharge, animal cruelty, child endangerment?

If he was really competent to be an animal control officer, then he'd have had gloves to protect himself and probably one of those rope-on-a-pole contraptions to catch uncooperative animals. The cats could easily have been removed and destroyed elsewhere appropriately.

Agreed..

 

[TX69]

More of this should be going on in America.

 

[General Zod]

Holy crap!! Zod has a heart!

Yeah, I'll still throw a bus full of screaming passengers at you if the mood strikes... Kneel before ZOD!!!

 

[subseashooter]

Yeah, I'll still throw a bus full of screaming passengers at you if the mood strikes... Kneel before ZOD!!!

Uh no. I'm holding a kitten, you can't touch me.

Base!! :-P

 

[General Zod]

Uh no. I'm holding a kitten, you can't touch me.

Base!! :-P

My daughter's not looking...so it's fair game.

 

[subseashooter]

Obama is watching, and he'll tell her.

 

[General Zod]

Obama is watching, and he'll tell her.

You do realize there's a difference between "we're probably on some watchlist anyway" and "Obama is watching us!" right? If he was watching me, his Dumbo ears would fall off from the things I say about his intelligence, suitability for his job, and general level of competence...

 

[Greg_TX]

 

[M. Sage]

8-10 weeks, a cat can't do a whole lot to you, especially if you've got a pair of gloves. Sounds kind of like this guy isn't all together in the head. Might be best to get him evaluated closely before they let him come to work again.

 

[hkusp1]

Grandma has a feral cat problem.... She uses a shovel.

 

[subseashooter]

You do realize there's a difference between "we're probably on some watchlist anyway" and "Obama is watching us!" right? If he was watching me, his Dumbo ears would fall off from the things I say about his intelligence, suitability for his job, and general level of competence...

Any guy going by "General Zod" is being watched.

 

[TX69]

8-10 weeks, a cat can't do a whole lot to you, especially if you've got a pair of gloves. Sounds kind of like this guy isn't all together in the head. Might be best to get him evaluated closely before they let him come to work again.

He made it through the psych evals for 30 years so it seems they feel he is good to go kill more kittens

 

[TX69]

Possibly a new trend?

http://www.13abc.com/story/21810409/stryker-police-under-investigation-for-allegedly-killing-cats

Williams County, OH - The Stryker Police Department is under investigation for allegedly killing cats and dumping them in the Tiffin River.
No criminal charges have been filed yet. However, the case has been sent to the prosecutor's office in Bryan for review. The center of the investigation is stray cats. According to the complaint, Stryker officers trapped and shot the cats and then threw their carcasses into the Tiffin River.