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Cartoon: Dogs as SWAT Team Target Practice

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Posted in Chronicle Blog by David Borden on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 4:13pm

PolitickerMD sent us a copy of their latest editorial cartoon, about the killing of two dogs by a Prince Georges County, Maryland, SWAT team:

Click here for the original article.

By the way, the Lima, Ohio, SWAT team, whose officer was just acquitted for the killing of Tarika Wilson and the maiming of her infant child, killed two dogs too. They shot people on one floor and dogs (pit bulls) on another.

To be fair, the guy they were targeting supposedly unleashed the pit bulls on the officers who came after him downstairs. But that's no excuse -- he was defending himself from invaders of unknown nature who as far as he could tell intended to kill him -- had they not sent in a SWAT team for this minor situation, none of it would have happened at all.

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I don't agree

Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 2:38pm

Hi,
I totally agree that a Swat team should not be sent in and I'm a huuuuge animal rights activist. However, the reality is they were sent in and if a killer pit bull was unleashed on them they still have a right to protect themself. Therefore the killing of the pit bull to protect their own life is not wrong even if they shouldn't be there anyway.
Dretch

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