http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-man-claims-police-killed-dog-cisco-responding/story?id=16150874
This article talks about a police officer, Austin Police Cpl. Anthony Hipolito, getting a dispatch call of domestic disturbance that takes him to the the wrong house. The site that Hipolito came up to was home to Michael Paxton, 40, and his Australian cattle dog Cisco. Paxton was playing frisbee with his dog at the time, Hipolito arrived. As Paxton turned the police officer was there gun drawn, orddering Paxton to put his hands in the air. Obviously doing what any good dog that sees someone threating their owner, the dog barks at Hipolito and approaches. The officer then fired point blank into the dog.
This is a huge story right now in the news, and many are taking sides. Those siding against the officer, say that it was the officers fault, he did not follow proticale and went in gun drawn, ordering Paxton for no reason, then he shot the dog. The other side of the debate is that Hipolito was not at fault, and they say that it is Paxton's fault for not restaining his dog in the first place. I am standing on the side of saying that it is clearly the offericer that is at fault here. If he were to simply follow proticale, going in and investigating the situation, instead of going in gun drawn this situation could have been avoided. And to those that say that Paxton should have restrained his dog, let me put the situation in clearer perspective. You are playing frisbee with your dog, in your own yard, you turn and a gun is pointed at you, and you hear "put you hands in the air". Your first thought is not, "wow i should get my dog so he will be safe". No it is put your hands in the air and hope that you do not get blasted in the face.
I agree with ya here Isaac man. It's the dumb officer's fault! Why did he freak out and just react. Officers are supposed to be calm in situations like this. I think he should have his badge stripped for this. What if the officer has one of those K-9 dogs that he loves very much and it gets shot in the line of duty, he'd prolly be a little pissed about it. I feel really bad for the innocent man here.
ReplyDeleteI think there's a little of blame everywhere. First of all, the person who gave the officer the wrong address is an idiot. That person should be at least given a warning or something about that because it caused a ripple effect. Second, the officer is at some blame for shooting an innocent dog. I'd be pretty upset if someone shot my dog. Finally though, the owner didn't tell the dog to stop. Maybe if the owner would have yelled at the dog to stay put, it wouldn't have happened. Dogs are meant to protect unless told not to. Since the dog didn't know any better, he is no longer there to protect his owner.
ReplyDeleteI believe there has to be more to the story other than the officer showing up to the wrong house and shooting a mans dog. I'm not sure what the original 911 call was for but it obviously had to be serious enough to go into the situation with his gun drawn. No one here is completely at fault here but what needs to happen is that the authorities need recognize that they made a mistake which in turn killed a mans dog which they should be willing to pay for a new one.
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