Liberty Maven

A few weeks ago we posted a story regarding a drug raid in Prince George’s County Maryland where the Mayor of Berwyn Heights had his two dogs shot and killed. Now, apparently there is no need for a drug raid to permit police to murder dogs. They just need to “show their teeth”. The lesson: Don’t smile at a police officer, you might get shot.

MOUNT OLIVE — It was just after 7 p.m. Thursday on West Main Street, a typically quiet stretch in Mount Olive. Sharon Kulers heard her Dalmatian barking outside, so she made her way to the back yard.

She saw a Mount Olive Police Department cruiser pull up to the house behind hers.

Then she noticed the shotgun in one of the officer’s hands, aimed at her neighbor’s 45-pound Labrador retriever.

“I said, ‘Please don’t shoot that dog. He won’t hurt you,’” Mrs. Kulers said.

The officer looked at her, then back at the dog.

A shot rang out — then, another.

“I said, ‘Why did you have to do that? You didn’t have to do that,’” Mrs. Kulers said. “He said, ‘It showed its teeth.’ He said, ‘We have a right to do this.‘”

Moments later, the same officer was dragging a plastic bag toward the road, the dog in it, witnesses said.

“That dog wouldn’t hurt a flea,” Mrs. Kulers said. “I know it is my word against theirs, but that dog was not being aggressive.”

Colby Mangum arrived home at 7:45 and was greeted by a note on her front door.

“It said, ‘Call the Mount Olive Police Department about your vicious dog,’” the 24-year-old Mount Olive College graduate said.

Words fail me. Read the full story here.