The Washington Post

Teddy, a fluffy, 13-pound deaf and blind Shih Tzu mix, stumbled around a stranger’s yard. He was lost. Then a police officer pulled up. Within minutes, he fired two shots. Teddy, a beloved 5-year-old pet, was left lifeless. Now residents are left furious with their city, which found no wrongdoing.

May 24, 2024 at 17:57 UTC

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Ketamine and Old Lace @corgiseveryhour.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:08 UTC

Fuck.the.police. Unless fucking thugs. The cop that did this should be jailed.

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MurkyMurk @naught2shabby.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

Police "officer" swears dispatch said the dog was the "shoot you" kind and was in fear for his life.

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Nathaniel Downes @downix.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:17 UTC

Eventually someone will take matters into their own hand. This is why you can't just sweep justice under the rug; it leads to vigilantism.

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robeagle @robeagle.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:08 UTC

Fuck the officer who killed an innocent Dog.

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alchemist_x🌻 @alchemist-x.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:29 UTC

And of course, like CLOCKWORK, the dickhead changes his story from not being worried to FEARING FOR MUH LIIIIIIFE!!!!1!!!!! Either way, I think we've found an excellent VP candidate for Dementia Don if he passes on dog-killing fetishist Kristi "Let's Go Down to the Gravel Pit" Noem.

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Socrates Road @socratesroad.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

We hire the wrong types of people.

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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:58 UTC

cops really only have one trick, huh?

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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad @crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:16 UTC

To be fair, police will usually do the same thing to a blind, deaf 5 year old child.

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Phillip Baker @philbaker.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:12 UTC

“Left lifeless??”

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Kyuss - Yeah.flac @spamps.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

Acab

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SPFHockeyfan, Esq. 🌺 @spfhockeyfan.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

JFC

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ice.cream.assassin @icassassin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:50 UTC

Someone send John Wick a DM please.

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One Who Walks Among the Dead @anubisthejackal.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

#ACAB

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🔻US Taxes Fund Israeli Warcrimes🔻 @bigamishdoinks.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:16 UTC

The cops do this to get a paid vacation. I'm not even joking. They know that if they shoot a dog they get at least two weeks of paid vacation without any repercussions

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Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 02:19 UTC

Typical police depravity.

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Paul @paulmpax.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:28 UTC

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Stefan Z @stefanceltare.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:37 UTC

Just why? 😰🥹

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Pedro @petenaps.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:39 UTC

There will be a day...

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RangeWolf @rangewolf.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:47 UTC

How can I block sources that have paywalls? Like this one.

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Pester Power @pester.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:29 UTC

What is wrong with people?

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Manda @mandaaa.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:01 UTC

ACAB

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CB @cborshuk.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:21 UTC

Why do people still even call the police? It’s time that we must, in society’s defense, disabuse ourselves of that wrong old idea that police can help or provide services. And I say this as an old white woman, raised by a police.

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Redir @red1r.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:31 UTC

How could shoot that face? What kind of horrid person you must be to do such a thing. Then of course they lie about it.

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alexrakefire @alexrakefire.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:06 UTC

Immaculate use of passive voice being used here

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Mike Schwartz @itsmikeschwartz.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 21:06 UTC

Did Officer Noem offer any comment?

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PM Last @pmlast.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 21:20 UTC

never call the cops for a lost dog unless it's vicious. cops are taught all animals are harmful

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Symbo1ics @symbo1ics.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 22:05 UTC

Do you see a pattern, WaPo? Over the years? How about when they shoot humans? Have you noticed they do that more than one thousand times a year? www.statista.com/statistics/5...

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Sir Vrika MacPherson-Wolf, OMS @vrika.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 00:38 UTC

Cop discovers 'paid administrative leave' aka vacation, only applies when you kill people.

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J.D. @jddc.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:20 UTC

I’m sure the adult, abled-bodied and armed man was simply driven to irrational fear at the ferocious behavior of a tiny, blind and deaf innocent creature. Seriously, I want that man dead.

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Michael @mykld.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:27 UTC

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Big Dumb Asshole @superstud69.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 04:29 UTC

Damn WaPo you should see what they do to humans.

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artwells @artwells.com
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:56 UTC

"It wasn't until after the slaughter that the cop realized planting a weapon on the dog wouldn't work the same as it had with humans."

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artwells @artwells.com
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:55 UTC

Teddy wasn't following the officer's repeated instructions to put his hands behind his head.

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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

ACAB

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Bobo(uba) @yofuibobo.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:03 UTC

All cops

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Eric Black @l1mb0.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 00:27 UTC

Cops shoot dogs all the time... seems like a character trait like the shooting people thing, the beating their wives thing...

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Ravin Boodram @handle.invalid
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:08 UTC

@darthbluesky.bsky.social

Need your wise words right now 😢

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Paige 🏳️‍⚧️ @ipaige.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:26 UTC

It's all about inflicting pain, that's why they became Police officers, that's why they remain Police officers.

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ushmel @ushmel.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:16 UTC

Damn I think that cop might have rabies and I fear for my life.

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Isaac Paris @comicisaacparis.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:11 UTC

Well it depends on your definition of “wrongdoing” 🙄Any reasonable person would find this to be wrongdoing. Ergo, police are not reasonable.

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Garty @garty.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:46 UTC

When your only tool is a hammer every problem is a nail

#ACAB

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Jim Cook @jimcook.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

What an ass!

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#1 CIA POISONING VICTIM @puzzlemathstar.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:38 UTC

bsky.app/profile/puzz...

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Che Cazzo @forzasicilia.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:12 UTC

📌

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QOTL @iamqotl.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:15 UTC

So more guns? Isn’t that is what happens in America after moronic tragedies?

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🇺🇦blue🏳️‍🌈 @blueplumbum.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:08 UTC

what the hell... 🤬

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Perfect Orb 🍄 @perfectorb.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:03 UTC

Cops are like a box of chocolate, they’ll kill your dog

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Lynn of the Fae @auberon.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:39 UTC

Fuck the police

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Faded Rosie @fadedrosie.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:49 UTC

“was left left lifeless” what is this mealy-mouthed bullshit.

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S Ryan🍄 @midorineat.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

PSA: If you find a blind shih Tzu wandering around in your yard.. do not call the police

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Torsten Pihl @thorgolucky.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

#ACAB

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Metal Dave @metaldave.bsky.social
[ View ] May 25, 2024 at 04:16 UTC

ACAB.

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Estarianne @estarianne.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

The city found no wrongdoing because killing things is what police are trained to do. If you want policing to be different you'll have to fight the "fund the police" contingent.

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quietbob @quietbob.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

guess the officer thought teddy might be rabid!

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Paula @dentonitis.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 22:19 UTC

Y'all have got to stop calling the cops to "help" with anything, all they'll do is shoot at it

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Jenbo @jenbo.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:15 UTC

Jesus Christ, fire that officer.

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Fred Morlan @flagrantstats.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

@kenwhite.bsky.social

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The Almighty Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:11 UTC

Perfect use of cop tense here, no notes

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Rob Pollard @robpollard45.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

Was this cop bolstering his resume to be a Secret Service agent in case Kristi Noem becomes President?

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Molly & Me @mollynme.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:44 UTC

💔

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Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:39 UTC

📌 😭 😡

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@cobalisk.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:02 UTC

Why all this outrage reporting? This is a local or at best regional issue, it is NOT national or global news - you are just feeding outrage. This is a very bad way to be the 4th Estate.

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@retirednewsjunkie.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 20:51 UTC

Sad so Sad, Officer should be fired on put on unpaid leave for a month

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Iizard @iizard.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:42 UTC

Average cop

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signal to noise @signaltonoise.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

Was left lifeless? Fuck y’all—you are part of it.

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Pixel Pushers Union 512 @ppu512.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 22:45 UTC

Dat's what cops do.

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Q. H. Stone @qhstone.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

“I don’t enjoy shooting dogs,” the officer said, adding that he had dogs himself. “How am I supposed to know the dog’s condition? I’m sorry I had to do it.” Cops enjoy shooting dogs. Especially this one.

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KB @sorrykb.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

This cannot be reformed.

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@bleuchat.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:18 UTC

Police literally can shoot anyone or anything stone cold dead for any or no reason, with NO accountability and this is one thing that comes from being awash in a sea of firearms making everyone trigger-happy, trigger-scared, trigger-stupid and making up big fat lies to explain it away

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Adam Houle @houle.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:20 UTC

*Goose chasing meme* Left lifeless how?

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Michael Kaplan @differance.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:27 UTC

I just can't

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K. Long @kelong.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:37 UTC

What the fuck!!!!

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@grl85.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:12 UTC

Somebody find out if that cop has pets and call in multiple animal cruelty reports

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The Woker @bone2meetu.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:22 UTC

The only thing cops love shooting more than black people are dogs

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Questionable Bit @questionablebit.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 19:29 UTC

FUCK THE POLICE!

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J. C. Rallo @nosajlaroc.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:05 UTC

Sigh…*taps the sign*

bsky.app/profile/nosa...

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Kwisatz Braderach @bradleyherring.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

all cops are bastards, and all Washington Post writers are passive voice hacks

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Myles to Go Before I Sleep Lobdell @myleslobdell.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

The only thing the cops like better than threatening to kill dogs to extract a confession is actually killing dogs.

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@jpshipley.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

“was left lifeless” 🫠

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mxhrad @mxhrad.bsky.social
[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

When it comes to a dog, the media (almost) outright says the cop fired and killed the dog. When it comes to black people, the media invents new English grammar to make it as passive as possible.

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