Officers kill dog that bit child's face

This is really a sad story of gun-wired cops, a 'bite' that was misread, and two families in tears!

My question is... how can the cops turn up on your doorstep and MURDER your dog WITHOUT speaking to ANYONE about the incident !!! 

Holey farken hell.... if this even happens in New Zealand, I want to know about it!

Vicki Hagler said Sunday evening that police acted inappropriately when they dubbed her dog a pit bull and fatally shot it after the dog bit a 4-year-old boy’s face on Saturday evening.

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Police said the 4-year-old was being cared for by one of his mother’s friends — a neighbor of Hagler’s family. The child was bit by the dog around 4 pm as he reached for a candy dish inside Hagler’s home at 76 Dover St., according to police. He required 85 to 100 stitches on Saturday evening to close two wounds on his face.

Hagler’s fiance, Bobby West, said the 4-year-old had never been to his house. West said he thought the child must have been “in the dog’s face,” when he was bit. West (adult) wasn’t at home during the incident. He had gone to the store and left Young (15 years old) to watch two of Hagler’s younger children. The family believes the 4-year-old was playing with the younger children in the Hagler’s house.

Young, who was playing basketball outside with friends, heard screaming and saw the 4-year-old on the sidewalk covered in blood. He carried the child to 68 Dover for care and returned to his house. He put the dog in the garage.

After about 15 minutes, West said he returned home and was in the garage holding the dog when police arrived.

Police said the dog was shot after it charged the officers. Gee, the dog felt threatened-- left in an unfamiliar house, left with unfamiliar people, and left to defend himself ALONE with a young kids around him.

Young said the dog was calm until the officers fired.

Young said police drew their guns before reaching the backyard.

“It was like they (cops) were on a mission,” he said.

Police said a vicious dog complaint would be referred to prosecutors.

“Any time an officer discharges a firearm an internal affairs investigation is conducted,” said Dayton police Lt. Wendy Stiver. “We can not comment until after the investigation is conducted.”

I hope that I hear about the continueing saga... TWO FAMILIES are now AFFECTED.

NEVER leave a dog UNATTENDED if there are CHILDREN AROUND.

WHO's FAULT is it that the dog was murdered!!

Hagler said she’s always been be leery of pit bulls and would never allow a vicious dog around her kids.

She said she now wonders how many dogs are mislabeled pit bull.

“We trained this dog,” she said. “I’ve got friends jealous of how good my dog is.”

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