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Family outraged after officer shoots dog
Family members claim they called police for help Wednesday morning, but when officers arrived, they were treated like criminals and an officer shot and killed their family dog.
Dog owner Sterling Barlow said about Mercedes, "Cold blood... Shot in the head for no reason."
this is not the only police-dog shooting incident
2 years ago: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073003299.html
a month ago: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/mar...y-shoots-dog-while-serving-court-order-080610
The problem started when owner Sterling Barlow's brother pulled into the family driveway after work early Wednesday morning. The family claims two men immediately approached, armed with a gun and demanding his car. The brother managed to fight them off, ran into the house and came back out firing his gun.
sounds like the wild west
After a shootout with the alleged robbers, the two brothers called police. When police arrived, Barlow says things got out of hand with the officers and his innocent dog paid the tragic price.
Barlow said, "One grabs me in the head lock and starts punching me in the face."
While being wrestled to the ground by five different cops, Barlow and witnesses in the neighborhood tell us a female Prince George's County officer shot the dog in the head.
Neighbor Barbara Wells said, "The dog did not attack anyone. He never approached anyone. Even as the officers grabbed Sterling the dog didn't do anything."
http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/09/family-outraged-after-officer-shoots-dog-13692.html