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California Police Arrest Man for Video Recording, then Kill his Dog

37 points by chermanowicz 13y ago

llamataboot 13y ago
such bullshit that this was deleted when it was the top story on the frontpage. Clearly it's relevant to this site if it was upvoted to the front page!
- unimpressive 13y ago
  Eh, I get where the admins are coming from, on the one hand I'm glad to have been told about this, on the other hand this seems more like Digg or Reddit content than HN content. If HN put outrageous things on the front page whenever they occur, we'd probably have nothing else left.
  - mbillie1 13y ago
    It's got 4744 upvotes and 7708 comments on Reddit atm. I agree with you entirely.
    - unimpressive 13y ago
      And Reddit appears to have just removed it from /videos. With that in mind I am now more open to the idea of it being on HN.
      - mbillie1 13y ago
        Still up on /r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut - http://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/1hg9xa/hawthorne_ca_police_kill_dog_of_onlooker_xpost/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/1hg9xa/haw... - and probably loads of other places. Memes will surface about it, etc. I agree that it is bad; I just think that Reddit is the perfect forum for such expositions. HN will just turn into Reddit if it goes down the "high emotional content" route, imo.
- pg 13y ago
  It was flagged to death by users.
- deleted 13y ago
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D9u 13y ago
All I can say is that the dog owner failed to properly control his dog... Sadly, the dog paid for it with his life.
- swamp40 13y ago
  It's tough to control your dog when you are handcuffed. This is one of the most shocking examples of overzealous police force I've ever seen on video. This story is not going to go away, no matter how many times the thread is pulled. They should have let the guy put his dog back in car - he was 100% cooperative. But I guess a no-knock raid with assault rifles, tactical entry and armored carriers gets the blood flowing...
  - D9u 13y ago
    It's not so fucking difficult to ensure that your car windows are not open enough to let the dog out. Don't get me wrong, I am not approving of the the way that this situation was handled by the police, but the fault lies with the dog owner. It is 100% the dog owner's fault for failing to ensure that his dog remained in the vehicle. I said as much to myself as I watched the man close the door of the car yet failed to roll up the windows to sufficiently prohibit the dog from escaping the vehicle. I have been raising bull-breed dogs since I was a child, and when you are a responsible owner of a dog that is capable of doing grave injury a large part of that responsibility relates to properly controlling your dogs. Let's see what "you" would do when confronted with such as situation, and it's "you" who is on the other side of that firearm.
    - burntsushi 13y ago
      > It's not so fucking difficult to ensure that your car windows are not open enough to let the dog out. What do you think would have happened if he got into the front seat of his car, put in the keys and turned it on in order to roll the windows up? I have visions of cops running with guns drawn.
      - D9u 13y ago
rbellio 13y ago
Reddit is leaking again.
- chronic25 13y ago
  Then downvote this. We don't need your observations.
- zaroth 13y ago
  Feeding the troll here, but... I find it highly relevant that every action private citizens perform online and while out in public is recorded, stored, and indexed en masse 'for your protection' while police intimidate and arrest citizens who do the same to them while they perform their duty as public servants.

37 points by chermanowicz 13y ago

such bullshit that this was deleted when it was the top story on the frontpage. Clearly it's relevant to this site if it was upvoted to the front page!

unimpressive 13y ago
Eh, I get where the admins are coming from, on the one hand I'm glad to have been told about this, on the other hand this seems more like Digg or Reddit content than HN content. If HN put outrageous things on the front page whenever they occur, we'd probably have nothing else left.
- mbillie1 13y ago
  It's got 4744 upvotes and 7708 comments on Reddit atm. I agree with you entirely.
  - unimpressive 13y ago
    And Reddit appears to have just removed it from /videos. With that in mind I am now more open to the idea of it being on HN.
    - mbillie1 13y ago
      Still up on /r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut - http://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/1hg9xa/hawthorne_ca_police_kill_dog_of_onlooker_xpost/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/1hg9xa/haw... - and probably loads of other places. Memes will surface about it, etc. I agree that it is bad; I just think that Reddit is the perfect forum for such expositions. HN will just turn into Reddit if it goes down the "high emotional content" route, imo.
pg 13y ago
It was flagged to death by users.
deleted 13y ago
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D9u 13y ago

All I can say is that the dog owner failed to properly control his dog... Sadly, the dog paid for it with his life.

swamp40 13y ago
It's tough to control your dog when you are handcuffed. This is one of the most shocking examples of overzealous police force I've ever seen on video. This story is not going to go away, no matter how many times the thread is pulled. They should have let the guy put his dog back in car - he was 100% cooperative. But I guess a no-knock raid with assault rifles, tactical entry and armored carriers gets the blood flowing...
- D9u 13y ago
  It's not so fucking difficult to ensure that your car windows are not open enough to let the dog out. Don't get me wrong, I am not approving of the the way that this situation was handled by the police, but the fault lies with the dog owner. It is 100% the dog owner's fault for failing to ensure that his dog remained in the vehicle. I said as much to myself as I watched the man close the door of the car yet failed to roll up the windows to sufficiently prohibit the dog from escaping the vehicle. I have been raising bull-breed dogs since I was a child, and when you are a responsible owner of a dog that is capable of doing grave injury a large part of that responsibility relates to properly controlling your dogs. Let's see what "you" would do when confronted with such as situation, and it's "you" who is on the other side of that firearm.
  - burntsushi 13y ago
    > It's not so fucking difficult to ensure that your car windows are not open enough to let the dog out. What do you think would have happened if he got into the front seat of his car, put in the keys and turned it on in order to roll the windows up? I have visions of cops running with guns drawn.
    - D9u 13y ago

rbellio 13y ago

Reddit is leaking again.

chronic25 13y ago
Then downvote this. We don't need your observations.
zaroth 13y ago
Feeding the troll here, but... I find it highly relevant that every action private citizens perform online and while out in public is recorded, stored, and indexed en masse 'for your protection' while police intimidate and arrest citizens who do the same to them while they perform their duty as public servants.