[quote=Larry the Legend]"In the case of the Browns' two pit bulls, the imminent threat came from the dogs barking and moving around."
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/court-police-can-shoot-dog-if-it-moves-or-barks-when-cop-enters-home/article/2610097"One officer shot the first pit bull after he said it "had only moved a few inches"... The injured dog retreated to the basement, where the officer shot and killed it as well as the second dog while conducting a sweep of the residence.".
"Officer Case saw that 'there was blood coming out of numerous holes in the [second] dog, and ... [he] didn't want to see it suffer,' so he put her out of her misery and fired the last shot".
I can just imagine the conversation when they get home:
"Hi Honey, how was your day"?
"Oh, not too bad. We busted into this house and killed their dogs just for the fun of it. They weren't really doing anything out of the ordinary but the owners were really, really pissed!"
"That's nice, Dear."
"I tried to act all 'traumatized', you know, get some paid time off, but it didn't work".
"Never mind Dear, maybe next time."
And then after the court case:
"I had to testify in court today. Remember the two dogs we shot a few months ago?"
"Not really, there's been so many..."
"Anyway, the judge said we were justified because the dogs moved, that meant that they were a threat."
"That's nice Dear. Looks like dog-icide is getting easier every day."
"Yep. Oh, and my promotion just came through this afternoon. The boss loves the way I 'take charge' of the situation."
Here's an interesting question; how do you train a guard dog, that you own specifically because he barks and acts all intimidating to strangers, how do you train him to sit still and not bark when there's a gang of strangers rifling through your house? Remember now, his life depends on it...[
-------well they should not break the law to begin with then there would not need to search there house !!!!!------- if they had no reason to search the house the cops have no reason to be there !!!!!!!!! but if the cops make a mistake they should get in trouble which they dont anyway