If a citizen killed this same dog he would be charged with killing a police officer. Why the double standard?
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/06/police.dog/index.html?eref=edition_us
2007-09-10 00:08:43 · 8 answers · asked by philosofurrier 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Most police depts now consider anything that is done to a police dog is the same as if it was done to a human officer.
2007-09-10 00:28:35 · update #1
Interesting question...and you're right, if someone kills a police dog they are charged as though they have killed a human being, so I would think his neglectfulness with his dog should be treated as such! Thank you for the link, and after reading it I am even more disgusted!! What an IDIOT!!! I have to add one more thing; NO CRIMINAL INTENT B*******!! If someone is careless and kills someone with their automobile but didn't set out to kill someone they are charged with involuntary manslaughter. I say make an example out of him..and to the story of the woman who "forgot " her child in the vehicle....she should have still been charged! stupid idiotic behavior like this burns me up when these people get to "walk"!
2007-09-10 00:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by dreampo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's consider the current case here in Cincinnati where I live as a comparison.
Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby is the Asst. Principal of a middle school in our area. On the day before the first day of school, 8/23, she "forgot" and left her two year old daughter who was strapped in a car seat with windows closed in her SUV from
7 a.m until 3 p.m. while she attended meetings. The child was discovered in the car by another adult in the parking lot of the school. According to the record temperatures inside the vehicle reached 150 degrees and hyperthermia was the childs cause of death.
The County Prosecutor determined that under the current written law this mother could not be charged with a crime because she lacked criminal intent.
I mention this because I cannot believe the officer intended to harm or kill this co-worker animal. Perhaps he forgot the dog was in his vehicle. If it is possible to forget your own child then it is also possible to forget an animal co-worker.
I don't believe the double-standard comparison applies mainly because the circumstances would probably be materially different.
2007-09-10 00:49:36 · answer #2 · answered by linda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a classic double standard isn't it. Because cops are always forgiven anymore when citizens would have the book thrown at them, I don't know why it is like this. I had always thought that the law enforcement was stricter on policemen than it was on citizens but I have seen too many times that is not the case.
2007-09-10 00:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by Captain 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can't charge a person with manslaughter when it is a dog. It should be dogslaughter.
He should be charged and punished severely but a dog is not a human
2007-09-10 00:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
he should be charged with killing a police officer, same as any other citizen. that poor dog didn't deserve to be partnered with a dumbass.
i work in a police station, and anytime our K-9 units are outside, they are in air condition always, or in here with us.
2007-09-10 00:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
a dog is not a person, so the manslaughter charge would not hold up in court,.....but i guess a dog could be considered a police officer,.....
2007-09-10 00:36:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I certainly don't think it should go unpunished. I think he should be charged with at the very least, gross negligence, and never allowed to work with an animal again.
Thanks for this very important question
2007-09-10 00:51:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dog is not a man. "Manslaughter" cannot apply.
2007-09-10 00:13:26 · answer #8 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋