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iscooterliberally

(3,010 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 04:27 PM Dec 2011

The War on Drugs strikes again...

http://www.sunherald.com/2011/12/15/3635870/gulfport-officer-shoots-pit-bull.html

exerpt:

“The dog started barking and my 3-year-old daughter ran toward the dog,” Turner said. “An officer pulled out a gun and I started yelling over and over, ‘Please don’t shoot my dog.’”

Turner said she and her child were about three feet from the dog when the officer shot it in the leg.



The dog was chained up when it was shot. The dog ended up being put down...

How does prohibition help anyone again? I guess this is acceptable behavior, but god forbid anyone gets high...

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