Police say they shot two dogs who charged at an officer. Then the homeowner posted her video.

[jpak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/10/police-say-they-shot-two-dogs-who-charged-at-an-officer-then-the-homeowner-posted-her-video/?utm_term=.e04c793f388a

Before the gunfire, the injured dogs and the accusations of police misconduct, the home security video makes one thing clear: In the gated back yard, the animals and the officer are surprised to see each other.

That Saturday night interaction — an officer-involved shooting that left two emotional-support dogs seriously injured — has embroiled the Minneapolis Police Department in controversy.

Video of the shooting recorded by an overhead security camera has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, including by many animal lovers who are calling for the officer’s badge.

The dogs — Ciroc and Rocko — are both Staffordshire terriers that Jennifer LeMay and her children have had since they were puppies, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. They’re emotional support dogs for LeMay’s two sons, who both suffer from anxiety.

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[aidbo]

1. LOL paywall.

[Else You Are Mad]

3. Just open it in an incognito browser window...

And that is a work around the pay wall.

[Control-Z]

5. And it has worked

the few times I tried it. (Though, not guilt free.)

[Else You Are Mad]

6. You are still making them...

Ad revenue so, I say it is a wash.

...or I could just be rationalizing it to myself.

[Control-Z]

17. It's a curse, I tell ya.

That ability to see more than just the one POV. Lol.

[pnwmom]

2. The poor dogs weren't behaving aggressively at all. That fearful officer doesn't belong in a job

that sends him into people's yards and houses.

[TheFrenchRazor]

4. cowardly bastard. nt

[Yonnie3]

7. Link to the video at StarTribune - no pay wall

http://www.startribune.com/money-pouring-in-for-vet-bills-for-2-dogs-shot-by-police-in-n-mpls-yard/433637483/

[hunter]

8. Cops and guns.

Most cops shouldn't be allowed to carry guns.

When someone chooses to carry a gun for "self defense" that's a fucking big red flag that they might not be fit to do so.

[DefenseLawyer]

9. Naturally the first response of the police is to lie. n/t

[erronis]

14. That profession must attract the same type of people as politics....

[DefenseLawyer]

15. Sadly, in many cases it's how they are taught. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

10. Thank God it wasn't a kitty

The cop would have crapped his pants!

[Adrahil]

11. What a coward!

Those dogs were not acting aggressively AT ALL.

[Iggo]

12. Scared of their own damn shadows, these fuckers.

Un-fucking-believeable how cowardly cops have become.

[Doreen]

13. An idiot could see that the body language of those dogs

was friendly. They were acting happy to see a person. Then the SOB shot them.

[tammywammy]

16. There's a gofundme for the dogs

https://www.gofundme.com/43u375s