BUT HE ORDERED THE DOG TO STOP

I’ve participated in raids on a number of pot plantations. Everyone of those plots were guarded by dogs, usually Dobermans. While there was a lot of barking, none of the dogs ever attacked us and, for the most part, we were able to actually pet them.

Was this shooting justified or did the officer act in haste? I’ll let you be the judge.

‘COLD BLOODED MURDER’: POLICE OFFICER INVESTIGATING DISTRUBANCE SHOOTS AND KILLS FAMILY’S PET DOG

Mail Online
December 22, 2010

A teenager has been left devastated after a police officer arriving at his home to investigate a disturbance shot and killed his pet dog.

Jonathan King, 19, claimed the policeman simply drew his gun and fired at Boomer, his seven-year-old Golden Retriever.

Mr King said today: 'Boomer was doing what he was supposed to do, barking at someone who isn't supposed to be on my land.

'I feel like my best friend is gone,' he added. 'I feel like cold-blooded murder happened on my front lawn.

'Just because he's a police officer doesn't mean he can walk into someone's yard and shoot their dog.'

The officer who has not been named, was on foot patrol in Jonesboro, Georgia, U.S., on Saturday when the incident took place.

Mr King said he did not witness the shooting, but that a neighbour told him he saw Boomer approach the policeman before instantly falling to the ground after being shot.

Speaking to ABC News, Mr King said: 'My neighbour told me it happened so quick that he was speechless.

'He said that he didn't think you could even pull your firearm out and discharge it that fast.'

A spokeswoman for the Clayton County Police Department today said the dog had jumped off its porch and 'began barking and running' towards the officer.

Captain Tina Daniel said the officer ordered the dog to stop and when it didn't, he shot and killed the animal.

The King family's property had an electric fence to keep Boomer from roaming free, but there was no sign alerting the officer that it was there, Capt Daniel said.

Mr King's mother, Lawrene King, told reporters that Boomer always barked when he saw someone but had never bitten anyone.

Her tearful son said the dog had given the his mother and five siblings a 'sense of security' since his father died of cancer eight years earlier.

He said: 'It's killing them just as much as me, they loved the dog too. The dog gave us a sense of comfort, my mom shouldn't have to deal with this.'