Ohio Chief Offers Dumbest Response to Public Questioning Officer Dog ShootingAmanda Warren Officer Gilkerson pulled over a family and was beginning to search their car. A dog named Moses, who hangs out with his owners at Lockport Transportation, meandered over. Gilkerson immediately shot it, shattering the dogs leg. It didnt matter that there was a two-year-old child in the car. Owners of the chocolate Labrador retriever received an unequivocal no when they requested compensation for the whopping vet bill. All actions of the officer were cleared and approved that day. An example of how any type of shooting, at any time, of any animal, no matter how small or unassuming, can be twisted to serve the officers needs this is what he described according to Toledo Blade: That was his written statement. You can see the actual wording from the police report. The dog never barked or growled (he wrote) and has always been described as sweet thus, its presence at the office. He wrote that he shot it for the familys safety. The vehicle owners said the dog was wagging its tail big surprise. Since officers often say they shoot at threats, this incident and others like shooting a cat, leave people confused and angry. Only the officers view is important. Heres what Chief Whitehead said: If you can believe it it gets worse. Whitehead goes on below. People were asking why a taser or pepper spray wasnt used instead. Here is the all-time dumbest response I have ever heard to try to justify blasting away a friendly animal: Just going to let the mentality of that sink in for a second How easy would it be for officer who think that way to turn that kind of viewpoint on people? Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp said: See heres the problem with that, Sheriff. The people in that town and elsewhere disagree. They no longer trust officers to make the right decisions given their obvious cynophobia and indiscriminate use of deadly weapons. The responses above are dismissive replies to the potential loss of life. Whats more for all the thousands of Justice for Facebook pages, there are donation accounts because people cannot afford the emergency care bills. It cost $3,000 to help Moses. What are we paying for? Someone carried Moses to safety. Someone brought him to the vet. The vet had to repair what the officer did. Someone has to help bring extra care to the dog. We pay for policing and then have to further dig into our pockets for their destruction of life? We are tired of cleaning up your mess! Recently fromAmanda Warren: 