Cops show up at wrong house and shoot mans service dog

[Heilige]

[QUOTE]A California man is demanding police accountability after an officer fatally shot his service dog in the head.

Ian Anderson of San Diego told The Huffington Post he was sleeping in his home when officers pounded on his door at 5 a.m. Sunday over a domestic disturbance call. The 24-year-old man said police had the wrong house.

The knocking woke up Anderson and his 6-year-old pit bull, Burberry, who started barking until Anderson opened the door for the officers.

In a surveillance video obtained by HuffPost, one of the officers can be seen petting the dog. Burberry then runs over to the other officer, who backs away, drawing his weapon. Burberry keeps following the officer, and seconds later -- off-screen -- the cop fatally shoots Burberry in the head.

"The first cop reached down to pet the dog," Anderson said. "Then the other cop yelled at [Burberry] to get aside."

The dog trotted over to the second officer "just to say hello."

"Instead of greeting the dog like anyone else would have, he jumps back, then shoots him," Anderson said.

In a video taken by Anderson's friend moments after the shooting, a cop who identifies himself as "Officer Bennett" declines to answer why he shot the dog. The officer asks Anderson to wait for a lieutenant to arrive.

Officer Jackson, who had previously pet the dog, appeared "seriously distraught," Anderson said.

HuffPost asked the San Diego Police Department for help in identifying the officers in the video. They were not able to do so by this article's deadline.

"It was the most inhumane event I

[Theoo]

GODAMIT the talk about violince to black peoples and feminist but WHAT ABOUT THE DOGS .. damn shot to cold blood .. and the police officer well not even go to prison . god damit dog are mans best freind and police officer are no one freind so why the get away with these shit , motherfk**er specist peoples only give a fk** about human not dog , specist are just as big problem as racist , these are so beautiful dog he would have looked so good in sunglasses R.I.P

[Velocirap31]

A trigger-happy US policeman, this is new. RIP Burberry. That man clearly loved his dog, poor guy.

[imdaman99]

That's so sad. That pic of him lying with his dog

All dogs go to heaven and there has to be accountability for this trigger happy SOB.

[Theoo]

i have save special pair of sunglasses for these dog when i see him to heaven

[Fudge]

I hope that cop gets struck in the head 5 times in a gang shooting, and then gets decapitated by a scavenging serial killer.

Die young with a slow, painful death, you worthless pieces of shit.

[gigantes]

why did they even enter the house in the first place?


first order of business-- "we heard there was a dispute at XX address. can you explain, and is this indeed XX address?"

"no...? okay, in that case zero reason to enter a house with a barking dog. good day, citizen."

[Derka]

Well this is a total bummer

[John Tesh]

[highwhey]

Waiting for chief of police to comment "service dog was seen reaching for officer's weapon, after a brief struggle between officers and the dog, officer bennette fired his service weapon in a justifiable manner"

[KingBeasley08]

Guy who shot it should spend the rest of his life in Guantanamo Bay

[Velocirap31]

Waiting for chief of police to comment "service dog was seen reaching for officer's weapon, after a brief struggle between officers and the dog, officer bennette fired his service weapon in a justifiable manner"

Or this usual line, "After an internal review, it was determined that Officer Benette was justified in his actions."

[HitandRun Reggie]

San Diego is fairly conservative but they have a lot of animal lovers. My guess this guy is going to get a huge payoff instead of dragging this out through civil court and keeping this incident fresh in the minds of residents.
It's only fair because if you shoot or attack a cop dog, it's almost the same as killing an officer. I even think they get something close to full burial honors

[Lebron23]

This is a tragedy. RIP Dog.

[tomtucker]

what kind of service dog was it ?