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Another Jack Booted Thug "protecting and serving".
Subhuman POS belongs behind bars... not behind the wheel of a patrol car.
A woman from West Virginia has been acquitted on the obstruction of justice charges she was facing for trying to step in between a dog and the police officer who was about to shoot him. Tiffanie Hupp was arrested for her efforts, and State Trooper Seth Cook claimed that he was just doing as he was trained.
Cook claims that West Virginia state troopers are all trained to kill any dog that approaches them in the course of their duty. It doesnt matter if the dog is aggressive or charging, or chained up with a wagging tail, like Buddy was on the day the incident took place.
The police hadnt even been called to Hupps familys property for anything that had to do with a dog. They were called in to respond to a heated dispute between her father-in-law and a neighbor. Also, it was Hupps family who called the police in the first place.
When Cook arrived on the scene, he went over to talk to the neighbors first. After he was finished, he walked over to Hupps property and thats when Buddy started walking to him. Then the trooper pulled his gun on Buddy and was about to fire before Hupp stepped in between them, stopping the officer from shooting
After he put me in the patrol car and arrested me, he just walks up the trailer and up to the phones and, whatever devices were on chargers, he took them, she said. He took my husbands phone, he took my phone, he took my sister-in-laws and my sons tablet. And we dont use those phones or tablets anymore. If my phone leaves my hands and goes into the hands of a cop, I kinda dont trust that. Without that video, its just my word against a state trooper. Nobody is going to believe my word over law enforcement.
It took almost a month of constantly calling the police department to get their devices back. At first, they were refusing to return any of the devices unless Hupp or her husband gave up the password protection on their phones. This would have allowed them to search the phones without a warrant, something they are not allowed to do.
More @ http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2016/03/woman-that-stepped-between-dog-and-cop-about-to-shoot-acquitted/
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Yeesh.
Daninmo
(119 posts)What authorized the police to enter the house without a warrant and take personal property?
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)If indeed any of what that guy said is true, it is time for a new police department. They do have to answer to voters.
wow that video shows what an assholethat cop was, he should be arrested for assault./
ladjf
(17,320 posts)think she did the right thing. It appears that many cops enjoy shooting pet dogs.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)DiehardLiberal
(580 posts)Enough is enough!!!
JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)Police state.
DiehardLiberal
(580 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)this is one completely out of control cop/ law enforcement agency
Oneironaut
(5,524 posts)and then gets mad when someone won't let him do it. Someone who has no conscience.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)hands when she confronted him. I think that qualifies as perjury, a felony. Add that to the attempted murder of the dog, the unprovoked assault of the woman, false arrest, false imprisonment, illegal seizure of property...this cop should be going to jail for a long time.
But as is almost always the case in incidents like these, the most these people can hope for is a civil settlement. And cops wonder why people hate them.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)They were doing an unannounced probation check, no one answered the front door because no one was home. So they went in the back yard where they encountered the non viscous dog and shot him dead. I could hear their sobbing across the street.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)COWARD!
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)That Nazi fuck wanted to erase the video that demonstrated that he had lied in his report. Thank God for passwords.
hankthecrank
(653 posts)You don't shoot dogs just because you are knuckle dragging ass hole
Plus the stupid fucking police are doing nothing but hurting relationship between them and the people they are supposed to be serving
Maybe the people should come to the police house and shoot their pet
Stupid dumb ass policy
You knuckle dragging ass holes
I'm betting this is not the policy or he wouldn't have done the part about trying to wipe all sources of video from the scene
Oh let me say
You knuckle dragging ass hole