Wanna hear a sad story? I thought so. A 15 year old dog was hit by a car in Pennsylvania back in January, it died. That’s not the sad part, though. You see, the car that hit the dog reported it. A police officer showed up at the scene. It was 4 degrees above zero outside. The officer tried to get ahold of the owner, with no luck. He knocked on doors around the area. No luck. He asked the dispatcher if there was a 24-hour hospital around. There wasn’t. After doing all of that, the officer felt like he had run out of options. There was an old dog, hit by a car, not moving, nobody to claim it, and nobody to take it. What did the officer do?
Michalesko said he prayed and then shot the dog with one round, petting it as it died, “so it would know there is somebody there with it,” he said.
Guess what… that’s STILL not the sad part. The sad part is that the dog’s owner threw a fit, got the veteran police officer fired, and is now looking to sue him. She essentially ruined the police officer’s career because she couldn’t take care of her dog.
This is the kind of thing that really annoys me. Ok, for starters, woman, it was a FUCKING DOG. Yes, I know, we all love our dogs… but it’s not like he was riding around in his patrol car, shooting at everything furry that moved… he put a dog out of its misery that, for starters, was 105-dog-years-old, and furthermore would never have BEEN in misery if the owner hadn’t let it get out.
The PETA people are probably loving this. Go read the whole article.
April 25th, 2004 at 11:41 pm
As the saying goes, this just shows that “no good deed goes unpunished”.
April 26th, 2004 at 1:46 pm
Hell, I would have called the number on the dogtag and if I got no answer, I would have shot it then. I’ve seen first hand what happens when a dog gets run over, it’s not pretty, especially when you hear the dog wimpering. Imagine that and the decide what you would have done. (and no I wasn’t the one who ran it over).
April 26th, 2004 at 2:51 pm
Well, I’d say everyone loses. 1 dead dog, 1 fired cop, 1 sad owner and… oh 1 employed lawyer. See, now matter how sad the story is, somehow the lawyer always wins. I have to admit I kinda like that. Of course, I love dogs, and I do mean it when say everyone loses… but the lawyer does make out on the deal, and it’s hard not to notice that.
April 26th, 2004 at 2:56 pm
You know, if you keep telling our secrets, people are going to catch on.
April 26th, 2004 at 7:41 pm
Did you know that you can specialize in animal law?? Go figure.
April 26th, 2004 at 7:52 pm
What we really need is some anti-stupid legislation. I could specialize in Stupidity Law. It’d be a dream come true.
April 26th, 2004 at 8:51 pm
no shortage of business anyway
don’t legislate - litigate
sorry, had to throw that in
April 30th, 2004 at 8:25 am
these days lawyers are like assholes and opinions. Everyone has one. Oh and the more direct link. Lawyers are assholes.