March 16th, 2007 by Editor

“Our officers are not immune to what they see on the news about dogs. They realize (pit bulls) as a threat that can cause a great bit of harm”…

These are the words of Deputy Chief Rich Chiarello of the Round Lake, Illinois Police Department whose officers, while serving drug warrants, shot and killed a “pitbull” that the officers claimed lunged at them. The police chief just admitted that his officers are influenced by what they see on the news about “pitbulls,” (most of which we debunk everyday, by the way). Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that police have a no-tolerance policy for “pitbulls” and that any time officers see them, whether the dog is actually lunging or not, that they are authorized to put a bullet, or several, in the dog’s head. Does it concern anyone else that the police are this eager to discharge their firearms in suburban areas where other people live and work, especially when it has not been shown (other than by false, sensationalistic media coverage) that “pitbulls” are an actual threat??? “Pitbulls” aren’t even a breed, so how can they be a threat??

March 5th, 2007 by Editor

We recently speculated that it wouldn’t be long before a police officer, in his haste to shoot a “pitbull” or some other dog the officer believed to be hostile, would shoot a person. We didn’t think it would happen as quickly as a few days however. An officer in Paterson, New Jersey, in an attempt to shoot a “pitbull” in a house in which a S.W.A.T. team had conducted a drug raid, accidentally shot a fellow officer in the arm when the stray bullet intended for the “pitbull” entered the floor and hit the officer on the floor below. Read the rest of this entry »