Chicken owner charged after shooting dog.

[redhen]

Whew! You guys are rough!

 

[WalkingWolf]

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As a former police officer I took no offense to that statement because many times it is true. Police for the most part do not study local laws and cannot know every law on the books. But in this case the Police were the ones offensive by charging a clearly innocent man, and not taking it upon themselves to know their own laws. It will be highly interesting this case, as any person that has been a victim of a dog attack CAN sue the police dept for negligence using this case as an example of their failure to enforce leash and animal-at-large laws.

Nothing makes police look more bad than that small percentage of police officers who shirk they responsibility. And defending their malfeasance compounds and adds enforcement to the believe to some people that police officers are bad. These officers did police an injustice.

You must know more about the story than what was published to make such statements -OR- you are simply ignorant of the facts and jump to conclusions. I guess the later. Seems you have bitter tone towrds your "former" LEO counterparts.

We CANNOT judge these officers based on the news article or our ASSumptions. I don't care about the dog owner, based on his flyer, I can judge him and he is a POS.

Now who is making assumptions? I have no bitter tones and I am still friends with very many even though I retired from a different area. I am only stating fact that there is a small percentage of every profession that has its bad apples. Defending bad apples and becoming indignant makes me want to make another assumption. As a police officer I had a honest objective to serve the people NOT other police officers doing bad things. The law is clear and the officers in that jurisdiction did not follow it, you tell me WHY?

 

[Equus5O]

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You must know more about the story than what was published to make such statements -OR- you are simply ignorant of the facts and jump to conclusions. I guess the later. Seems you have bitter tone towrds your "former" LEO counterparts.

We CANNOT judge these officers based on the news article or our ASSumptions. I don't care about the dog owner, based on his flyer, I can judge him and he is a POS.

Now who is making assumptions? I have no bitter tones and I am still friends with very many even though I retired from a different area. I am only stating fact that there is a small percentage of every profession that has its bad apples. Defending bad apples and becoming indignant makes me want to make another assumption. As a police officer I had a honest objective to serve the people NOT other police officers doing bad things. The law is clear and the officers in that jurisdiction did not follow it, you tell me WHY?

In no shape or form did I defend "bad apples." Not knowing the law does not make an officer a "bad apple." I take offense to the broad snarkiness of the comment, which wasn't properly written in the first place. I believe it should say that most of us don't know the law where we work, not where we live. And, it's ridiculous to expect each and every sworn officer to have committed to memory each local ordinance and every state statute. You know as well as I that we know, off the tops of our heads, those that are most frequently used.

And, I've had my say about my taking offense. I made my point, and my taking offense to a comment has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. Enough of the divergence.

 

[speckledhen]

Warning, Danger Will Robinson! We're veering off course and dangerously close to a melt-down! Folks, try to stay completely on topic.

 

[LizzyJo]

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Maybe not completely on topic, how about just kind of on topic. Sometimes going off on tangents is a fun thing to do and adds to the overall theme.

 

[horsejody]

OK, here's something that's back on topic. I wrote a letter to Mr. Harris to show he had some support. I also told him about BYC. I hope he joins us here. This is the e-mail I received from him.

Hello Jody,

I’m Ed Harris of Redmond Oregon.

Thank you for your support and your kind letter we received last night.

It really means a lot to me, my wife, and children. Your support and prayers are needed.

There is not much I can say now but the truth is forth coming and a statement will be given to you.



Thank you,

The Harris Family

He sounds like a nice guy. I think that we should follow this closely.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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Maybe not completely on topic, how about just kind of on topic. Sometimes going off on tangents is a fun thing to do and adds to the overall theme.

I agree, let's talk about eating strange critters again. Anybody eat grubs? How about chocolate covered ants?

 

[Brindlebtch]

MOST EXCELLENT horsejody!

It sounds like Mr. Harris may be a little worried. I truly hope the court does the right thing and drops this whole issue!

Mr. Harris does sound like a nice guy and it is really nice that he will give us a statement at the appropriate time.


Ahem, Walkingwolf, thats nasty.

 

[kagedgoddess]

did we get new smileys i dont see?? i saw some on another post that looked new? oh well. thats great that mr harris wrote to you, and that you wrote directly to him, i'm glad he knows he has a whole community here supporting him.

 

[EweSheep]

Glad that Mr Harris know of us on BYC are supporting him and when it is over, he can join in with us and share about his birds and how he came about getting them.

Hang in there Mr Harris!